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Caron Keating speaks on behalf of a charity which promotes the welfare of lone parents and their children.
DONATIONS: National Council for One Parent Families, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44 Repeated Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Caron Keating

Time
Nigel Colbom , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners from west Yorkshire. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Colbom
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor.

Written and adapted in three parts by Earl Lovelace. 2: Mardi Gras. Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad, is at its height on the day before Lent begins. Pariag, the Indian, causes an uproar in the Yard on Calvary Hill by buying a bicycle. with Martina Laird , Dona Croll , Stefan Kalipha , Joan-Ann Maynard , Marva Alexander.
Victor Romero Evans , Jim Findley , Clare Perkins and John Brobbey. Music Felix Cross
Director Ralph Rolls. Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Earl Lovelace.
Unknown:
Martina Laird
Unknown:
Dona Croll
Unknown:
Stefan Kalipha
Unknown:
Joan-Ann Maynard
Unknown:
Marva Alexander.
Unknown:
Victor Romero Evans
Unknown:
Jim Findley
Unknown:
Clare Perkins
Unknown:
John Brobbey.
Philo, the Calypsonian:
Rudolph Walker
Aldrick Dragon maker:
Malcolm Frederick

Poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook , whose guests are Poet
Laureate Andrew Motion , and Frieda Hughes , whose first book of poems carries a dedication to a previous laureate - her father Ted Hughes .Producer Susan Roberts
Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Unknown:
Frieda Hughes
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Stephen Smith investigates the story of Joseph Mitchell , a writer at The New
Yorkerfor 58 years who lost his byline after the mid-sixties. What happened? Producer Tim Dee Repeat
Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Smith
Unknown:
Joseph Mitchell
Producer:
Tim Dee

Depleted Uranium. British Gulf War veterans have tested positive for uranium poisoning, yet both the Ministry of Defence and the United States military have denied that depleted uranium has any detrimental effects. This programme investigates the truth about depleted uranium. Producer Hugh O'Donnell Repeat

Contributors

Producer:
Hugh O'Donnell

Next week's political headlines, with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45
Allegories for the Present Day In the second of four personal recollections of major figures of the 20th century, Michael Chariton reflects on his meeting with Andrei Sakharov. Editor John Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Michael Chariton
Unknown:
Andrei Sakharov.
Editor:
John Evans

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