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A series marking the 60th anniversary of the wartime evacuation of Britain's cities. 4: Scarecrows in the Rubble
After five years of separation from their parents, Britain's evacuees returned home. Presented by Charles Wheeler. Producer David Prest. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Charles Wheeler.
Producer:
David Prest.

Robert Lacey presents the last of five portraits of life in Britain in the year
1000. Music, the Monastery and the Millennium. With Christopher Page and Andy Orchard.
Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lacey
Unknown:
Andy Orchard.
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Novelist John Bly joins Sheila McClennon to explain why we need to reunite masculine and feminine. Drama: Fire in the Heart- work by John Keats , adapted by Robin Brooks. Part 11 of 15. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bly
Unknown:
Sheila McClennon
Unknown:
John Keats
Adapted By:
Robin Brooks.
Editor:
Ruth Gardiner

By Agatha Christie. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell in five parts.
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

A further murder has been committed, but just as Miss Marple is piecing her thoughts together - she disappears.

Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Dramatist:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Miss Marple:
June Whitfield
Detective Inspector Craddock:
Ian Lavender
Letty Blacklock:
Sarah Lawson
[Actor]:
Jack Hedley
[Actor]:
Joanna McCallum
[Actor]:
Molly Gaisford
[Actor]:
Jamie Glover
[Actor]:
Angela Sims
[Actor]:
Sarah Rice
[Actor]:
Jenny Funnell

By Simone de Beauvoir , dramatised by and starring Diana Quick. Monica believes she has a happy marriage, until she discovers by chance that her husband is having an affair. with Juliet Praw. Director Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Simone de Beauvoir
Unknown:
Diana Quick.
Unknown:
Juliet Praw.
Director:
Sara Davies
Monica:
Diana Quick
Maurice:
Alex Jennings

The unique history of Britain tackles the story of our present century. Narrated by Anna Massey. Additional readings by Robert Powell. 6: 1906 - Corn Rakes, Traffic and the Moroccan Question Producer Pete Atkin
* Volumes One and Two of This Sceptred Isle 20th Century are available now on BBC Radio Collection cassettes and CDs. A complete boxed set of cassettes or CDs will be available from 4 October. The hardback book This Sceptred Isle 20th Century is published on 30 September by BBC Worldwide.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey.
Unknown:
Robert Powell.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Nicholas Parsons is joined by Clement Freud, Fred MacAulay, Paul Merton and Graham Norton for radio's most devious panel game.
(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Fred MacAualy
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Graham Norton
Producer:
Chris Neill

John Keats 's poems and letters, adapted and reconstructed by Robin Brooks , provide a fascinating and moving insight into the heart and mind of a great poet. Part 11 of 15. with Damian Lewis , Kelly Hunter.
Nicholas Murchie , John Webb , Lucy Robinson , Andrew Alston and Nigel Cooke. Director Clive Brill Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keats
Unknown:
Robin Brooks
Unknown:
Damian Lewis
Unknown:
Kelly Hunter.
Unknown:
Nicholas Murchie
Unknown:
John Webb
Unknown:
Lucy Robinson
Unknown:
Andrew Alston
Unknown:
Nigel Cooke.
Director:
Clive Brill
Keats:
David Tennant
Fanny Keats:
Julie Cox

A series in which Philip Short reports from China on the Long March of the thirties as history and as metaphor.
2: Marching for the People. He reaches Hunan Province and explores how Mao Tse-tung 's childhood and education helped shape 20th-century China. Producer Mary Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Mao Tse-Tung

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