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In the second of a two-part feature, Douglas Adams offers his vision of the digital future. In this programme, he looks at the evolution of the internet, and offers a vision of the future where all information is instantly accessible and searchable from anywhere. But can we ever really trust what we read? Producer Mark Rickards

Contributors

Presenter:
Douglas Adams
Producer:
Mark Rickards

A comedy drama series by Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan following the lives of the Conroys, a family living in Stockport. 3: Dib Dib Dib. Jason has to face life without Debbie. Can Michael and the Sweater Girls' first gig take his mind off being single? with Emma Clarke. Stefan Escreet , Jo-Anne Knowles , Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan Music by Big George . Producer Neil Mossey

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Poyser
Unknown:
Damian Lanigan
Unknown:
Dib Dib Dib.
Unknown:
Emma Clarke.
Unknown:
Stefan Escreet
Unknown:
Jo-Anne Knowles
Unknown:
Jim Poyser
Unknown:
Damian Lanigan
Music By:
Big George
Producer:
Neil Mossey
Michael:
Jason Done
Jason:
Dominic Monaghan
Maureen:
Beverley Callard
Eddie:
John McArdle

Lars Tharp presents this edition of the antiques quiz from England's greatest chateau, Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire - built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and modelled after a chateau in the Loire.
Producers Elizabeth Abrahams and Anne Bristow

Contributors

Unknown:
Lars Tharp
Unknown:
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Producers:
Elizabeth Abrahams
Producers:
Anne Bristow

Four complete plays by John Peacock , based on the novels of Colette, and starring Claire Skinner as Claudine.
2: Claudine in Paris. Claudine explores the city and its vices, and is as tempted by them as she is by her uncle. with Scott Handy, Joanna David ,
Tessa Worsley , Teresa Gallagher and Phillip Voss Director Celia de Wolff

Contributors

Unknown:
John Peacock
Unknown:
Claire Skinner
Unknown:
Joanna David
Unknown:
Tessa Worsley
Unknown:
Teresa Gallagher
Unknown:
Phillip Voss
Director:
Celia de Wolff
Claude:
John Hartley
Renaud:
Nicholas Farrell

A series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
3: Mark Radcliffe looks at Les Dawson, the Mancunian wordsmith, who began his career playing piano in a Paris brothel and went on to become one of this century's most popular comedians. Producer Bernadette McConnell Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Radcliffe
Producer:
Bernadette McConnell

Francine Stock talks to Giles Foden , who follows his award-winning novel, The Last King of Scotland, with a vivid account of the Boer War and the 118-day siege of Ladysmith a century ago. Producer Katie Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Giles Foden
Producer:
Katie Hunter

Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions to an issue of current concern. 3: School Exclusion
Commissioners: Sir Stephen Tumin , Melanie Phillips and Roger Opie.
Producer Helen Wilson. Rptd Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Unknown:
Sir Stephen Tumin
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Roger Opie.
Producer:
Helen Wilson.

Two programmes in which Leo Enright meets scientists and entrepreneurs who hope to make space exploration profitable. 2: Making Something out of Nothing. In this programme he looks at how we will be exploiting what is beyond the Earth in the next millennium. Producer Sandy Raffan
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Enright
Producer:
Sandy Raffan

A six-part comedy by Andrew McGibbon , starring Amanda Donohoe. 1 Taking the Michaelangelo. Bemie mistakes the time bus for the N44 to Mitcham and is transported with the Conductor back to 16th-century Rome to rescue
Michaelangelo from the clutches of Raymond and Hildegard before work on the Sistine Chapel is painted over. Producer Julian Mayers

Contributors

Comedy By:
Andrew McGibbon
Unknown:
Amanda Donohoe.
Producer:
Julian Mayers

South African satirist, playwright and drag artist Pieter-Dirk Uys talks about an apartheid childhood in Cape Town with his sister, concert pianist Tessa Uys. He explains how his background led to the invention of his alter ego, grande dame of the National Party, Evita Bezuidenhout.
Producer Bill Lloyd Repeat

Contributors

Artist:
Pieter-Dirk Uys
Pianist:
Tessa Uys.
Unknown:
Evita Bezuidenhout.
Producer:
Bill Lloyd Repeat

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