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Jenni Murray has the latest news, views and culture from a female perspective.
Drama: Ladies of More Letters by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Lou Wakefield
Unknown:
Carole Hayman.

Six social entrepreneurs - creative people using theirtalents to rejuvenate their local communities -tell their stories.
5: Up with Skool. West Walker primary school is in one of Newcastle upon Tyne's most deprived neighbourhoods. Felicity Finch meets headteacher Norma Redfearn , who has transformed the school into a thriving success and made it the focal point forthe local community.
Producers Rebecca Nicholson and Cathy Drysdale

Contributors

Unknown:
Felicity Finch
Unknown:
Norma Redfearn
Producers:
Rebecca Nicholson
Producers:
Cathy Drysdale

A comedy series by Mike Coleman. Thirty years aftertheirfirst bid forfame, musical double act Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr get a second chance. Starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfield , with Pat Coombs , Julian Eardley and Edward Halsted. 2: Tommy Wants a KnighthoodMusic Frido Ruth. Producer Steve Doherty

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Coleman.
Unknown:
Tommy Franklin
Unknown:
Sheila Parr
Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Pat Coombs
Unknown:
Julian Eardley
Music:
Frido Ruth.
Producer:
Steve Doherty

- Chris Masianka invites puzzlers to outwit each other in a battle of brains. Producer Harry Parker
Send puzzles and answers to: Puzzle Panel, Room 7058, BBC Broadcasting House, London. W1A1AA
E-MAIL [address removed]. FAX: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Masianka
Producer:
Harry Parker

Despite Government targets and drug tsars,
Britain has a bigger hard drugs problem than any other country in Europe.
Laurie Taylortalks to Professor Howard Parker , director of Manchester University's Spark clinic, about the realities of life on the front line. How will Britain tackle the misery of rising hard drug use? Producer Tony Phillips
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Howard Parker
Producer:
Tony Phillips

A comedy series based on Frank Dickins's classic cartoon strip, featuring Chester-Perry's troublesome buying clerk and those who serve alongside him as small cogs in a gigantic wheel.
2: Follow That Star. Bristow smuggles a food inspector into chef Gordon Blue's canteen.
With Christopher Benjamin, Katy Odey, Jon Glover, Simon Schatzberger and Sheiia Reid.
Music John Whitehall
Director Neil Cargill

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Dickins
Unknown:
Gordon Blue
Unknown:
Christopher Benjamin.
Unknown:
Katy Odey
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
Simon Schatzberger
Unknown:
Sheiia Reid.
Music:
John Whitehall
Director:
Neil Cargill
Bristow:
Michael Williams
Jones:
Rodney Bewes
Hewitt:
Owen Brenman

The last of the series in which Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence on an issue of current concern and to offer solutions.
Teenage Pregnancy. Why does Britain have the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe? Is ourfamous coyness about all things sexual to blame, or is it due to a general decline in morals and family values in a socially fragmented modern Britain? Commissioners: Ruth Deech and Colin Blakemore.
Producer Helen Wilson. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Unknown:
Ruth Deech
Unknown:
Colin Blakemore.
Producer:
Helen Wilson.

A comedy by Nick Revell which alternates between the Andes, St Petersburg and west Yorkshire. 2: Having escaped the clutches of Russian gangsters, Tony Hardstaff returns to Yorkshire and the bosom of his family he left a decade earlier. But things have changed, and his 183-year-old father Obadiah and his mother Alice are less than pleased to see him. with Peter Gunn. Peter Serafinowicz and Natalie Walter Music Paul Mottram. Producer Paul Schlesinger (R)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Nick Revell
Unknown:
Tony Hardstaff
Unknown:
Peter Gunn.
Unknown:
Peter Serafinowicz
Unknown:
Natalie Walter
Music:
Paul Mottram.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
Obadiah:
David Swift
Alice:
Maggie Steed
Jane:
Alison Steadman
Tony:
Nick Revell

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