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Quentin Cooper joins with four very different trades and professions as they gather for their annual get-together.

The spectacular resort of Sun City is awash with plumbers. They have gathered from all over the world to discuss everything from water conservation to female urinals. This is a dry part of Africa; so how good is the water pressure at the Cascades Hotel?

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

By Mark Tuohy. Carol's birthday is a night to remember when Tom, the trolley pusher, leads the party on a night raid to the supermarket. with Tilly Gaunt. Elizabeth Conboy and Harry Myers DirectorClaire Grove (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tuohy.
Unknown:
Tilly Gaunt.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Conboy
Unknown:
Harry Myers
Carol:
Anita Dobson
Tom:
Paul Bradley
Mel:
Alison Pettitt

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, W1A 1AA E-MAIL: [address removed] FAX: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Masianka
Producer:
Harry Parker

Written by and starring Corin Redgrave as Henry Irving
Narrated by TP McKenna.

A drama about the evening of 25 November 1871 which proved to be a turning point in the history of British theatre.

With Neil Salvage, Denys Hawthorne, Peter Stockbridge, Malcolm Tierney, Janice Cramer, Kika Markham, Ian Shaw and Pamela Grace.

Contributors

Writer:
Corin Redgrave
Director:
Keith Slade
Narrator:
TP McKenna
Henry Irving:
Corin Redgrave
[Actor]:
Neil Salvage
[Actor]:
Denys Hawthorne
[Actor]:
Peter Stockbridge
[Actor]:
Malcolm Tierney
[Actress]:
Janice Cramer
[Actress]:
Kika Markham
[Actor]:
Ian Shaw
[Actress]:
Pamela Grace

Why do the English have a problem seeing themselves as being English and British at the same time? Laurie Taylor is joined this week by Professor Bernard Crick to discuss national identity and citizenship. Producer Tony Phillips
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Professor Bernard Crick
Producer:
Tony Phillips

A six-part comedy by Simon Brett following the fortunes of three fortysomething sisters.
1: Make My Day. Is it the beginning of the end for Anna and Stuart?
Producer Maria Esposito (R)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Maria Esposito
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Victoria:
Angela Thorne
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Stuart:
Edward de Souza
Roger:
Bill Nighy
Rupert:
Christian Rodska

Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from
Janet Daley , David Cook , David Starkeyand Ian Hargreaves.
Producer David Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Janet Daley
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
David Starkeyand
Unknown:
Ian Hargreaves.
Producer:
David Coomes

Michael Rosen presents fourtalks on the process of divorce and its aftermath.
1: Meltdown. A vague feeling that a partnership is not pulling in the same direction degenerates into a succession of" D" words: disappointment, denial, distrust and disgust. Repeated from Sunday 5.40pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen

The last of a four-part series in which Kate
Bellingham follows engineers and architects as their new constructions go through final tests. This programme looks at the huge underground tunnels being built to prevent flooding in Folkestone. Producer Deborah Cohen E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Deborah Cohen

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