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Jenni Murray with topical interviews from a woman's point of view. Drama: Dear Little Burney by Fanny Burney , adapted by Jennifer Howarth. Part 13.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Fanny Burney
Adapted By:
Jennifer Howarth.

Jonathan Glancey examines the relationships between five pairs of cities around the world.
2: Rio de JaneirolBrasilia - the Best Laid Plans. In 1960, Brasilia was inaugurated as the new capital of Brazil. It had taken just three years to build in the virtually uninhabited interior of the country. Why and how did it happen and what has been its impact on Rio? Producer Jane Beresford

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Glancey
Producer:
Jane Beresford

Six episodes of Jim Eldridge 's drama series about a likeable ex-con who is trying to make good. 4: Where the Action Is. Terry faces violence on the streets of the estate and there is a clash between youth and age at the community centre. But things between him and Sandra look very promising indeed.
Music Jacqueline Dankworth and Harvey Brough Director Marilyn Imrie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Music:
Jacqueline Dankworth
Music:
Harvey Brough
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Terry:
Karl Howman
Sandra:
Phyllis Logan
Steve:
Ben Crowe
Mrs Baxter:
Riehenda Carey
Andy:
Tom George
Scaggs:
Clinton Mullings Dodson
Annie:
Alison Pettitt
Jerry:
David Thorpe

Nick Clarke chairs the cryptic quiz. This week
Polly Devlin and Brian Feeney for Northern Ireland take on Philippa Gregory and Brian J Ford forthe Midlands.
Producer Paul Bajoria. E-MAIL: rbq@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Polly Devlin
Unknown:
Brian Feeney
Unknown:
Brian J Ford
Producer:
Paul Bajoria.

By Eric Pringle.
It is 2020, and technology rules supreme. One of its successes is The Simon Swain Show, in which contestants fight for survival in a desperate bid to justify their existence. Meanwhile, in an empty Norfolk seaside resort, a lone piano player plays to his dead wife. His life is transformed when he is invited on to the show.

Contributors

Writer:
Eric Pringle
Piano:
Stuart Hutchinson
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Jack:
Bernard Cribbins
Simon:
Philip Jackson
Kate:
Becky Hindley
Paul:
Andrew Wincott

A special edition of the programme from
Normandy in the grounds of the Chelsea gold-medal winning Chateau de Bosmelet. On the panel are Bob Flowerdew , Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank. With chairman Eric Robson. Shortened repeat from Sunday 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank.
Unknown:
Eric Robson.

Laurie Taylor visits Bradford to discover the intellectual and cultural heart of a city faced with the task of self-reinvention after the death of the textile industry. From academics working with young Asian women to a man juggling
Frankenstein's eyeballs, Taylorfinds a city intent on rebuilding itself. Producer Laura Parfitt

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Laura Parfitt

A comedy by Barry Grossman about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
2: TV Stars. Su is setto appear on television. Abraham is not impressed - or so it seems.
Music Max Harris. Producer John Fawcett Wilson (R)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Barry Grossman
Music:
Max Harris.
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Rabbi Su Jacobs:
Tracy-Ann OBErman
Rabbi Abraham Fine:
David de Keyser
Sadie:
Doreen Mantle
Melvin:
Henry Goodman
Brian:
Jonathan Kydd
Su'smum:
Sheila Steafel
Fiona:
Rebecca Gethings
Gareth:
Peter Landl

Diana Madill presents a four-part series of lively debates about the important issues of the day.
This week Diana is in Wrexham, north-east Wales, which has one of the lowest recycling rates in the country and is planning to build an incinerator to cope with the growing waste mountain.

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(Repeated Saturday 10.15pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Diana Madill
Producer:
Jo Glanville

As smoking in the west declines, will the tobacco industry respond by expanding its customer base elsewhere? Countries such as Tanzania are expecting an explosion of lung cancer, but what treatments are available to those unlucky enough to develop the condition?
Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk¡R)

Contributors

Producer:
Geraldine Fitzgerald.

In the second of three programmes,
Boothby Graffoe presents the highlights and unexpected pleasures of all the festival's comedy, theatre and music, from the Pleasance.
Producers Dave Batchelor and Wilma Gardiner-Gill

Contributors

Unknown:
Boothby Graffoe
Producers:
Dave Batchelor
Producers:
Wilma Gardiner-Gill

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