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This bank holiday Stuart Maconie and guests discuss what to do with long weekends. Do we make the best of them or should we look to the French for advice?
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Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Cathie Mahoney

The conclusion of a three-part series juxtaposing sports events that made the front page against the news they eclipsed. July 1990 and the world was in motion. Walls were crumbling in eastern Europe and a former South African terrorist took tea at
Number 10. Simon Barnes looks back to England v West Germany in the semi-final of the World Cup in 1990. It was a match of iconic moments: Gazza was booked and cried, Lineker mouthed "have a word" to the bench and Waddle made a fateful penalty Shot. Producer Rachel Pink

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Barnes
Producer:
Rachel Pink

The Equitable Dilemma. Policyholders will soon have the chance to vote to determine the future of Equitable Life. But what's best for one policyholder may not be best for another. Lesley Curwen is joined by policyholders to explore the next crucial chapter of the Equitable Life story. Producer Kim Barrington

Contributors

Unknown:
Lesley Curwen
Producer:
Kim Barrington

The Sony Award-winning impressionist show returns for another series. Starring Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens. Mark Perry and Kevin Connelly. Rptd from yesterday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Dead Ringers and Dead Ringers. Series 2. Part are available on audio cassette and CD from all good retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Culshaw
Unknown:
Jan Ravens.
Unknown:
Mark Perry
Unknown:
Kevin Connelly.

Six debates on issues of perennial interest. chaired by Nick Clarke in front of an invited audience. 4: "Instant communication isthe curse of the 21st century." LINES CLOSE at 2.20pm. To vote YES PHONE: [number removed] To vote NO PHONE: [number removed]. Maximum call cost lOp Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Clarke

"You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed. It's the only solution." Ominous words heard through a hotel window which prophesy murder in the Red Rose city of Petra. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
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Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised by:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Enyd Williams
Hercule Poirot:
John Moffatt
Mrs Boynton:
Miriam Karlin
Lady Westholme:
Jill Balcon
Sarah:
Connie Walker
Dr Gerard:
Sean Baker
Jefferson:
Jonathan Keeble
Col Carbury:
John Woodnutt
Miss Pierce:
Jennie Stoller
Lennox:
Roger May
Nadine:
Helen Ayres
Raymond:
Kenny Blyth
Carol:
Jasmine Hyde
Ginerva:
Clare Corbett

Today on the weekly guide to film Antonia Quirke talks to David Thomson as he updates his book, The Biographical Dictionary Of Film. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Talks:
Antonia Quirke
Unknown:
David Thomson
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Tom Sutcliffe reviews this week's cultural highlights, including Fury, Salman Rushdie 's new transatlantic comic novel whose hero leaves Britain for New York, ajourney made by Rushdie himself. Producer Erika Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Salman Rushdie
Producer:
Erika Wright

Ventriloquism, juggling and conjuring all depend on being able to see what's happening, yet all have worked on radio. Dance, the visual arts and sport should be impossible in a sound-only world, but they are also successful - indeed, sport is a mainstay of radio. Sean Street, Britain's first professor of radio, examines the nature of the medium and considers aspects that ought to work but are very hard to bring off - like sex and death. Producer Julian May Ventriloquism on radio?: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Street

The final part of Thomas Hardy 's novel, adapted by Alan Sharp. Tess is working at a desolate, windswept farm, hoping that Angel will come to save her.
Repeated from Sunday
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Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Adapted By:
Alan Sharp.
Tess:
Claire Rushbrook
Alec:
Adam Godley
Angel:
James D'Arcy
Mr Durbeyfield:
Keith Barron
Mrs Durbeyfield:
Amelda Brown
Liza:
Lyndsey Marshal
Cuthbert:
Kenny Blyth
Marion:
Janice Acrjuah
Mrsd'Urberville:
Jennie Stoller
Mr Crick:
Sean Baker
Mrs Crick:
Annette Badland
Rev Clare:
Robert East
Mrs Clare:
Joanna Wake
Felix:
David Thorpe
Retty:
Rachel Gleaves
Izzy:
Alison Pettltt

Requests for poems which have been set to music, and lyrics which stand up in their own right. Pieces are performed by the writers, including Philip Gross, Lemn Sissay , Jean "Binta" Breeze and Leonard Cohen. With Frank Delaney. Rptdfrom Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Lemn Sissay
Unknown:
Leonard Cohen.
Unknown:
Frank Delaney.

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