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A three-part series exploring three moments in history when the British have been swept with wave of hysteria, gripped by a moral panic or frozen with terror.

Today the fear of Aids, smallpox and anthrax is constant but our 19th-century ancestors had their own horrors: syphilis and gonorrhoea were spreading through the population rapidly. Joanna Bourke tells the story of a moral cleanup. The readers are David Collins and Simon Armstrong.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joanna Bourke
Reader:
David Collins
Reader:
Simon Armstrong.
Producer:
Kate McAll

By PG Wodehouse , dramatised by Roger Davenport.
An engaging new series which brings one of Wodehouse's most entertaining characters to radio, starts with one of the best loved tales.
1: Honeysuckle Cottage. Richard Griffiths stars as the storytelling Mr Mulliner whose narratives enlist the regulartipplers of the Angler's Rest as participants. One of the Mulliner clan writes tough detective stories but when he inherits the cottage of another family author he finds it haunted by the spirit of all her cloying romantic fiction. Marital bliss seems inevitable. Director Ned Chaillet

Contributors

Unknown:
Pg Wodehouse
Dramatised By:
Roger Davenport.
Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Unknown:
Mr Mulliner
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Mr Mulliner:
Richard Griffiths
Miss Postlethwaite:
Matilda Ziegler
Rose:
Matilda Ziegler
Aport:
Peter Acre
Dr Brady:
Peter Acre
A light ale:
Martin Hyder
McKinnon:
Martin Hyder
A pint of stout:
David Timson
Colonel Carteret:
David Timson
A small bitter:
Tom George
James:
Tom George

By Amanda Dalton. Rose hasn't spoken since her husband left. Ginnie, her daughter, is hiding alone in the woods, determined not to go to school. Police break into a flat in a city tower block to find a man and nine dogs. Ginnie is captivated by the idea of feral children and watches the dog man ... ...
Poetry read by Amanda Dalton Director Sue Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanda Dalton.
Read By:
Amanda Dalton
Director:
Sue Roberts
Nan:
Elizabeth Kelly
Ginnie:
Celia Meiras
Rose:
Kathryn Hunt
Roland:
Nick Bagnall
Policeman:
David Crellin
RSPCA man:
Adam Sunderland
Landlord:
James Quinn

The first in a week of readings about dark deeds and wrongdoings. 1: The Stalkerby the award-winning crime writer Peter Lovesey. " started with one of those calls you dread, at 2.15am, when you're in no state to pick up a phone ... Read by James Bryce. Producer David Jackson Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Lovesey.
Read By:
James Bryce.
Producer:
David Jackson

1: Jo's Story. When Jo was 12 she revealed to her family that she'd been abused. Unable to cope, she was taken into care. The impact of this resulted in her education falling apart, which she now regrets.
Felicity Finch talks to Jo about herworking to prevent other young people in care from losing out. Producer Cathy Drysdale

Contributors

Talks:
Felicity Finch
Producer:
Cathy Drysdale

Special guests joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotes and anecdotes are Jenny Colgan ,
Simon Fanshawe , Andrew Mueller and Paula Wilcox. Producer Carol Smith E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Acompilation of the best of Quote.... Unquote is available on audio cassette at good retail outlets orwww.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Jenny Colgan
Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Unknown:
Andrew Mueller
Unknown:
Paula Wilcox.
Producer:
Carol Smith

A ten-part dramatisation by Diana Griffiths from
Stan Barstow's gritty love story. 6: Local elections are imminent and Andrea is involved in an accident.
Director Pauline Harris Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Griffiths
Director:
Pauline Harris
Tom:
David Calder
Andrea:
Deborah McAndrew
Philip:
Robert Glenister
Norma:
Sharon Duce
Shirley:
Ruth Herbert
Nurse:
Ruth Herbert
Nick:
Ben Crompton
Kate:
Jo Anne Knowles
Mrs Warner:
Daryl Fishwick
Bess:
Fishwick Fishwick
Bedford:
Guy Perry
Inspector Bradley:
Geoff Hlnsllff
Caroline:
Naomi Radcliffe

Moldova. Times are hard in the country which was a relatively prosperous former Soviet Republic but is now the poorest country in Europe. With an average monthly wage of around L20, up to a third of the working population are forced to seek jobs abroad - and, as a result, many have to leave their children behind. Mark Brayne reports on these "economic orphans" who often lodged with ageinggrandparents or were left in the care of state-run orphanages. Producer Jane Beresford Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Brayne
Producer:
Jane Beresford

3: Back to Nature. Ten women go on safari to get in touch with nature. What is it that they are looking for? Brian Leith examines the closeness to nature that so many people feel is missing from their lives. Producer Grant Sonnex

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Leith
Producer:
Grant Sonnex

Martin Jarvis reads his ten-part adaptation of Michael Frayn 's novel.
1: In the quiet cul-de-sac where they live (in 1942), ten-year-old Keith imparts an extraordinary piece of news to his friend Stephen: that the war has moved close to home. When the secret world emerges from the shadows, they become engulfed in a far more painful mystery than they could have imagined.

Contributors

Narrator:
Martin Jarvis
Author:
Michael Frayn
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres
Producer:
Martin Jarvis

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