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Trevor Phillips travels east to unravel the apparently peaceful tale of Malayan independence. A meeting with Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore reveals that not everybody got the independence they wanted. Producer Miles Warde Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Phillips
Unknown:
Lee Kwan Yew
Producer:
Miles Warde

Quentin Cooper listens to some of the voice recordings in the 1950's reference collection The Surveyof English Dialects. It is a mine of information for actors, the police and historians who reconstruct what English sounded like centuries ago. Producer Andrew Luck-Baker

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Andrew Luck-Baker

By Georgia Pritchett. A comedy about florists with attitude. 2: Bundle of Joy. Winnie and Ample try their hand at babysitting and find themselves outwitted by their silent charge. Meanwhile Ample's son is out of the detention centre. But for how long? Director Beeban Kidron

Contributors

Director:
Beeban Kidron
Ample:
Miranda Richardson
Winnie:
Doon MacKlchan
Robert:
David Morrissey
Sandra:
Imelda Staunton
Phil:
Robert Webb
Pauline:
Ronni Ancona
Emily:
Ronni Ancona
Customer:
Alex Lowe

A vivid depiction of thejoys and sorrows of infidelity, dramatised from Penelope Lively 's first novel by Jill Hyem. Anne has never been forced to examine how happy her marriage really is, until herfather becomes ill and she begins a series of visits to Lichfield, where she meets someone she has far more in common with than her kind hut dull husband. Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Novel:
Penelope Lively
Writer:
Jill Hyem
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Anne:
Kate Buffery
David:
David Troughton
Don:
Sean Baker
Graham:
Gerard McDermott
Shirley:
Paula Jacobs
James:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Judy:
Helen Longworth

A week of stories from Birmingham's new black and Asian voices. 1: The Darkest Hourby Yvonne Brissett. In the heart of Birmingham a young woman succumbs to jealousy when she fears her boyfriend is seeing anotherwoman. She takes radical action, which leads to more trouble than she could ever have anticipated. Read by Janice Acquah. Producer Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Hourby Yvonne Brissett.
Read By:
Janice Acquah.
Producer:
Peter Leslie Wild

Five features and audio diaries from the winners of Radio 4's competition to find young voices for the airwaves. 1: Lauren Coultard investigates the teenager drugs scene in Liverpool and Charlie Bennett reveals the more innocent pleasures on the Scilly Isles. Producer Bella Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
Lauren Coultard
Unknown:
Charlie Bennett
Producer:
Bella Bannerman

Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Ross Noble and Greg Proops join Nicholas Parsons to battle it out for verbal supremacy. ProducerClaireJones RepeatedSundayl2.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this series is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Ross Noble
Unknown:
Greg Proops
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons

I The notorious 1950s bestseller by Grace Metalious that lifted the lid on the passions and scandal running
I underthe respectable surface of a small town in pre-war New England. Dramatised in ten parts by April de Angelis. 1: The arrival of a new headmaster causes a stir in the Mackenzie household.
Director Sara Davies Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Director:
Sara Davies
Narrator:
Claire Bloom
Allison:
Lisa Renee
Constance:
Maxine Howe
Tom:
Demetr Igorttsas
Selena:
Polly Lee
Dr Swain:
Peter Marinker
Lucas:
John Sharian
Nellie:
Kathryn Akin
Norman:
Bruce Godfree
Old Men:
Ed Bishop
Old Men:
Sean Hagerty
Old Men:
Garrick Hagon
Joey:
Matthew Kane

Sophiwa Sobuwa was 17 when he was sentenced to 48 years on Robben Island, the notorious maximum security prison near Cape Town. Although he was released in 1991, Sophiwa returns there everyday as amuseumguide. Producer Sara Conkey

Contributors

Unknown:
Sophiwa Sobuwa
Producer:
Sara Conkey

One of the 168 people who lost their lives in the Oklahoma City bombing of 19 April 1995 was Paul Ice. Paul's sister, Kay Fulton , has since dedicated herself to the anti-terrorist cause. Stephen Smith follows her as she flies to New York to comfort the families of those who died on 11 September 2001. Rpt of mu llam

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Ice.
Unknown:
Kay Fulton
Unknown:
Stephen Smith

Farming for Wildlife. In the last of the series exploring how farming could provide added-value food that would also be good for wildlife, Chris Baines visits
Northumberland where direct connections are being made between food tourism and biodiversity, and Devon where he samples the delights of bat's milk. Producer Brett Westwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Baines
Producer:
Brett Westwood

A series of documentaries capturing some of the definingcharacteristics of people and places heard on the BBC's local and national radio networks.
Invicta. Today's programme reveals the history of the symbol of Kent's heroic past. Producer Jo Burn

Contributors

Producer:
Jo Burn

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