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Fifty years ago, black Americans and white Americans led very separate lives, with separate restaurants, separate rest rooms and separate schools - even the cemeteries were segregated. "Separate but equal" was the law of the land. Tony Phillips travels to the Deep South, to Summerton in South Carolina, where in 1947 a preacher and a small group of African Americans initiated the most significant civil rights case in American history. Producer Tony Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Phillips
Producer:
Tony Phillips

5/5. Hastings and DI Japp are bewildered by the antics of Hercule Poirot as he rushes back to Styles Court in a state of great excitement. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Music by Tom Smail ; Producer/Director Enyd Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Di Japp
Unknown:
Hercule Poirot
Dramatised By:
Michael Bakewell.
Music By:
Tom Smail
Director:
Enyd Williams
Poirot:
John Moffatt
Hastings:
Simon Williams
DI Japp:
Philip Jackson
Mary:
Susan Jameson
Evie:
Nichola McAuliffe
Cynthia:
Annabelle Dowler
Dorcas:
Hilda Schroder
Lawrence:
Nicholas Boulton
Alfred:
Hugh Dickson

2/3. Can't See for Looking. A witness to an arson attack thinks she saw a rhinoceros throwing the petrol bomb. Dr Joe Aston , an expert in recovered memory, tries to discover what she really saw. Written by David Napthine.
Producer/Director Mary Peate

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Joe Aston
Written By:
David Napthine.
Director:
Mary Peate
Joe Aston:
Jeremy Swift
DC Patten:
Paul Brennen
Dl Reynolds:
Janet Dibley
Donna:
Sharon Percy
Billy:
Michael Imerson
Alison:
Colleen Prenderqast
Steve:
Wayne Foskett
Asif:
Shiv Grewal
Mickey:
Michael Hodgson

1/5. The Tale of 80,000 Horns. This short story by Ma Sanda is one of a selection from some of Burma's foremost female writers. Written in 1988, it's a satirical reworking of a well-loved folk tale. Translated by Vicky Bowman. Read by Stella Gonet. Producer Elizabeth Allard

Contributors

Story By:
Ma Sanda
Translated By:
Vicky Bowman.
Read By:
Stella Gonet.
Producer:
Elizabeth Allard

6/90. John Hawkins and Humphrey Gilbert. Queen
Elizabeth I gave official backing to the first British slave traders, with consequences that would reverberate for hundreds of years. By Christopher Lee. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Readings by Rob Brydon , Mark Heap and Anna Massey. Producer Pete Atkin

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hawkins
Unknown:
Humphrey Gilbert.
Unknown:
Christopher Lee.
Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson.
Unknown:
Rob Brydon
Unknown:
Mark Heap
Unknown:
Anna Massey.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

New series 1/13. Anne Mackenzie returns with the discussion programme, with contributors from across the globe offering their perspectives on topical issues. Producer Peter Aitchison

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne MacKenzie
Producer:
Peter Aitchison

4/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes are broadcaster Kate Adie , writer Christopher Matthew , novelist Dr Rosalind Miles and actor Ben Moor. The reader is William Franklyn. From Speen Arts Festival, with host
Nigel Rees. Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm EMAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk;
Address: Quote.... Unquote, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Adie
Unknown:
Christopher Matthew
Unknown:
Dr Rosalind Miles
Unknown:
Ben Moor.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees.
Producer:
Tilusha Ghelani

Mark Lawson meets the writer Alan Bennett , who is about to publish a new volume of his prose. In an extended interview, Bennett reflects on his career as performer, playwright and diarist. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

6/10. Frances. William becomes intrigued by the shy and gentle Frances. There is a sadness about her that beguiles him. But someone is watching him from the shadows. By Charlotte Bronte, dramatised by Rachel Joyce.
Director Tracey Neale Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Rachel Joyce.
Director:
Tracey Neale
William:
Paul Venables
Zoraide:
Niamh Cusack
Monsieur Pelet:
Roger May
Frances:
Claire Price
Hunsden:
Shaun Dooley
Edward:
Jonathan Keeble
MrsCrimsworth:
Ruth Sillers
Madame Pelet:
Natasha Pyne
Lord Tynedale:
Gerard McDermott
Brown:
Harry Myers
Sylvie:
Penelope Rawlins
Young Crimsworth:
Jack Miller

1/9. Richard Miron lived for seven weeks in the Jewish settlements in Gaza, sharing in the lives of the people who lived there. He witnessed the final days of these settlements and the evacuation of the 8,000 Jewish people. The documentary follows people from three Jewish settler families, providing an insight into the crisis they faced, and asks what the future holds for their ideology, which has been at the forefront of Israeli politics for many years. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Miron

3/9. A Blight on the Landscape. Phytophthoras, a group of microscopic fungal pathogens, are affecting a growing number of tree and shrub species on most continents. Paul Evans explores how scientists are trying to contain these easily spreadable diseases, which bring death to raspberries and oak trees alike.
Producer Sheena Duncan Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Evans
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

nt/5. Brown sits in the restaurant every day waiting for something to happen. Then something does. This rediscovered story by Graham Greene , abridged by Andrew Simpson , involves intrigue, love and microfilm in Cold War Germany. Read by Anton Lesser. Producer Duncan Minshull
RT DIRECT: Accompanying book available for £9.99 including p&p. Call [number removed]042 (national rate) or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com

Contributors

Story By:
Graham Greene
Abridged By:
Andrew Simpson
Read By:
Anton Lesser.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

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