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Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie read six Billy Bunter stories by Frank Richards.
Bunter, the Hero. The fat owl, the old fat foozler, the immortal chump of Greyfriars School, William George Bunter and his chums from the Remove are brought back to life by another group of pranksters in this story from Bunter, the Bad Lad.
A Rewind Production

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Billy Bunter
Stories By:
Frank Richards.
Unknown:
William George Bunter

First of six programmes in which celebrities select and read extracts from their favourite humorous works.
This week Les Dennis is drawn back to his Liverpool roots as he reads from Alan Bleasdale's Scully and Mooey, about a scouse boy's gang, and from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which inspired his own childhood pranks.
A Rewind production

Contributors

Presenter:
Les Dennis

Introduced by Michael Crawford.
3: The Finishing Touches. Andrew Lloyd Webber 's shows are markedly different from each other.
With a reputation for being difficult, the composer is a perfectionist with a hunger for innovation, variety, spectacle and success - to his own standards.
A Unique Broadcasting production

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Crawford.
Unknown:
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Many Rivers to Cross.
Eddy Grant presents the last of six programmes on Caribbean music with a look at recent developments in reggae, calypso and soca. The show includes a new song from veteran Trinidadian performer Roaring Lion as well as tracks from the Caribbean Combo, Toots Hibbert and Eddy himself. A Rewind production

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddy Grant
Unknown:
Toots Hibbert

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