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A five-part serial starring Jon Pertwee, with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier.
The Doctor is dead and the Brigadier discovers that the Parakon Corporation has friends in high places.
(First broadcast on Radio 5)

Contributors

Writer:
Barry Letts
Music:
Peter Howell of the Radiophonic Workshop
The Doctor:
Jon Pertwee
Sarah Jane Smith:
Elisabeth Sladen
The Brigadier:
Nicholas Courtney
[Actor]:
Richard Pearce
[Actor]:
Harold Innocent
[Actor]:
Peter Miles
[Actor]:
Andrew Wincott
[Actor]:
Dominic Letts
[Actor]:
John Harwood
[Actor]:
Jillie Meers

Bessie Smith , the Empress of the Blues, is remembered by singer George Melly in a programme that marks the centenary of her birth. The show features classic recorded Smith performances featuring
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden and interviews with her niece and companion, Ruby Walker.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bessie Smith
Singer:
George Melly
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong
Unknown:
Jack Teagarden
Unknown:
Ruby Walker.

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