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			BBC Radio Plays, radio 4, 1997
			The BBC kept very few of these plays after they were broadcast. I estimate that around a third to a half of them exist in known private collections. I'm sorry that the Monday entries seem to be triplicated - database error. Nothing I can do about it. 1 6 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Mansfield Park The final part of Elizabeth Proud's dramatisation. 3: `Portsmouth and After'. There is pain and pleasure for Fanny when Mr Crawford secures William's promotion and expects more than her gratitude in return. With Hannah Gordon; Amanda Root; Michael Williams and Jane Lapotaire. Director Sue Wilson. Classic Serial 14:30 2 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Diamonds John Peacock's trilogy of radio Afternoon Plays follows the progress of a flawed light Cape diamond and the fortunes of the Hallam family over 120 only years. 3: `Diamond Cut Diamond'. Notting Hill 1991: the diamond is now the only part of the Hallam fortune left to Alice in her crumbling and condemned bedsit. But it was hidden by her mother before she died; and Alice is not the only one looking for it. With Carolyn Jones; Ian Masters; Janet Maw; Alison Pettitt and Sean Baker. Director David Hunter. Afternoon Play 14:00 2 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fond Memories By Jim Hitchmough. When Helen visits her estranged father; Edgar; she has only one question on her mind. And no matter how difficult it might be; they both must face the truth. With Eve Matheson; Michael Jayson; Suzanne Hitchmough and Jonathan Wyatt. Director Brian Lighthill. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 2 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fond Memories By Jim Hitchmough. When Helen visits her estranged father; Edgar; she has only one question on her mind. And no matter how difficult it might be; they both must face the truth. With Eve Matheson; Michael Jayson; Suzanne Hitchmough and Jonathan Wyatt. Director Brian Lighthill. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 2 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fond Memories By Jim Hitchmough. When Helen visits her estranged father; Edgar; she has only one question on her mind. And no matter how difficult it might be; they both must face the truth. With Eve Matheson; Michael Jayson; Suzanne Hitchmough and Jonathan Wyatt. Director Brian Lighthill. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 3 6 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Enoch Soames By Max Beerbohm; dramatised by Eric Pringle. Convinced that posterity will acknowledge his genius; fin-de-siecle poet Enoch Soames accepts the devil's offer to glimpse the future: he is to be in the British Museum Reading Room this very afternoon! With Nigel Anthony; David Bannerman; Ioan Meredith; Christopher Wright and Rachel Atkins. Director David Blount. Thirty Minute Theatre 14:00 4 6 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; A Grove of Straight Trees By Nick Warburton. The owner of a large estate wants wood for his buildings; but his workforce will not set foot in the sacred grove. With Gavin Muir; Richard Pearce; Don McCorkindale; Susannah Corbett and Elaine Claxton. Director Claire Grove. Afternoon Play 14:00 5 6 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Riding with Buffalo Bill By Tim Rhys. The bizarre and wonderful tale of two men; separated by 90 years; who have both lost their homeland. With Giles Thomas; Don Warrington; Christine Morris and Iestyn Jones. Directed by Foz Allan. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 6 6 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Mansfield Park The final part of Elizabeth Proud's dramatisation. 3: `Portsmouth and After'. There is pain and pleasure for Fanny when Mr Crawford secures William's promotion and expects more than her gratitude in return. With Hannah Gordon; Amanda Root; Michael Williams and Jane Lapotaire. Director Sue Wilson. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 7 6 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Patricia's Progress The final part of Tony Mulholland's drama. 3: `A Decision'. 1996: Birmingham South Central will soon be selecting their candidate to fight the 1997 general election; and Patricia plans to be in the running. With Lucy Treager; Michael Lumsden; Kim Wall and Alexander Morton. Director Brian Lighthill. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 8 6 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Story of an African Farm By Olive Schreiner; dramatised in two parts by Marion Baraitser. 1: Orphans Lyndall and Em are growing up on a Boer farm under the slipshod guardianship of Tant' Sannie. Their world is turned upside down with the arrival of the brutal Bonaparte Blenkins. With Deborah Berlin; Robert Harper; Alison Pettit and David Kossoff. Director David Blount. Classic Serial 14:30 9 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Man in the Elephant Mask A two-part serial by Peter Wolf; with Roger Allam as John Merrick and Tim Pigott-Smith as Frederick Treves.. 1: `Patron Saint of Outcasts'. A very different portrait; which follows the life from childhood of the famous Victorian `elephant man'; John Merrick. Though much of Merrick's time was spent concealing his disfigurement; he felt that he was blessed with uniqueness. With Alison Pettitt and Tracey Ann Oberman Afternoon Play 14:00 10 6 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Patty and Chips with Scraps By Mandy Precious. Lil has always been married; she has always been somebody's wife; but now; newly widowed; she must contemplate life alone with Albert's chip van. She befriends Mudassar; a young man who pushes her to emerge from the shadow of Albert. Together they take a cruise which turns into a voyage of discovery. With Rita Tushingham and Ravin J Ganatra. Director Kate Rowland. Thirty Minute Theatre 14:00 11 6 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Nimby By Stephen Dinsdale and Jerome Vincent. The demolition work for the new slip road is just about to begin; when Eamon sees a fairy standing on his gear stick. With Rachel Atkins; Ioan Meredith; Mark Bonnar and Sean Barrett. Directed by David Blount. Afternoon Play 14:00 12 6 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Act of Faith By David Napthine. An outsider visits a west Cumbrian family whose lives are woven around the Sellafield nuclear plant. He has come to separate truth from myth; and to reveal a secret. With Barbara Marten; Bill Speed and Blair Plant. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 13 6 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Story of an African Farm By Olive Schreiner; dramatised in two parts by Marion Baraitser. 1: Orphans Lyndall and Em are growing up on a Boer farm under the slipshod guardianship of Tant' Sannie. Their world is turned upside down with the arrival of the brutal Bonaparte Blenkins. With Deborah Berlin; Robert Harper; Alison Pettit and David Kossoff. Director David Blount. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 14 6 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Hulme Stories By Bill Taylor. The first of four stories about three generations of the fictional Harrington family; based on the real-life memories of a Manchester community. `Something in the Air'. 1969: bulldozers are closing in and families are being moved into the new unfinished flats; but George refuses to budge. With John McCardle; Jane Hazelgrove; Keith Ladd and Christine Mackie. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 15 6 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Story of an African Farm By Olive Schreiner; dramatised in two parts by Marion Baraitser. 2: Em remains on the farm; but Lyndall is determined to flout convention and break free. With Deborah Berlin; Robert Harper; Alison Pettit and Jonathan Cullen. Director David Blount. Classic Serial 14:30 16 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Man in the Elephant Mask A two-part serial by Peter Wolf; with Roger Allam as John Merrick and Tim Pigott-Smith as Frederick Treves. 2: `Diseases and Messiahs'.John Merrick feels he has at last escaped from the hands of his tormentors into the the protective care of Frederick Treves at the London Hospital. But; once again; he find himself on public disAfternoon Play and forced to flee from those who wish to capitalise on his disfigurement. Afternoon Play 14:00 17 6 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Patty and Chips with Scraps By Mandy Precious. Lil has always been married; she has always been somebody's wife; but now; newly widowed; she must contemplate life alone with Albert's chip van. She befriends Mudassar; a young man who pushes her to emerge from the shadow of Albert. Together they take a cruise which turns into a voyage of discovery. With Rita Tushingham and Ravin J Ganatra. Director Kate Rowland. Thirty Minute Theatre 18 6 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Patricia's Policy The first of a new four-part drama by Tony Mulholland. `Poison Pens'. Patricia Brown has been selected as the Tory candidate for King's Meadow; a marginal seat. John Major has not yet named the date of the general election; but the party machine has already started to swing into action. There is a tough fight ahead. With Lucy Treager; Kim Wall and Hilary MacLean. Director Brian Lighthill. Afternoon Play 14:00 19 6 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Raskolnikov's Axe By Christopher Fitz-Simon. When Denzil Fitzgerald joins a 1930s Dublin theatrical company who are producing `Crime and Punishment'; he identifies too closely with the leading man's role. With Bill Golding; Mario Rosenstock; Michael Cochrane and Stella McCusker. Directed by Roland Jaquarello. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 20 6 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Story of an African Farm The final part of Marion Baraitser's dramatisation of Olive Screiner's story. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 21 6 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Hulme Stories By Bill Taylor. The second of four stories about three generations of the fictional Harrington family; based on the real-life memories of a Manchester community. `Out of Order'. 1974: a family tragedy for Susan; a single mother with two children; forces her to reassess her passive acceptance of the conditions in which she lives. With Jane Hazelgrove; Keith Ladd and Russell Dixon. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 22 6 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Agnes Grey By Anne Bronte; dramatised by Judith Adams. A young woman dismays her family when she decides to earn her own living as a governess. Will her trials lead her to true love? With Poppy Miller; Robert Whelan and Alison Darling. Classic Serial 14:30 23 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Hong Kong Holding Company A two-part documentary-style drama by Matthew Solon; set against the backdrop of the Hong Kong handover; which dips into the lives of a family torn apart by conflict. Two brothers run two branches of the Cheung family business; one in London; the other in Hong Kong - one a success; the other a failure. When the brother in Hong Kong dies leaving mounting debts; the other; Lee-Fung; decides to send one of his four children over to sort it out. The conclusion; at the same time next week; will be recorded and broadcast from Hong Kong on the day of the handover; with real unfolding news events built into the action. With Cecil Cheng and Shirley Chantrell. Afternoon Play 14:00 24 6 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre Four Corners By Maya Chowdry. When 18-year-old Kavitaa's Scottish father and Indian mother argue over her birthday meal; she decides to mix her own ingredients. With Rina Mahoney; Hannah Chetty; Gary Lewis and Yasmin Sidwah. Thirty Minute Theatre 14:00 25 6 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: The Bounty Hunter By Tanika Gupta. The Bounty Hunter rounds up runaway Asian women and delivers them back to their homes - regardless of the circumstances to which he returns them. With Rehan Sheikh; Riz Abbasi and Shaheen Khan. Director Kristine Landon-Smith. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 25 6 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Patricia's Policy A four-part drama by Tony Mulholland. 2: `Women Beware Women'. Patricia is being threatened by a poison-pen letter writer and a journalist is digging around for information on the extra-marital affairs of New Labour politican Evelyn. Both are finding the run-up to the 1997 Afternoon Play 14:00 27 6 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Agnes Grey By Anne Bronte; dramatised by Judith Adams. A young woman dismays her family when she decides to earn her own living as a governess. Will her trials lead her to true love? With Poppy Miller; Robert Whelan and Alison Darling. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 28 6 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Hulme Stories By Bill Taylor. Four stories about three generations of the fictional Harrington family; based on the real-life memories of a Manchester community. 3: `Dog Days'. 1987: Hulme is now a haven for students; drop-outs and drug addicts; as well as home to some long-surviving families. Everyone has a band; including Susan's daughter; Clare. Old family conflicts are ignited when Clare's cousin Paul visits; looking for an experience of life on the wild side. With Jane Hazelgrove; Matthew Dunster and Keith Ladd. Musicians Harry Stafford; Tim Scott and Stefan Hambrook. Producer Michael Fox. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 29 6 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: North and South By Elizabeth Gaskell; dramatised in three parts by Charlotte Keatley. 1: `Departures and Arrivals'. A young woman; used to a gentle life in a Hampshire village; moves to Manchester where she is exposed to industrial conflict and extremes of wealth and poverty. Mill owner John Thornton is determined she should understand how things are done in the north. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial 14:30 30 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Hong Kong Holding Company The final part of Matthew Solon's documentary-style drama; set against the backdrop of the Hong Kong handover. Everyone is making money in Hong Kong except the Cheung family. Chang-Ming is more interested in politics than business and the family firm has run up huge debts. When his alcoholic cousin Man-Wai arrives from London to help out; there is a bitter struggle for money and power that sends them hurtling towards disaster - and a desperate chase through the streets of Hong Kong on the eve of the handover. Recorded and transmitted from Hong Kong only a few hours before the handover. With Stuart Ong and Tin Lung Ko. Director John Dryden. Afternoon Play 14:00 30 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Secure Within In Martyn Wade's black comedy; Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder; Owen locks himself away; unaware that in his absence his wife and her stepson are planning a little revenge... With Anna Massey; Brenda Blethyn; Stephen Moore and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Director Cherry Cookson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 30 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Secure Within In Martyn Wade's black comedy; Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder; Owen locks himself away; unaware that in his absence his wife and her stepson are planning a little revenge... With Anna Massey; Brenda Blethyn; Stephen Moore and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Director Cherry Cookson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 30 6 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Secure Within In Martyn Wade's black comedy; Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder; Owen locks himself away; unaware that in his absence his wife and her stepson are planning a little revenge... With Anna Massey; Brenda Blethyn; Stephen Moore and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Director Cherry Cookson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 1 7 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre Raising Patrick Doherty Jessica Townsend's irreverent comedy in which a London-Irish family spend the run-up to their patriarch's burial destroying his reputation; only to be faced with his resurrection. With Maggie McCarthy; Maureen O'Brien and Carolyn Jones. Director Cathryn Horn. Thirty Minute Theatre 14:00 2 7 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Patricia's Policy A four-part drama by Tony Mulholland. 3: `The Big Picture'. An ex-member of the militant tendency is making life very difficult for Evelyn as she continues to canvass in Liverpool for New Labour. In the King's Meadow Conservative Association; Pat has just had to sack her drunken agent. The election campaign could be going better for both candidates. With Lucy Tregear; Hilary MacLean and Hugh Ross. Directed by Brian Lighthill. Afternoon Play 14:00 3 7 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Killing Susan By Vivienne Allen. June 1953: Ten-year-old Davina pushes a younger girl into a pond and watches her drown. Will she be called to account for her crime? With Amanda Root as Barbara; Paul Copley as Stanley and Poppy Keeling as Davina. Director Peter Kavanagh. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 4 7 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: North and South By Elizabeth Gaskell; dramatised in three parts by Charlotte Keatley. 1: `Departures and Arrivals'. A young woman; used to a gentle life in a Hampshire village; moves to Manchester where she is exposed to industrial conflict and extremes of wealth and poverty. Mill owner John Thornton is determined she should understand how things are done in the north. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 5 7 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Hulme Stories By Bill Taylor. The last of four stories about the fictional Harrington family; based on the real-life memories of a Manchester community. `Seduction'. 1995. The crescents have been demolished; and a new Hulme has emerged from the rubble. As a party of forty Chinese town planners are inspecting the redevelopment; Clare sees an opportunity to impress her council boss. Susan looks on with pride; but wonders what thirty years of struggle have achieved. With Julia Ford; Jane Hazelgrove; Min Yee Lai and Keith Ladd. Producer Michael Fox. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 6 7 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: North and South By Elizabeth Gaskell; dramatised in three parts by Charlotte Keatley. 2: `Men and Gentleman'. Mrs Hale is dangerously ill; but a secret visitor restores the family's spirits. Margaret flings herself into the midst of mob rioting; but her action is widely misunderstood. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial 14:30 7 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Wayne; a Growth Industry The world of public relations can use some dubious tactics; but in John Dixon and Charles Nicklin's black comedy; an employee neatly turns the tables and calls conscience into question. With Jillie Meers; Alex Jones; Terry Molloy and John Webb. Directed by Sue Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 7 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Breathe in; Breathe Out By Simon Block. For five years; three amateur astronomers have met once a month; in a converted garden shed; to observe the moon through a second-hand telescope. Tonight; like the Apollo 14 golf ball; their routine world is knocked out of its orbit. With James Taylor; Sheila Allen; Sean Baker and Tom Watt. Director David Hunter. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 7 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Breathe in; Breathe Out By Simon Block. For five years; three amateur astronomers have met once a month; in a converted garden shed; to observe the moon through a second-hand telescope. Tonight; like the Apollo 14 golf ball; their routine world is knocked out of its orbit. With James Taylor; Sheila Allen; Sean Baker and Tom Watt. Director David Hunter. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 7 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Breathe in; Breathe Out By Simon Block. For five years; three amateur astronomers have met once a month; in a converted garden shed; to observe the moon through a second-hand telescope. Tonight; like the Apollo 14 golf ball; their routine world is knocked out of its orbit. With James Taylor; Sheila Allen; Sean Baker and Tom Watt. Director David Hunter. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 8 7 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Take One Egg By Linda McLean. When Stella gets a new man; her jealous twin sister Katy decides to check him out. But will he be able to tell the twins apart? With Eliza Langland; Wendy Seager and Douglas Russell. Director Patrick Rayner. Thirty Minute Theatre 14:00 9 7 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Patricia's Policy The final part of Tony Mulholland's drama. 4: `Crunch'. The general election is but a few days away. Patricia is fighting the opinion polls and newspaper reports of her failed marriage. Meanwhile; Evelyn is fighting off a rearguard action by Independent Labour. With Lucy Tregear; Hilary MacLean and Hugh Ross. Director Brian Lighthill. Afternoon Play 14:00 10 7 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Change of Heart By Robin Kelly. Tom cryogenically freezes his girlfriend when she is run down by a drunk driver. But when he reanimates her with the gift of a new heart; the woman that comes back to life is not the same woman he fell in love with. With Simon Day; Suzanne Packer; Steve da Costa and Zitta Sattar. Director Kristine Landon-Smith. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 11 7 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: North and South By Elizabeth Gaskell; dramatised in three parts by Charlotte Keatley. 2: `Men and Gentleman'. Mrs Hale is dangerously ill; but a secret visitor restores the family's spirits. Margaret flings herself into the midst of mob rioting; but her action is widely misunderstood. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 12 7 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Eyes of Max Carrados By E Bramagh; dramatised by Bert Coules. 1923. A desperate girl tries to clear her father; and only the celebrated blind detective Max Carrados can do it. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. With Teresa Gallagher; Matthew Marsh and Philip Glenister. Director Alan Drury. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 13 7 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: North and South The final part of Elizabeth Gaskell's tale; dramatised by Michael Fox and Charlotte Keatley. 3: `Losses and Gains'. Margaret is forced to tell a desperate lie to protect her brother; but is found out by Thornton; who assumes she must have a lover. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial 14:30 14 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Road to Paradise Julia Pascal's story of love and loss. When war breaks out; a young Jewish refugee finds herself evacuated to Guernsey. Does this mean the end of a promising musical career? With Tracey Wiles; John Jardine and Terence Mann. Director Nandita Ghose. Afternoon Play 14:00 14 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dead Wait By Paul Herzberg. During the Angolan Civil War in 1976; a white South African conscript was ordered to carry a wounded black freedom fighter on his back through the bush. The dying man whispered in the soldier's ear; and what he heard is changing his life. With Mick Ford; Paul Herzberg and Colin McFarlane. Director Andy Jordan. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 14 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dead Wait By Paul Herzberg. During the Angolan Civil War in 1976; a white South African conscript was ordered to carry a wounded black freedom fighter on his back through the bush. The dying man whispered in the soldier's ear; and what he heard is changing his life. With Mick Ford; Paul Herzberg and Colin McFarlane. Director Andy Jordan. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 14 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dead Wait By Paul Herzberg. During the Angolan Civil War in 1976; a white South African conscript was ordered to carry a wounded black freedom fighter on his back through the bush. The dying man whispered in the soldier's ear; and what he heard is changing his life. With Mick Ford; Paul Herzberg and Colin McFarlane. Director Andy Jordan. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 15 7 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Lithium Waltz By Barry McKinley; with James Fleet as Billy. Question: You have just arrived in a mental asylum. Who do you ask for help when filling in the assessment form? Answer: The other inmates. With Mark Bonnar; John Turner and Kristin Milward. Director Peter Kavanagh. Thirty Minute Theatre 16 7 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; My Uncle Freddie The first part of Alex Ferguson's hilarious and heartwarming trilogy; set in 1930s Jarrow. 1: `Heart's Ache; Heart's Ease'. Ten-year-old Lecky and his Uncle Freddie rescue the Prince of Wales from the Tyne. But is he the true prince? And will the course of history change in the North East? Afternoon Play 14:00 17 7 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: A Fine and Private Place By Peter Moffat. George Guthrie has dedicated his life to his lover; the celebrated artist Robert Glasgow; but at a price. When Glasgow dies; the glowing obituaries make no mention of this hidden and most important relationship. George has to come to terms with a life sacrificed to love which now holds no currency - a private grief for a public loss. With Clive Swift and Nicholas Farrell. Director Cathyrn Horn. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 18 7 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: North and South The final part of Elizabeth Gaskell's tale; dramatised by Michael Fox and Charlotte Keatley. 3: `Losses and Gains'. Margaret is forced to tell a desperate lie to protect her brother; but is found out by Thornton; who assumes she must have a lover. With Emily Mortimer; David Threlfall and Russell Dixon. Director Michael Fox. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 19 7 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome By Ernest Bramah; dramatised by Sue Rodwell. A blind detective tangles with suffragettes and the Bard. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. With Stephen Tompkinson; Lynsey Baxter and Oona Beeson. Director Alan Drury. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 20 7 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Barchester Chronicles `The Small House at Allington'; by Anthony Trollope; dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 1: In this fifth book in the series; we are introduced to one of Trollope's most charming heroines; Lily Dale; the impoverished niece of the squire of Allington; who rejects her childhood sweetheart in favour of the dashing but unscrupulous Adolphus Crosbie. With Alex Jennings; Julia Ford and Jamie Glover. Directed by Cherry Cookson. Classic Serial 14:30 21 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Whistle-Blower By Greg Cullen. When one of Jenny's pupils dies of an asthma attack; no-one will listen to her concerns that it might have been aggravated by local pollution. Then the oil tanker Sea Express runs aground off West Wales and suddenly Jenny finds that there is some action she can take. With Nickie Rainsford; Christian Rodska and Simon Harris. Directed by Alison Hindell. Afternoon Play 14:00 21 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Venus Bar By Yana Stajno. When a chocolate manufacturer is looking for a model to promote a new bar; a spotty chocoholic decides to give it a whirl. With Rachel Atkins; Nicholas Boulton and Robin Bailey. Directed by Peter Kavanagh. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 21 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Venus Bar By Yana Stajno. When a chocolate manufacturer is looking for a model to promote a new bar; a spotty chocoholic decides to give it a whirl. With Rachel Atkins; Nicholas Boulton and Robin Bailey. Directed by Peter Kavanagh. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 21 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Venus Bar By Yana Stajno. When a chocolate manufacturer is looking for a model to promote a new bar; a spotty chocoholic decides to give it a whirl. With Rachel Atkins; Nicholas Boulton and Robin Bailey. Directed by Peter Kavanagh. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 22 7 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Cold Call By Collin Johnson. Philip Swift is a hard-up would-be novelist. Needing to eat; he takes a job selling advertising space on the telephone. With Alistair McGowan; Deborah Findlay; David Verrey and Alice Arnold. Directed by Andy Jordan. Thirty Minute Theatre 23 7 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; My Uncle Freddie The second part of Alex Ferguson's hilarious and heartwarming trilogy; set in 1930s Jarrow. 2: `A Time of Deep Affliction'. Ten-year-old Lecky continues his hopeless pursuit of Charlotte McAtominey; the butcher's daughter; with her hair as red as fire and eyes as green as the sea. With all these distractions; will he win a scholarship to Jarrow Grammar School? Afternoon Play 14:00 24 7 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: The Beauty of Bone By Bridget Lawless. Josephine Chambers wrote a novel in the 1940s which took England and America by storm. But her second novel bombed and she has never published another. She lives quietly with her partner Beatty in a village on the south coast until American student Claire Bresco comes along; determined to `rediscover her'. With Stephanie Cole; Freda Dowie and Denys Hawthorne. Directed by Vanessa Whitburn. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 25 7 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Summer Serial: All Things Betray Thee By Gwyn Thomas; dramatised in three episodes by Alan Plater. 1: `Moonlea'. 1835. A travelling harpist arrives in the new iron town of Moonlea in search of his friend. When he finds unrest and injustice; he tries not to become involved. With Ian Hughes; Patrick Brennan and Melanie Walters. Directed by Alison Hindell. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 26 7 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Secret of Headlam Height By Ernest Bramah; dramatised by Roger Danes. The blind detective Max Carrados battles with spies on the eve of the First World War. With Simon Callow as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. With Charles Simpson; Brett Usher and Steve Hodson. Director Alan Drury. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 27 7 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Barchester Chronicles `The Small House at Allington'; by Anthony Trollope; dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 2: Blissfully happy in her engagement to Adolphus Crosbie; Lily Dale is much taken aback at his sudden departure to stay with the aristocratic de Courcys; whose daughter Alexandrina is an old flame. With Alex Jennings; Julia Ford and Jamie Glover. Director Cherry Cookson. Classic Serial 14:30 28 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Pilgrimage By Zenna Henderson; dramatised in two-parts by Catherine Czerkawska. 1: Lea; rescued by Karen from a misjudged suicide attempt; meets people who are strange beyond all comprehension - to humans... With Sybil Wintrope; Rose McBain and Raymond Short. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 28 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: This Lime Tree Bower A deadpan comedy by award-winning writer Conor McPherson. In an off-season seaside town; three unlikely heroes tell the tale of a weekend in which nothing goes to plan. With Hugh O'Conor; Peter McDonald and Brendan Coyle. Director Jonquil Panting. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 28 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: This Lime Tree Bower A deadpan comedy by award-winning writer Conor McPherson. In an off-season seaside town; three unlikely heroes tell the tale of a weekend in which nothing goes to plan. With Hugh O'Conor; Peter McDonald and Brendan Coyle. Director Jonquil Panting. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 28 7 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: This Lime Tree Bower A deadpan comedy by award-winning writer Conor McPherson. In an off-season seaside town; three unlikely heroes tell the tale of a weekend in which nothing goes to plan. With Hugh O'Conor; Peter McDonald and Brendan Coyle. Director Jonquil Panting. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 29 7 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty-Minute Theatre: Waltzing with the Moon By Richard Downing. 1991. Stranded in his Sputnik; Sergei orbits the earth; forgotten; with only his photographs to witness his actions. With James Westaway; Struan Rodger and Richard Nicholls. Director Alison Hindell. Thirty Minute Theatre 30 7 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; My Uncle Freddie The final part of Alex Ferguson's hilarious and heartwarming trilogy; set in 1930s Jarrow. `A Catalogue of Disasters'. Dad loses his job at the bakery; Lecky is being bullied for being a scholarship boy; and the love of his life; Charlotte McAtominey; still does not recognise him in the street. With Shaun Prendergast; Gareth Brown and Charlie Hardwick. Director Melanie Harris. Afternoon Play 14:00 31 7 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: An Oscar for Janice By Janet George. Theatre-mad supermarket assistant Janice soon finds that the stars in her eyes lose their twinkle when she gets a work placement in her local theatre - and meets the actors. With Julie Riley; Geoff Hinsliff and Dave Hill. Director Nandita Ghose. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 1 8 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Summer Serial: All Things Betray Thee By Gwyn Thomas: dramatised in three episodes by Alan Plater. 2: `Wild Music'. The iron furnaces in Moonlea are about to be closed: but Leigh cannot persuade John Simon to leave. With Ian Hughes: Patrick Brennan: Manon Edwards and Melanie Walters. Directed by Alison Hindell. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 4 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Pilgrimage The final part of Zenna Henderson's drama: dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska. Lea is beginning to know the strange folk of the Canyon. With Sybil Wintrope: Rose McBain and Eliza Langland. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 4 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Pino Pelosi and the Boys By Jeff Young. Charismatic gang-leader Pete is obsessed with all things Italian: particulary the killing of film-maker Pasolini. With John Lloyd Fillingham: Stephen Lord and Eugene Salleh. Director Melanie Harris. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 4 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Pino Pelosi and the Boys By Jeff Young. Charismatic gang-leader Pete is obsessed with all things Italian: particulary the killing of film-maker Pasolini. With John Lloyd Fillingham: Stephen Lord and Eugene Salleh. Director Melanie Harris. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 4 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Pino Pelosi and the Boys By Jeff Young. Charismatic gang-leader Pete is obsessed with all things Italian: particulary the killing of film-maker Pasolini. With John Lloyd Fillingham: Stephen Lord and Eugene Salleh. Director Melanie Harris. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 6 8 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Love Divine Martyn Wade's three-part serial about the life of the founding father of Methodism: John Wesley. 1: `The Holy Club'. Wesley was a devoted man: yet he was often tortured by doubts about the specific nature of his belief. Having developed his ideology while at Oxford: he and his brother then travelled to America to try to convert the immigrants there. With Clive Francis as John Wesley and Michael Cochrane as Charles Wesley. Afternoon Play 14:00 7 8 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Skeleton By Tanika Gupta. An Indian medical student is obsessed by a beautiful and unobtainable woman. The skeleton's story breaks the spell. With Nadim Sawalha: Kulvinder Ghir: and Ravin Gunatra. Directed by Claire Grove. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 8 8 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Summer Serial: All Things Betray Thee By Gwyn Thomas: dramatised in three episodes by Alan Plater. 3: `The Verdict'. The iron workers' peaceful uprising has been mown down by soldiers: and Leigh has become an accessory to a murder. With Ian Hughes: Patrick Brennan: Manon Edwards and Melanie Walters. Directed by Alison Hindell. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 11 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Sakuntala By the fifth century Sanskrit poet: Kalidasa. While out hunting: a rich and powerful king meets a young hermit girl and falls in love. With Shireen Shah: Lyndham Gregory and Renu Setna. Director David Hitchinson. Afternoon Play 14:00 13 8 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Love Divine Martyn Wade's three-part serial about the life of the founding father of Methodism: John Wesley. 2: `Saving Souls'. Still troubled by inner doubts: Wesley hopes that - `by preaching faith until ye have found it' - he will finally be converted to what he sees as true Christianity. With Clive Francis as John Wesley and Michael Cochrane as Charles Wesley. Afternoon Play 14:00 14 8 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Do the Needful By Mahesh Dattani. When two families meet to discuss a possible marriage between their respective children: a clash of cultures and values is brought to bear upon the arrangement. With Paul Bhattacharjee: Indira Varma and Bhasker Patel. Director Sally Avens. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 15 8 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Summer Serial: A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy's bittersweet love story: dramatised in three parts by Jane Beeson. 1: The daughter of a local parson makes an unsuccessful attempt at eloping with a young architect. With Nigel Stock: Alan Dudley and Katherine Parr. Director Cherry Cookson. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 16 8 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Four classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson. 1: `The Three Garridebs'. Featuring Lou Hersch as John Garrideb and James Taylor as Nathan Garrideb. Two men stand to inherit a fortune - but only if they can find a third person who shares their unusual surname. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 18 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dreams of Tipu Sultan By Girish Karnad. A specially commissioned Afternoon Play to mark 50 years of Indian independence: which uses the dream diary of Tipu Sultan to tell the story of one of the last Indian rulers to defy the advance of British dominion. With Saeed Jaffrey as Tipu Sultan and Madhav Sharma as Ghulam Ali Khan. Director Jatinder Verma. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 18 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dreams of Tipu Sultan By Girish Karnad. A specially commissioned Afternoon Play to mark 50 years of Indian independence: which uses the dream diary of Tipu Sultan to tell the story of one of the last Indian rulers to defy the advance of British dominion. With Saeed Jaffrey as Tipu Sultan and Madhav Sharma as Ghulam Ali Khan. Director Jatinder Verma. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 18 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Dreams of Tipu Sultan By Girish Karnad. A specially commissioned Afternoon Play to mark 50 years of Indian independence: which uses the dream diary of Tipu Sultan to tell the story of one of the last Indian rulers to defy the advance of British dominion. With Saeed Jaffrey as Tipu Sultan and Madhav Sharma as Ghulam Ali Khan. Director Jatinder Verma. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 21 8 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Scorching Winds By Deepak Verma. Two young people fall in love amid the turmoil of the British withdrawal from India. With Akbar Kurtha: Indira Varma and Madhav Sharma. Director Claire Grove. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 23 8 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Four classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson. 2: `The Problem of Thor Bridge'. When a beautiful young governess is accused of murder: her employer calls upon the services of Sherlock Holmes. With William Hootkins: Charlotte Attenborough and Charles Simpson. Director Enyd Williams. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 25 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lady of Shalott By John Fletcher. When an aged butterfly collector is found poisoned by chloroform: a journalist uncovers a scandal which rocks the genteel tranquility of Victorian England. A curious menage a trois is revealed between a 16-year-old girl: the local vicar and the victim. With Sarah-Jane Holm: Ian Hughes and Clive Swift. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 25 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lady of Shalott By John Fletcher. When an aged butterfly collector is found poisoned by chloroform: a journalist uncovers a scandal which rocks the genteel tranquility of Victorian England. A curious menage a trois is revealed between a 16-year-old girl: the local vicar and the victim. With Sarah-Jane Holm: Ian Hughes and Clive Swift. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 25 8 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lady of Shalott By John Fletcher. When an aged butterfly collector is found poisoned by chloroform: a journalist uncovers a scandal which rocks the genteel tranquility of Victorian England. A curious menage a trois is revealed between a 16-year-old girl: the local vicar and the victim. With Sarah-Jane Holm: Ian Hughes and Clive Swift. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 28 8 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Where Waters Meet Sara Coward's adaptation of Yvette Z'Graggen's bittersweet Afternoon Play. Vincent and Florence are forced to move home from Switzerland to Spain. It is the final chapter of their lives - for her it is an adventure: for him: an ending. With Elizabeth Spriggs: Bridget Turner: Richard Pasco and Sean Baker. Director Sue Wilson. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 30 8 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Four classic mysteries starring Clive Merrison as Holmes: Michael Williams as Dr Watson and featuring Robin Ellis as Professor Presbury. 3: `The Creeping Man'. A distinguished scientist is behaving very oddly - enough to make his faithful old dog attack him and scare his own daughter out of her wits. Director Patrick Rayner. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 31 8 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Aspern Papers Henry James's novel: dramatised in two parts by Jane Beeson. 1: In the romantic city of Venice: an American poet writes love letters and sonnets to the girl with beautiful eyes: Juliana Bordereau. Fifty years later: a literary bounty hunter will do anything to get a glimpse of the papers: but how high is the price? With James Laurenson: Angela Pleasence and Moira Lister. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 1 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: As You Like It William Shakespeare's comedy of true love; misplaced love; gender confusion and reconciliation. With Imogen Stubbs; Toby Stephens and Ronald Pickup. Adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 1 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: As You Like It William Shakespeare's comedy of true love; misplaced love; gender confusion and reconciliation. With Imogen Stubbs; Toby Stephens and Ronald Pickup. Adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 1 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: As You Like It William Shakespeare's comedy of true love; misplaced love; gender confusion and reconciliation. With Imogen Stubbs; Toby Stephens and Ronald Pickup. Adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 4 9 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Forgotten Army Tom Wright's Afternoon Play is set on the north-east frontier of India after the Second World War and tells of the life of four soldiers who; while they are waiting to go home; are joined by a fifth soldier - a new arrival from England. With Neil Shackleton; Michael Perceval-Maxwell and Mark McDonnell. Director Hamish Wilson. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 5 9 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Aspern Papers Henry James's novel; dramatised in two parts by Jane Beeson. 1: In the romantic city of Venice; an American poet writes love letters and sonnets to the girl with beautiful eyes; Juliana Bordereau. Fifty years later; a literary bounty hunter will do anything to get a glimpse of the papers; but how high is the price? With James Laurenson; Angela Pleasence and Moira Lister. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 6 9 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Four classic mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson. `Shoscombe Old Place'. Holmes and Watson make a gruesome discovery in an old crypt. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Donald Pickering. Director Enyd Williams. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 7 9 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Aspern Papers Henry James's novel; dramatised in two parts by Jane Beeson. 2: The narrator has been allowed into the lives of Miss Bordereau and Miss Tina beacuse they need his money; but will it bring him any nearer to gaining the Aspern papers; and do they really exist? With James Laurenson; Angela Pleasance and Moira Lister. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 8 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lower Depths By Maxim Gorky; adapted by Alan Plater. The arrival of the vagrant Luka has unexpected consequences for the residents of a Moscow dosshouse. With John Woodvine; Malcolm Storry and Glyn Houston. Director Alison Hindell. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 8 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lower Depths By Maxim Gorky; adapted by Alan Plater. The arrival of the vagrant Luka has unexpected consequences for the residents of a Moscow dosshouse. With John Woodvine; Malcolm Storry and Glyn Houston. Director Alison Hindell. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 8 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Lower Depths By Maxim Gorky; adapted by Alan Plater. The arrival of the vagrant Luka has unexpected consequences for the residents of a Moscow dosshouse. With John Woodvine; Malcolm Storry and Glyn Houston. Director Alison Hindell. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 11 9 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Learning the Language By Harwant Bains. Dave has followed the girl he loves to her native Spain; but how can he be the man of her dreams when he does not even speak her language? With Gregor Truter; Stuart Milligan and Victoria Duarri. Director Jonquil Panting. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 12 9 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Aspern Papers Henry James's novel; dramatised in two parts by Jane Beeson. 2: The narrator has been allowed into the lives of Miss Bordereau and Miss Tina because they need his money; but will it bring him any nearer to gaining the Aspern papers - and do the papers really exist? With James Laurenson; Angela Pleasance and Moira Lister. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 13 9 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Hollow Man By John Dickson Carr; dramatised in two parts by Peter Ling. 1: `Into Thin Air'. Dr Fell becomes embroiled in a mystery when an illusionist threatens an eminent professor. With Donald Sinden; John Hartley and Nigel Davenport. Director Enyd Williams. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 14 9 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Lorna Doone R D Blackmore's romantic novel; adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. 1: John Ridd meets and falls in love with Lorna Doone. With David Schofield; Alison Pettit and Janet Dale. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial 14:30 15 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Swine By Diane Samuels. A young Asian girl discovers that her local mosque has been desecrated and daubed with racist slogans. A Rabbi finds her cemetery vandalised. Then both women inexplicably disappear. Muslim; Jewish and Christian lives become entwined in the pursuit of a common goal. With Rina Mahoney and Jane Bertish. Director Tracey Neale. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 15 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Swine By Diane Samuels. A young Asian girl discovers that her local mosque has been desecrated and daubed with racist slogans. A Rabbi finds her cemetery vandalised. Then both women inexplicably disappear. Muslim; Jewish and Christian lives become entwined in the pursuit of a common goal. With Rina Mahoney and Jane Bertish. Director Tracey Neale. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 15 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Swine By Diane Samuels. A young Asian girl discovers that her local mosque has been desecrated and daubed with racist slogans. A Rabbi finds her cemetery vandalised. Then both women inexplicably disappear. Muslim; Jewish and Christian lives become entwined in the pursuit of a common goal. With Rina Mahoney and Jane Bertish. Director Tracey Neale. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 17 9 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Peggers and the Creelers A three-part drama by Catherine Czerkawska. 1: `Salt Sea Strawberries'. The year is 1905. The fishermen of the Ayrshire village of Dunure - the Creelers - sell their harvest in the nearby village of Maybole: the home and workplace of the bootmakers: or Peggers. There is little love lost between the neighbouring communities. Afternoon Play 14:00 18 9 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Cries across the Tracks By Laurence Allan. Can Kevin's marriage be rescued by eavesdropping on the sweet nothings called between a prisoner in his cell and his girlfriend on the street? With Laurence Allen: Andrew Howard and Patrick Brennan. Director Alison Hindell. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 19 9 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Lorna Doone R D Blackmore's romantic novel: adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. 1: John Ridd meets and falls in love with Lorna Doone. With David Schofield: Alison Pettit and Janet Dale. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 20 9 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Hollow Man By John Dickson Carr: dramatised in two parts by Peter Ling. 2: `The Second Bullet'. Dr Fell unravels the true history of the three coffins. With Donald Sinden and John Hartley. Director Enyd Williams. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 21 9 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Lorna Doone R D Blackmore's romantic novel: adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. 2: Carver Doone tries to starve Lorna into marrying him: but John Ridd comes to her rescue. Classic Serial 14:30 22 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Broad Canvasses A three-part drama by Nigel Baldwin in which Sue Johnston Afternoon Plays Dee: a journalist investigating the mysterious death of a student. 1: `The Thirst Quenchers'. Had Sarah uncovered the truth about a water pollution `accident'? With Martin Troakes and Hugh Dickson. Director Alison Hindell. Afternoon Play 14:00 22 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Last Bus Home By Gill Adams: winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First in 1994. Six school children: angered by the murder of their friend Sally and the meagreness of her burial: decide to take action. With Kelly Lawton: Louise Ross and Stephanie Galbraith. Director Kate Rowland. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 22 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Last Bus Home By Gill Adams: winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First in 1994. Six school children: angered by the murder of their friend Sally and the meagreness of her burial: decide to take action. With Kelly Lawton: Louise Ross and Stephanie Galbraith. Director Kate Rowland. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 22 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Last Bus Home By Gill Adams: winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First in 1994. Six school children: angered by the murder of their friend Sally and the meagreness of her burial: decide to take action. With Kelly Lawton: Louise Ross and Stephanie Galbraith. Director Kate Rowland. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 24 9 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Peggers and the Creelers A three-part drama by Catherine Czerkawska. 2: `The Water's Wide'. It is now 1906. Sarah has married Johnnie and left her Dunure home. Installed in her own house in Maybole: she is happier than ever before. There are rumours of the failure of the Maybole boot industry: but Johnnie is a skilled man and the future seems secure for him and his young wife. With Sybil Wintrope: Sheila Donald and Joey Cooper. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 25 9 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Fossils By Andy Rattenbury. Lou is having nightmares about a childhood trauma and decides to return home to confront her past. Her family is unnerved by her reappearance: and everyone is forced to unearth long-buried secrets. With Gwen Taylor and Jim Carter. Director Celia de Wolff. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 26 9 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Lorna Doone R D Blackmore's romantic novel: adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. 2: Carver Doone tries to starve Lorna into marrying him: but John Ridd comes to her rescue. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 27 9 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: My Uncle Freddie By Alex Ferguson: dramatised in three parts. 1: `Heart's Ache: Heart's Ease'. Ten-year-old Lecky and his uncle Freddie rescue the Prince of Wales from the Tyne. But is he the true prince? Will the course of history change in the North East? With Shaun Prendergast and Gareth Brown. Director Melanie Harris. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 27 9 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Man in the Elephant Mask Peter Wolf's two-part serial presents an alternative portrait of ``Elephant Man'' John Merrick: who: despite his afflictions: felt that his uniqueness was a blessing. 1: `Patron Saint of Outcasts'. With Roger Allam and Tim Pigott-Smith. Director Cherry Cookson. Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 28 9 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Lorna Doone The final part of RD Blackmore's romantic novel: adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. Lorna is taken to London: and John thinks he has lost her for ever: until fate brings them together. But Carver Doone: John's enemy: has murderous plans. With David Schofield and Alison Pettitt. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial 14:30 29 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Broad Canvasses A three-part drama by Nigel Baldwin in which Sue Johnston Afternoon Plays a journalist investigating the mysterious death of a student. 2: `The Secret Sound of the Sitka Spruce'. An inventor who claims to have discovered a non-chemical system of promoting crop growth has his reputation smeared. Dee is reluctant to get involved. With Martin Troakes and Antony O'Donnell. Director Alison Hindell. Afternoon Play 14:00 29 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The House of Doctor Dee By Peter Ackroyd: dramatised by Alan Drury. Matthew Palmer is left an old house in Clerkenwell. Once owned by an Elizabethan scholar who was reputedly involved in black magic: the house hides dark and mysterious secrets. With Philip Glenister and Nigel Anthony. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 29 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The House of Doctor Dee By Peter Ackroyd: dramatised by Alan Drury. Matthew Palmer is left an old house in Clerkenwell. Once owned by an Elizabethan scholar who was reputedly involved in black magic: the house hides dark and mysterious secrets. With Philip Glenister and Nigel Anthony. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 29 9 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The House of Doctor Dee By Peter Ackroyd: dramatised by Alan Drury. Matthew Palmer is left an old house in Clerkenwell. Once owned by an Elizabethan scholar who was reputedly involved in black magic: the house hides dark and mysterious secrets. With Philip Glenister and Nigel Anthony. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 2 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Inside Outlander By Carol McGuigan. Uprooted from the teen culture of 70s Newcastle by her father's desire for a new life in South Africa: Carol McGuigan creates a vivid portrait of her adolescent longings for the music of T-Rex and Donny Osmond: maxi coats and `The Jackie'. Her new schoolfriends are deeply suspicious of her strange fashions: and fitting in with the unwritten rules of white South Africa seems an impossible task. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 3 10 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Lorna Doone The final part of RD Blackmore's romantic novel: adapted in three parts by Barry Letts. Lorna is taken to London: and John thinks he has lost her for ever: until fate brings them together. But Carver Doone: John's enemy: has murderous plans. With David Schofield and Alison Pettitt. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 4 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: My Uncle Freddie By Alex Ferguson: dramatised in three parts. 2: `A Time of Deep Affection'. Ten-year-old Lecky continues his hopeless pursuit of Charlotte McAtominey: the butcher's daughter with hair red as fire and eyes green as the sea. With all these distractions: can he hope to win a scholarship to Jarrow Grammar School? With Shaun Prendergast and Gareth Brown. Director Melanie Harris. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 4 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: The Man in the Elephant Mask The conclusion of Peter Wolf's two-part Afternoon Play presenting an alternative portrait of `Elephant Man' John Merrick. `Diseases and Messiahs'. John Merrick feels that he has at last escaped from the hands of his tormentors into the safe protection of Frederick Treves at the London Hospital. With Roger Allam and Tim Pigott-Smith. Director Cherry Cookson. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 5 10 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Lifted Veil By Jonathan Holloway: adapted in two parts from the novella by George Eliot. 1: Latimer can not only see into the future: he can also tell what people are thinking. But he fails to benefit from his clairvoyant gifts: and chooses to ignore the warning that he is given. With Toby Stephens and Edward Michie. Director Jane Morgan. Classic Serial 14:30 6 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Afternoon Playboy of the Western World By JM Synge: adapted for radio by Peter Kavanagh. Pegeen is set to marry a timorous farmer in the West of Ireland: until a real adventurer walks into her life. With Aisling O'Sullivan: Finbar Lynch and Dillie Keane. Director Peter Kavanagh. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 6 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Afternoon Playboy of the Western World By JM Synge: adapted for radio by Peter Kavanagh. Pegeen is set to marry a timorous farmer in the West of Ireland: until a real adventurer walks into her life. With Aisling O'Sullivan: Finbar Lynch and Dillie Keane. Director Peter Kavanagh. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 6 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Afternoon Playboy of the Western World By JM Synge: adapted for radio by Peter Kavanagh. Pegeen is set to marry a timorous farmer in the West of Ireland: until a real adventurer walks into her life. With Aisling O'Sullivan: Finbar Lynch and Dillie Keane. Director Peter Kavanagh. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 9 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Dat's Love By Leonora Brito. Grace sang in a trio in 1950s Cardiff. But while she stayed working in the cigar factory: it was Evelyn - who could not sing - who became a star. With Suzanne Packer and Sandra James-Young. Director Alison Hindell. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 10 10 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Lifted Veil By Jonathan Holloway: adapted in two parts from the novella by George Eliot. 1: Latimer can not only see into the future: he can also tell what people are thinking. But he fails to benefit from his clairvoyant gifts: and chooses to ignore the warning that he is given. With Toby Stephens and Edward Michie. Director Jane Morgan. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 11 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: My Uncle Freddie The final part of Alex Ferguson's drama. 3: `A Catalogue of Disasters'. Dad loses his job at the bakery: Lecky is being bullied: and Charlotte McAtominey still does not recognise him. But a series of surprising coincidences brings the family back together: and Lecky is the hero of the hour. With Shaun Prendergast and Gareth Brown. Director Melanie Harris. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 11 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: God's Country By Lee Hall: dramatised in four parts. Jimmy Spud is Newcastle's only trainee angel: determined to solve cosmic mysteries and save his father from the grip of lung cancer. A Afternoon Play about poverty: illness: love and redemption. 1: `I Luv U: Jimmy Spud'. With Gareth Brown and Charlie Hardwick. Director Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 12 10 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Lifted Veil The final part of Jonathan Holloway's serial: adapted in two parts from the novella by George Eliot. The death of his brother clears the way for Latimer to marry Bertha and for his premonition to be fulfilled. He chooses to forget his vision of a woman filled with hatred. With Toby Stephens and Tim Pigott-Smith. Director Jane Morgan. Classic Serial 14:30 13 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Story of Jude By Geoffrey Beevers. Jude gives up all his possessions to work with the homeless. In an uncertain world he wants moral certainty. His wife suspects there is another woman. With Larry Lamb and Susan Wooldridge. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 13 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Story of Jude By Geoffrey Beevers. Jude gives up all his possessions to work with the homeless. In an uncertain world he wants moral certainty. His wife suspects there is another woman. With Larry Lamb and Susan Wooldridge. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 13 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Story of Jude By Geoffrey Beevers. Jude gives up all his possessions to work with the homeless. In an uncertain world he wants moral certainty. His wife suspects there is another woman. With Larry Lamb and Susan Wooldridge. Director Claire Grove. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 16 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Deadline By John Fletcher. For generations: villagers living in the remote Chinese4 village of Liuquan have venerated their ancestors: buried in the local churchyard. Then comes the bombshell - an edict from the provincial governor that in future the dead will be cremated rather than buried. With Kim Wall and Mary Wimbush. Director Gordon House. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 17 10 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Lifted Veil The final part of Jonathan Holloway's serial: adapted in two parts from the novella by George Eliot. The death of his brother clears the way for Latimer to marry Bertha and for his premonition to be fulfilled. He chooses to forget his vision of a woman filled with hatred. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 18 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: God's Country By Lee Hall: dramatised in four parts. 2: `The Love Letters of Ragie Patel'. A chance meeting with the amazing Jimmy Spud convinces Ragie Patel that he might be a Hindu god. When Nandini asks him to act as a go-between: he is convinced of his powers. With Kulwant Singh Bhatia and Gareth Brown. Director Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 19 10 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Leopard John Clifford's two-part dramatisation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's great Sicilian novel. Starring Patrick Malahide as Fabrizio Corbera: Prince of Salina. 1: It is 1860 and Italy is in political turmoil. At his great palace in Palermo: the Prince of Salina decides that only desperate measures can save his ancient aristocratic family from the onslaught of change. With Richard Greenwood and Emma Currie. Director Patrick Rayner. Classic Serial 14:30 20 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Burdalane By Judith Adams. Mad Lady Grange: abandoned by her husband on St Kilda after three mock funerals: battles to recover her mind and identity. But the island itself is involved in a bitter struggle for survival. With Kathryn Hunter: Campbell Morrison and Alistair Galraith. Director Michael Fox. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 20 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Burdalane By Judith Adams. Mad Lady Grange: abandoned by her husband on St Kilda after three mock funerals: battles to recover her mind and identity. But the island itself is involved in a bitter struggle for survival. With Kathryn Hunter: Campbell Morrison and Alistair Galraith. Director Michael Fox. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 20 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Burdalane By Judith Adams. Mad Lady Grange: abandoned by her husband on St Kilda after three mock funerals: battles to recover her mind and identity. But the island itself is involved in a bitter struggle for survival. With Kathryn Hunter: Campbell Morrison and Alistair Galraith. Director Michael Fox. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 23 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: The Boy Who Thought He Was an Elephant By John McClelland. A schoolboy becomes alienated both from his family and his school and resorts to strange behaviour. With Adam Stewart: John Hewitt: Brenda Winter: Alan Barry: Victoria Watson and Wesley Murphy. Director Roland Jaquarello. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 23 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 11:00pm Thirty Minute Theatre: Goodbye Kiss By Ronald Harewood. For Master Donny: a return to the South Africa he left as a youth offers a fragile hope of reconciliation. But it depends on Annie. With Tom Courtenay and Peggy Phango. Director Ned Chaillet. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 24 10 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Leopard John Clifford's two-part dramatisation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's great Sicilian novel. Starring Patrick Malahide as Fabrizio Corbera: Prince of Salina. 1: It is 1860 and Italy is in political turmoil. At his great palace in Palermo: the Prince of Salina decides that only desperate measures can save his ancient aristocratic family from the onslaught of change. With Richard Greenwood and Emma Currie. Director Patrick Rayner. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 25 10 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: God's Country By Lee Hall: dramatised in four parts. 3: `The Sorrows of Sandra Saint'. Sandra and her brother Scout are still grieving for their father. Sandra is 14 years old: difficult: angry at the world and drives her mother mad. Scout is 12 years old and believes that if he buries a sock in the garden he might bring his father back to life. But Sandra has other ideas in mind. With Hayley Richardson: Michael Walper and Tracey Wilkinson. Director Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 26 10 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: The Leopard John Clifford's two-part dramatisation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's great Sicilian novel. Starring Patrick Malahide as Fabrizio Corbera: Prince of Salina. 2: The prince's nephew has fallen in love with Angelica: daughter of the local mayor - a rich but vulgar man. The prince has to decide what matters more - his family pride or money in the bank. With Richard Greenwood: Emma Currie and Crawford Logan. Director Patrick Rayner. Classic Serial 14:30 27 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Marked for Place By Ronan Bennett: with Michael Melia as Maurice and David Herlihy as Emmet. Emmet is a Northern Irish prisoner in an English jail. He believes that anger is the best response to the absurdities and injustices of his situation. Those around him preach patience. With Tom Magill: Colin Carnegie: Anthony Frew and Trevor Moore. Director Pam Brighton. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 27 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Marked for Place By Ronan Bennett: with Michael Melia as Maurice and David Herlihy as Emmet. Emmet is a Northern Irish prisoner in an English jail. He believes that anger is the best response to the absurdities and injustices of his situation. Those around him preach patience. With Tom Magill: Colin Carnegie: Anthony Frew and Trevor Moore. Director Pam Brighton. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 27 10 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Marked for Place By Ronan Bennett: with Michael Melia as Maurice and David Herlihy as Emmet. Emmet is a Northern Irish prisoner in an English jail. He believes that anger is the best response to the absurdities and injustices of his situation. Those around him preach patience. With Tom Magill: Colin Carnegie: Anthony Frew and Trevor Moore. Director Pam Brighton. (Repeat) Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 30 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Who Was Emily Davison? By Rose Tremain. Emily Davison has a small: tragic place in British history as the woman who threw herself in front of the King's horse: Anmer: during the running of the 1913 Epsom Derby. Why did she do it? With Janet Maw: Nigel Anthony: Miriam Margolyes and Elizabeth Proud. Director Gordon House. (Repeat) Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 30 10 1997 Thursday Radio 4 11:00pm Thirty Minute Theatre: Twisted Anthony Neilson's taut psychological thriller. A convicted murderer and a criminologist engage in a desperate battle of wits to establish who is telling the truth and who: therefore: is the more dangerous. With Rufus Sewell and Suzanna Hamilton. Director Cathryn Horn. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 31 10 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: The Leopard John Clifford's two-part dramatisation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's great Sicilian novel. Starring Patrick Malahide as Fabrizio Corbera: Prince of Salina. 2: The prince's nephew has fallen in love with Angelica: daughter of the local mayor - a rich but vulgar man. The prince has to decide what matters more - his family pride or money in the bank. With Richard Greenwood: Emma Currie and Crawford Logan. Director Patrick Rayner. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 1 11 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: God's Country The final instalment of Lee Hall's Afternoon Play: dramatised in four parts. `Spoonface Steinberg'. Spoonface is seven years old: autistic and terminally ill with cancer. She is fascinated by opera music: by the divas who die and by the way her parents behave. She tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and: supported by their cleaner: she comes to terms with her own extraordinary life. Starring Becky Simpson. Director Kate Rowland. Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 2 11 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Childhood's End By Arthur C Clarke: adapted in two parts by Tony Mulholland. 1: `Beginning'. The world is at war. Self-destruction is inevitable. Then the Overlords arrive. But what is it they really want? With Steven Pacey: Philip Voss and Peter Jeffrey. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial 14:30 3 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Birdsong By Sebastian Faulks: dramatised in three parts by Nick Stafford. 2: France: 1916. Abandoned by his lover Isabelle: Stephen Wraysford has thrown himself into the First World War. With Toby Stephens: Adam Godley: Gavin Muir and Tom Mannion. Director Claire Grove. Afternoon Play 14:00 3 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Killer Country By Graham White. The peace of a rural backwater is shattered when two seemingly ordinary teenagers embark on a reign of terror: leaving behind them a trail of chaos and devastation. With a Britpop soundtrack: the Afternoon Play captures the mood of a generation and the nightmares of its parents. With Emma Owen-Smith and Andrew Falvey. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 3 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Killer Country By Graham White. The peace of a rural backwater is shattered when two seemingly ordinary teenagers embark on a reign of terror: leaving behind them a trail of chaos and devastation. With a Britpop soundtrack: the Afternoon Play captures the mood of a generation and the nightmares of its parents. With Emma Owen-Smith and Andrew Falvey. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 3 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Killer Country By Graham White. The peace of a rural backwater is shattered when two seemingly ordinary teenagers embark on a reign of terror: leaving behind them a trail of chaos and devastation. With a Britpop soundtrack: the Afternoon Play captures the mood of a generation and the nightmares of its parents. With Emma Owen-Smith and Andrew Falvey. Director Cathryn Horn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 5 11 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; The Blind Barber By John Dickson Carr: dramatised by Peter Ling. There is only one clue to a brutal killing on an ocean liner - the engraving on the murder weapon. With Donald Sinden: John Hartley: Patrick Allen and Clive Swift. Director Enyd Williams. Afternoon Play 14:00 6 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: The Grey Man By Gill Adams. Betty and John Wilkinson both live a lie. Their son is dying in California. When John reluctantly travels out to bury him: he hides at the back: he is the grey man in the crowd. With James Bolam and Rachel Davies. Director Melanie Harris. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 6 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 11:00pm Thirty Minute Theatre: Fergus the Big Kiss By Phelim Rowland. Ireland's newest saint: St Fergus the Fecund: tells the real story of his martyrdom... With Stephen Hogan: Frank McCusker and Tony Rohr. Director Sally Avens. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 7 11 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Childhood's End By Arthur C Clarke: adapted in two parts by Tony Mulholland. 1: `Beginning'. The world is at war. Self-destruction is inevitable. Then the Overlords arrive. But what is it they really want? With Steven Pacey: Philip Voss and Peter Jeffrey. Director Brian Lighthill. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 8 11 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: A Game of Three Halves By Stan Hey and John Fletcher. A humorous and scathing satire on the present state of football. With Helen Baxendale: Tom Georgeson and Anthony Head. Director Foz Allan. Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 9 11 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Childhood's End By Arthur C Clarke: adapted in two parts by Tony Mulholland. 2: `End'. The Overlords have remained unseen: ruling the world from a distance: for over fifty years. Now they are about to reveal themselves... With Steven Pacey: Peter Jeffrey and Sarah-Jane Holm. Director Brian Lighthill. Classic Serial 14:30 10 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Birdsong By Sebastian Faulks. The final instalment of Nick Stafford's three-part dramatisation. With very few of his original platoon left: Stephen Wraysford revisits his old haunts in France: now torn apart by the First World War. With Toby Stephens: Sophie Ward and Adam Godley. Director Claire Grove. Afternoon Play 14:00 10 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Search and Destroy By Mike Walker. Robert Stone is a laureate computer programmer - a man with a creator's intimate knowledge of the cyber universe. But when circumstances suck him into the bloodbath of an African war: the rockets and the terror are no longer virtual. With Joe Tucker: Adjoa Andoh and Okon Jones. Director AJ Quinn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 10 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Search and Destroy By Mike Walker. Robert Stone is a laureate computer programmer - a man with a creator's intimate knowledge of the cyber universe. But when circumstances suck him into the bloodbath of an African war: the rockets and the terror are no longer virtual. With Joe Tucker: Adjoa Andoh and Okon Jones. Director AJ Quinn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 10 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Search and Destroy By Mike Walker. Robert Stone is a laureate computer programmer - a man with a creator's intimate knowledge of the cyber universe. But when circumstances suck him into the bloodbath of an African war: the rockets and the terror are no longer virtual. With Joe Tucker: Adjoa Andoh and Okon Jones. Director AJ Quinn. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 11 11 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: Curds and Cream Janet Paisley's Afternoon Play is set in the Scottish border town of Hawick: against the real-life drama of families torn apart: unable to agree that women should have a bigger role in the town's all-male `Common Riding'. With Ann Scott-Jones: Sybil Wintrope and Ian Briggs. Director Mike Lloyd. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 12 11 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Mysteries of the London Underground 1: `The Metropolitan Line Murder'. By Michael Butt: based on a story by Baroness Orczy. Only the strange man at the corner table in the ABC can solve the mystery of the terrible events that befell Polly's friend on the Metropolitan Line train one afternoon in 1907. With Suzanne Burden: Bernard Hepton and Jessica Turner. Director John Taylor. Afternoon Play 14:00 13 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Wasteland By Nigel Moffat. Jane meets the rich and charming Fox at a nightclub. Is he her ticket away from unemployed single-motherhood: or will she be repeating a familiar pattern? With Adjoa Andoh: Eddie Nestor and Jillie Meers. Director Tanya Nash. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 13 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 11:00pm Thirty Minute Theatre: Party and Chips with Scraps By Mandy Precious. This year's Alfred Bradley Bursary Award-winner for verse drama. Lil is newly widowed. Having always been somebody's daughter or somebody's wife: she must now contemplate life alone with Albert's chip van. She befriends Mudassar: a young man who pushes her to emerge from the shadow of Albert: and together they take a cruise - a voyage of discovery. With Rita Tushingham and Ravin J Ganatra. Director Kate Rowland. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 14 11 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Childhood's End The conclusion of Arthur C Clarke: adapted in two parts by Tony Mulholland. 2: `End'. The Overlords have remained unseen: ruling the world from a distance: for over fifty years. Now they are about to reveal themselves... With Steven Pacey: Peter Jeffrey and Sarah-Jane Holm. Director Brian Lighthill. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 15 11 1997 Saturday Radio 4 10:15pm Saturday Night Theatre: Let Them Call It Jazz By Jean Rhys: dramatised by Winsome Pinnock. 1950s Notting Hill. Selina is offered a room by the mysterious Mr Sims. At least she has her music. No-one can take that away. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste: John Salthouse and Adjoa Andoh. Director Claire Grove. Kate Rowland. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 16 11 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's famous epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 1: It is 1805: and Napoleon Bonaparte is threatening the peace of Europe. In St Petersburg and Moscow: aristocratic families gossip: intrigue and enjoy themselves: unaware that the threat will alter their lives for ever. With Simon Russell Beale: Gerard Murphy and Richard Johnson. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 17 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A State Macabre By Pearse Elliott. An old man lies in Belfast City Hospital: having been burnt out of his home. It is July: the month of the drums: and the trauma of his life comes spilling out. Starring James Ellis: Katy Tumelty and Eileen McCloskey. Director Pam Brighton. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 17 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A State Macabre By Pearse Elliott. An old man lies in Belfast City Hospital: having been burnt out of his home. It is July: the month of the drums: and the trauma of his life comes spilling out. Starring James Ellis: Katy Tumelty and Eileen McCloskey. Director Pam Brighton. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 17 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A State Macabre By Pearse Elliott. An old man lies in Belfast City Hospital: having been burnt out of his home. It is July: the month of the drums: and the trauma of his life comes spilling out. Starring James Ellis: Katy Tumelty and Eileen McCloskey. Director Pam Brighton. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 18 11 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: The Etiquette of Friendship Jean and Will are old friends. Both have unsatisfactory love lives. She is outwardly confident: American. He is thoroughly English: reticent. They marry so that Jean can stay in the country. This begins to undermine the rock of their friendship. With Cathryn Harrison and Robert Harper. Director David Hunter. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 19 11 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Mysteries of the London Underground 2: `The Phantom Billboard'. By Michael Butt: based on a story by Michael Gilbert. Detective Inspector Petrella lives in a twilight world of criminality and existential angst: and the mystery of a lost traveller on the Underground does nothing to improve his view of the universe. With Philip Jackson: Stephen Boxer and Mamtah Kaash. Director John Taylor. Afternoon Play 14:00 20 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Little Lower than the Angels By Rachel Joyce. They meet by chance on a wet London night and within the hour are on their way to a hotel. Can this be more than a brief encounter? With Niamh Cusack: Finbar Lynch: David Bannerman: Alison Pettitt and Carolyn Jones. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 21 11 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Little Lower than the Angels By Rachel Joyce. They meet by chance on a wet London night and within the hour are on their way to a hotel. Can this be more than a brief encounter? With Niamh Cusack: Finbar Lynch: David Bannerman: Alison Pettitt and Carolyn Jones. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 22 11 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Nimby By Stephen Dinsdale and Jerome Vincent. The demolition work for the new slip road is just about to begin: when Eamon sees a fairy standing on his gear stick. With Rachel Atkins: Ioan Meredith: Mark Bonnar and Sean Barrett. Director David Blount. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 23 11 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 2: `Disillusionment'. It is 1805: and the Austrians - Russia's allies - have been routed by Napoleon: leaving Kutuzov's army: and in particular Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: facing almost certain annihilation at Austerlitz. Classic Serial 14:30 24 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Hand in Glove Stephen Mulrine's Afternoon Play set in Stirling in the 1920s: dramatised in three parts. 2: `Fast and Loose'. Two mysterious deaths: one in Glasgow and one in Stirling: occupy the Doctors Wallace. To Wallace: sleeping pills seem simple: but Barbara's dry-cleaning fluid is less obvious. With Jan Moffat: Eliza Langland: Meg Fraser and Martyn James. Director Hamish Wilson. (Repeat) Afternoon Play 14:00 24 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Paganini Dream By Max Hillman. A young musician ready to compete for the Mendelssohn Prize receives a night-time visit from Paganini: who tells him that the only way to achieve perfection in his Afternoon Playing is to have his heart broken. Thus begins the boy's unusual quest. With Freddie Jones: Maggie Steed: Peter Shorey and Sunny Ormonde. Director Kristine Landon-Smith. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 24 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Paganini Dream By Max Hillman. A young musician ready to compete for the Mendelssohn Prize receives a night-time visit from Paganini: who tells him that the only way to achieve perfection in his Afternoon Playing is to have his heart broken. Thus begins the boy's unusual quest. With Freddie Jones: Maggie Steed: Peter Shorey and Sunny Ormonde. Director Kristine Landon-Smith. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 24 11 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Paganini Dream By Max Hillman. A young musician ready to compete for the Mendelssohn Prize receives a night-time visit from Paganini: who tells him that the only way to achieve perfection in his Afternoon Playing is to have his heart broken. Thus begins the boy's unusual quest. With Freddie Jones: Maggie Steed: Peter Shorey and Sunny Ormonde. Director Kristine Landon-Smith. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 25 11 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: Getting On By Aodhan Madden. A middle-aged Dublin bachelor struggles to cope with the recent death of his father. Starring Barry McGovern. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 26 11 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Mysteries of the London Underground The last of three Afternoon Plays. `Death on the District Line'. By Michael Butt: based on a story by John Oxenham. It is 1894: and each Tuesday evening on consecutive weeks: the District Line is the location for a brilliant and outrageous murder. Journalist Charles Lester must turn detective or risk becoming the next victim. With Sylvestra Le Touzel: Michael Maloney and Clive Francis. Director John Taylor. Afternoon Play 14:00 27 11 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Long Time Man By Judy Upton. When three lonely women start writing to the same long-term prisoner: they send their hopes and fantasies along with their signatures. Life can get complicated for a man entrusted with so many dreams. With Paul Higgins: Di Botcher and Leda Hodgson. Director Jonquil Panting. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 28 11 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 2: `Disillusionment'. It is 1805: and the Austrians - Russia's allies - have been routed by Napoleon: leaving Kutuzov's army: and in particular Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: facing almost certain annihilation at Austerlitz. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 29 11 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Victoria Station Steve Chambers's four-part series set in Victoria Station: Bridgford: a century ago. 1: `Goods Perishable'. Wednesday 27 November 1896: a day notable for an expeditious recovery and a recovered expedition. With Sean Baker: Gavin Muir and Christopher Scott. Director David Hunter. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 30 11 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 3: It is 1806. Back from Austerlitz: Nikolai gets caught up in a duel between Pierre and Dolohov. Andrei is still missing as Lise gives birth. With Leo McKern: Simon Russell Beale and Amanda Redman. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 1 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Hand in Glove The conclusion of Stephen Mulrine's Afternoon Play set in Stirling in the 1920s: dramatised in three parts. `Rights and Wrongs'. A court case for malpractice finds Dr Wallace as a witness in court: while Barbara's experience in Glasgow's Royal Infirmary suggests that she is sometimes wrong to be right. With Paul Young: Martyn James and Meg Fraser. Director Hamish Wilson. (Repeat) Afternoon Play 14:00 1 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing A radio version of Michael Boyd's stage dramatisation of Janice Galloway's award-winning novel - the extraordinary: tragicomic account of one woman's descent into mental breakdown. With Siobhan Redmond: Jennifer Black and Eddi Reader. Director Michael Boyd. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 1 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing A radio version of Michael Boyd's stage dramatisation of Janice Galloway's award-winning novel - the extraordinary: tragicomic account of one woman's descent into mental breakdown. With Siobhan Redmond: Jennifer Black and Eddi Reader. Director Michael Boyd. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 1 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing A radio version of Michael Boyd's stage dramatisation of Janice Galloway's award-winning novel - the extraordinary: tragicomic account of one woman's descent into mental breakdown. With Siobhan Redmond: Jennifer Black and Eddi Reader. Director Michael Boyd. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 2 12 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: The Olivetti By Owen O'Neill. Jacinta has resigned herself to a job in a Belfast shirt factory. Then the gift of an Olivetti typewriter changes her life. With Aidan McArdle: James Ellis and Owen O'Neill. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 3 12 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Who Sings the Hero Three Afternoon Plays about ordinary individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage. 1: `No Joan of Arc' by Bryony Lavery. In 1993: Laurence Dreyfus: a 30-year-old Parisian infant teacher: faced an armed gunman in her classroom. He handed her a note which began: `This is a hostage-taking...' With Adjoa Andoh: Tom Mannon: Sarah Rice and John Rowe. Director Claire Grove. Afternoon Play 14:00 4 12 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Shells on a Woven Chord By Akulah Agbami. Mother Somalia is holding a once-in-a-lifetime gathering on her beach. She invites her scattered daughters to celebrate their stories and poems with her. With Maxine Burth: Anne Marie Frater and Peggy Phango. Director Nandita Ghose. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 5 12 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 3: It is 1806. Back from Austerlitz: Nikolai gets caught up in a duel between Pierre and Dolohov. Andrei is still missing as Lise gives birth. With Leo McKern: Simon Russell Beale and Amanda Redman. Director Janet Whitaker. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 6 12 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Victoria Station Steve Chambers's four-part series set in Victoria Station: Bridgford: a century ago. Episode 2. With Sean Baker: Christopher Scott: Gavin Muir and John Hartley. Director Marion Nancarrow. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 7 12 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 4: It is 1807. With all of Europe teetering on the brink of war: only two powers stand against Napoleon - Great Britain at sea and Russia by land. And while Pierre Bezuhov has been betrayed by his wife: Andrei Bolkonsky prepares to rediscover love. Starring Leo McKern and Simon Russell Beale. Director Eoin O'Callaghan. Classic Serial 14:30 8 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Hand in Glove New Series Stephen Mulrine's drama series continues with three new episodes. 1: `Testing Times'. DC Curran shows Dr Wallace his grim find from a flooded quarry. At Glasgow Royal Infirmary: Barbara finds that an old enemy has become a new friend. With Alec Heggie: Liam Brennan and Michael Perceval-Maxwell. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 8 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Stopping the Rising By Robin Glendinning. Dubliner Tom Hennessy: a survivor of the Easter Rising of 1916: is struggling to write a commemorative speech as the current Troubles begin. He remembers how he and others wanted to stop the rising and how their failure to do so altered the course of history. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 8 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Stopping the Rising By Robin Glendinning. Dubliner Tom Hennessy: a survivor of the Easter Rising of 1916: is struggling to write a commemorative speech as the current Troubles begin. He remembers how he and others wanted to stop the rising and how their failure to do so altered the course of history. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 8 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Stopping the Rising By Robin Glendinning. Dubliner Tom Hennessy: a survivor of the Easter Rising of 1916: is struggling to write a commemorative speech as the current Troubles begin. He remembers how he and others wanted to stop the rising and how their failure to do so altered the course of history. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 9 12 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: Saying It with Flowers By Julia Stoneham. When Mr Jennings has an accident: Rhoda and Nicola take on the role of Good Samaritans. But Mr Jennings is not all he seems. With Lynn Farleigh: Tamsin Heatley and Graham Padden. Director Brian Lighthill. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 10 12 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Who Sings the Hero Three Afternoon Plays about real-life individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage. 2: `Under Siege' by Melissa Murray. Dr Pauline Cutting: an English volunteer surgeon: worked day and night operating on those caught in the crossfire of the wars in 80s Lebanon. She saved many lives while working in the most primitive of conditions. With Tracy Ann Oberman and Valerie Sarruf. Director Cherry Cookson. Afternoon Play 14:00 11 12 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Finding Fellows By Nick Fisher. A computer expert surfs the internet for contacts: concealing his identity. But then: what is his identity? With Nicholas Woodeson: Sarah Rice: David Brooks and Christopher Wright. Director Peter Kavanagh. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 12 12 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 4: It is 1807. With all of Europe teetering on the brink of war: only two powers stand against Napoleon - Great Britain at sea and Russia by land. And while Pierre Bezuhov has been betrayed by his wife: Andrei Bolkonsky prepares to rediscover love. With Leo McKern and Simon Russell Beale. Director Eoin O'Callaghan. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 13 12 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Victoria Station Steve Chambers's four-part series set in Victoria Station: Bridgford: a century ago. 3: `Express Desire'. Wednesday 11 December 1896: a day notable for ancient passion and modern excitement. With Sean Baker: Gavin Muir: John Hartley and Tom Bevan. Director David Hunter. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 14 12 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 5: It is 1810: and an uneasy peace reigns. Andrei realises that he has fallen in love with Natasha: but: as Christmas comes: all is not well in the Rostov family. With Leo McKern: Simon Russell Beale: Amanda Redman and Emily Mortimer. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 15 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Hand in Glove Stephen Mulrine's drama series continues with three new episodes. 2: `Win Some: Lose Some'. A Lake District holiday beckons for Dr Wallace: but there is a tricky piece of evidence to be delivered at the end of it. For Barbara: the exams approach - as do an alleged case of poisoning: an interview in a trackside hut and an unexpected proposal. With Jan Moffatt and Martyn James. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 15 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A Miracle in No-Man's Land By Alex Jones. The Western Front: December 1917: Court Martial. Joseph Taylor maintains that he was commanded to lay down his arms and abandon the war by a vision of Jesus Christ in No-Man's Land. With Alex Jones: Christopher Scott: Anthony Pedley and John Webb. Director Sue Wilson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 15 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A Miracle in No-Man's Land By Alex Jones. The Western Front: December 1917: Court Martial. Joseph Taylor maintains that he was commanded to lay down his arms and abandon the war by a vision of Jesus Christ in No-Man's Land. With Alex Jones: Christopher Scott: Anthony Pedley and John Webb. Director Sue Wilson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 15 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: A Miracle in No-Man's Land By Alex Jones. The Western Front: December 1917: Court Martial. Joseph Taylor maintains that he was commanded to lay down his arms and abandon the war by a vision of Jesus Christ in No-Man's Land. With Alex Jones: Christopher Scott: Anthony Pedley and John Webb. Director Sue Wilson. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 16 12 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: Filet de Sole Veronique By Jyll Bradley. A feast of comic delights set in the Paris of the naughty 90s. A dishy young girl washes up in the kitchens of Chez Veronique: Paris's most prestigious fish restaurant. Has she come to steal Madame Veronique's famous recipe: or to save her sole? With Anna Carteret: Adjoa Andoh and Alison Pettitt. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 17 12 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Who Sings the Hero Three Afternoon Plays about ordinary individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage. 3: `Rosa Parks' by Bonnie Greer. On December 1: 1955 in Montgomery: Alabama: Rosa Parks boarded a bus and refused to give up her seat. Her arrest gave birth to the American Civil Rights Movement. With Alibe Parsons: Clarke Peters and Ray Shell. Director Claire Grove. Afternoon Play 14:00 18 12 1997 Thursday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thursday Afternoon Play: Clever as Paint By Kim Morrisey. The leading members of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite movement produced many memorable paintings and poems. But their private lives were tempestuous and often tragic... With Paul Rhys: Imogen Stubbs: Jonathan Cake and Alison Pettitt. Director Cherry Cookson. Thursday Afternoon Play 14:00 19 12 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 5: It is 1810: and an uneasy peace reigns. Andrei realises that he has fallen in love with Natasha: but: as Christmas comes: all is not well in the Rostov family. With Leo McKern: Simon Russell Beale: Amanda Redman and Emily Mortimer. Director Janet Whitaker. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 20 12 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Victoria Station The last episode of Steve Chambers's four-part series set in Victoria Station: Bridgford: a century ago. `Silent Night Train'. Wednesday 18 December 1896 - a day notable for a rescued promise and a hopeful delivery. With Sean Baker: Christopher Scott and Gavin Muir. Director Marion Nancarrow. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 21 12 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl's popular story: dramatised by Malcolm McKee. Charlie Bucket has already won Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory: but there is a further surprise in store - a revolutionary new lift whisks Charlie and his grandparents into orbit: and an extraordinary adventure ensues. With Matthew Kelly: Josephine Tewson and Chris Emmett. Director Sue Wilson. Classic Serial 14:30 22 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Hand in Glove The last of three new episodes of Stephen Mulrine's drama series. `Not Proven'. An attempted suicide succeeds belatedly and sets a difficult puzzle for DC Curran and Dr Wallace. Barbara hears the results of her exams and finds herself having to make an unexpected career decision. With Michael Perceval-Maxwell: Billy Boyd and Meg Fraser. Director Hamish Wilson. Afternoon Play 14:00 22 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: King Matt Janus Korczak's cautionary children's novel: dramatised for radio by Martin Jameson: tells the story of a child king who finds that distributing free chocolate to children does not solve the problems for which other monarchs are willing to go to war. With Clive Russell: Russell Dixon and Malcolm Hebden. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 22 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: King Matt Janus Korczak's cautionary children's novel: dramatised for radio by Martin Jameson: tells the story of a child king who finds that distributing free chocolate to children does not solve the problems for which other monarchs are willing to go to war. With Clive Russell: Russell Dixon and Malcolm Hebden. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 22 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: King Matt Janus Korczak's cautionary children's novel: dramatised for radio by Martin Jameson: tells the story of a child king who finds that distributing free chocolate to children does not solve the problems for which other monarchs are willing to go to war. With Clive Russell: Russell Dixon and Malcolm Hebden. Director Jeremy Mortimer. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 23 12 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: Christmas Shopping By Max Hillman. On the seismic register of stress: shopping for Christmas presents is like simultaneously getting married and divorced and selling your home. So when two strangers meet in the mayhem of the high street: the odds seem stacked against romance. Director Cathryn Horn. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 24 12 1997 Wedneseday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Bethlehem By Bernard Walke: adapted for radio by Melville Jones. As part of BBC Radio's 75th anniversary celebrations: parishioners of the Church of St Hilary near St Michael's Mount in Cornwall recreate the mystery Afternoon Play written especially for them by their priest. One of the first ever outside broadcast dramas: it so delighted listeners in the 1920s that it became part of the nation's Christmas for almost a decade. Afternoon Play 14:00 26 12 1997 Friday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Classic Serial: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl's popular story: dramatised by Malcolm McKee. Charlie Bucket has already won Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory: but there is a further surprise in store - a revolutionary new lift whisks Charlie and his grandparents into orbit: and an extraordinary adventure ensues. With Matthew Kelly: Josephine Tewson and Chris Emmett. Director Sue Wilson. (Broadcast Sunday) Classic Serial Repeat 14:00 27 12 1997 Saturday Radio 4 8:50pm Saturday Night Theatre: Love Divine Martyn Wade's three-part serial about the life of John Wesley: the father of Methodism. 1: `The Holy Club'. Having begun to develop his ideology while at Oxford: Wesley and his brother travel to America to try to convert the immigrants there. With Clive Francis: Michael Cochrane and Mary Wimbush. Director Cherry Cookson. (Repeat) Saturday Night Theatre 20:50 28 12 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 6: It is 1811: and despite the peace: Napoleon's troops are massing in Poland: while in Moscow disaster strikes the Rostovs when Natasha is seduced. With Leo McKern: Simon Russell Beale: Amanda Redman and Emily Mortimer. Director Janet Whitaker. Classic Serial 14:30 28 12 1997 Sunday Radio 4 2:30pm Classic Serial: War and Peace …Leo Tolstoy's epic novel: dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 6: It is 1811: and despite the peace: Napoleon's troops are massing in Poland: while in Moscow disaster strikes the Rostovs when Natash Classic Serial 14:30 29 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 2:00pm News; A Christmas Card By Paul Theroux: dramatised by Nick Warburton. A snowbound family is given a Christmas card by a mysterious old man. The card is both a map and a talisman which illuminates the meaning of Christmas for the children and their parents. With Michael Maloney: Christopher Wright and Rachel Atkins. Director Marilyn Imrie. Afternoon Play 14:00 29 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fighting over Beverley The British premiere of Israel Horovitz's internationally acclaimed Afternoon Play. A Yorkshireman belatedly flies to America to reclaim the war bride taken from him by an American war hero 45 years earlier. With Rosemary Harris: Ian Carmichael: Elizabeth McGovern and Israel Horovitz. Director Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 29 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fighting over Beverley The British premiere of Israel Horovitz's internationally acclaimed Afternoon Play. A Yorkshireman belatedly flies to America to reclaim the war bride taken from him by an American war hero 45 years earlier. With Rosemary Harris: Ian Carmichael: Elizabeth McGovern and Israel Horovitz. Director Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 29 12 1997 Monday Radio 4 7:45pm The Monday Afternoon Play: Fighting over Beverley The British premiere of Israel Horovitz's internationally acclaimed Afternoon Play. A Yorkshireman belatedly flies to America to reclaim the war bride taken from him by an American war hero 45 years earlier. With Rosemary Harris: Ian Carmichael: Elizabeth McGovern and Israel Horovitz. Director Ned Chaillet. Monday Afternoon Play 19:45 30 12 1997 Tuesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; Thirty Minute Theatre: A Sense of History By Jim Broadbent. In keeping his family estate intact: the 23rd Earl has had to resort to the occasional murder and a degree of coercion: but for a breed `that came over with William the Conqueror': this is hardly something new. Thirty Minute Theatre 23:00 31 12 1997 Wednesday Radio 4 2:00pm News; From the Bottom of a Well By Claire Dowie. Geoff's parents are worried about him - he is 52: recently divorced and has been made redundant. But their concern evaporates when they all rediscover the joys of spending New Year's Day up to their ears in mud. With Stephen Moore: Peter Sallis and Jean Boht. Director Cathryn Horn. Afternoon Play 14:00 compiled by Bob Thirsk / Diversity website Back to top
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