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The Last emperor (1988)

A feature on ‘The Last Emperor’, in which Jeremy Thomas, the film’s producer, describes the problems he faced as the first western film maker to produce a film about modern day China. How did he find the...

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The Machine stops (1985)

A dramatised short story: The Machine Stops, written by E. M. Forster in the early years of this century: it remains a potent image of an inhuman and mechanised future. When Kuno rebels against ‘The...

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Bryan Adams music special (1987)

Mark Goodier talks to Canadian-born rocker Bryan Adams, who unveils tracks from his latest Network Chart LP ‘Into the Fire’. The first single from the LP has recently been released, and Adams says ‘the...

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The Green Blade (1985)

A personal view of the story of Good Friday and Easter by Keith Belbin. Using verse and extracts from the writings of C.S. Lewis, D.H. Lawrence, Bernard Shaw and John Wilson, Bishop of Singapore, who himself...

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Joan Armatrading music special (1988)

One of the most respected and consistent female singer/songwriters of the last fifteen years, Joan Armatrading has often been reluctant to talk about herself or her music. In this music special, she opens up...

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Mr. Know-All (1985)

A play for radio. It is the 1920’s, and cruelly witty writer W. Somerset Maugham is aboard a ship cruising the Pacific. Among the passangers who come under the lash of his merciless wit is Max Kelada - a...

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A profile of REO Speedwagon (1985)

Dave Bray chats to Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon about their brand of melodic rock and the major world tour which they’ve just completed. They also talk about the band’s involvement with Live Aid and...

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Poles Apart (Dramatised short story) (1985)

As the sun sets on the British Empire, two intrepid Artic explorers set out for the North Pole - but they don’t know what they’re letting themselves in for, especially since one of them harbours a secret...

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Andy Summers Music Special (1987)

'It was the magic that brought us together and was finally the thing that pushed us apart’. So says Andy Summers, former guitarist with supergroup The Police. In this Music Special he describes the life and...

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Steve King talks to Alan Clarke (Dire Straits) (1986)

aka: Dire Straits

Excerpts from an interview with North East born Alan Clarke, keyboard wizard with one of the world’s premier rock bands ‘Dire Straits’. Alan gives a rare interview (recorded in the tour bus outside City...

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