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| After Happy Ever | ...... |
| Darwin - My Ancestor | ...Ruth explores how Darwin developed the sense of wonder and curiosity about nature which would be so crucial to his work. She investigates how important his childhood collecting was to him and asks how his enthusiasm developed into a scientific understanding of the world around him. Among her interviewees are Darwin's biographer JANET BROWNe, geologist Richard Fortey, writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes and Darwin scholar Gillian Beer.... |
| Millport | ...With Lynne Ferguson, JANET BROWN, Lewis Macleod and Gabriel Quigley... |
| Stanley Baxter And Friends | ...By Georgia Pritchett 'Local characters' - don't you love them? Ever tried to use your best school French on a trip to France and suspected the locals were talking even faster than normal just for you? Or taken up a new job somewhere and found people a bit too keen on showing you how tough you'll need to be to survive? The last in this series of four comic plays comes right up to date with a script by the multi-awardwinning young writer Georgia Pritchett, an affectionate look at the extremes of rural eccentricity, from excessive hardiness; to deliberately impenetrable dialects and bizarre blends of hospitality and wariness of strangers, all in the form of a spoof of those 'new vet in the Highlands' yarns, usually starring Dirk Bogarde. The New Vet/Mr MacBean....Stanley Baxter Vet's Assistant....Phyllis Logan Mrs Windrum....JANET BROWN Mrs Cameron....Elaine C Smith.... |
| Up A Close | ...Comedy actress Dorothy Paul recalls the story of the Glasgow tenements through the memories and experiences of a host of Scottish entertainers. With contributions from Jimmy Logan, JANET BROWN and Molly Weir.... |
| Voices From The Grave | ...Ian Dunn, Leslie Ash and JANET BROWN.... |
| Voyage Of The Beagle | ...By Charles Darwin. Abridged by JANET BROWNe. A week of Charles Darwin's vivid journal `Voyage of the Beagle', in which he records the fascinating details of his round-the-world adventures as a young man. 1: Brazil. Reader: Matthew Macfadyen.... |