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- ↑ http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feature.php/30602/radio-review [ dead link ]
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: The Lake
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Outsiders
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Jerusalem
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Tested
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Beginnings
- ↑ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Way We Live Right Now
- ↑ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama
- ↑ BBC – Classic Serial – I, Claudius
- ↑ BBC – Classic Serial
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