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with Roger Cook and Tom Vernon
... according to your cloth
- And cuts in cloth have hit the textile towns of Calderdale yet again. This month two mill closures threaten the close-knit communities of Todmorden and Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire. Time for Action examines the consequences for the workers and their families. Production assistance by SALLY DIPLOCK. Producer RITCHIE COGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Cook
Unknown:
Tom Vernon
Unknown:
Sally Diplock.
Producer:
Ritchie Cogan

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Collecting: the first in a series which looks at collectors and their enthusiasms. 1: JOHN BLY on Silver. Soldiers of the Queen: DAVID HAWKSWORTH with music and musicians of the military
Royal Highness (4)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
John Bly
Unknown:
David Hawksworth

by Sheila Hodgson based on an idea by M. R. James with David March as James.
In which James, in an effort to heal a breach between a young man and his father tells a cautionary and chilling tale of evil and witchcraft.

Contributors

Writer:
Sheila Hodgson
Inspired by:
M. R. James
Director:
David Johnston
Producer:
David Johnston
James:
David March
Rev Nicholas Fenton:
Alan Lawrance
Charles Fenton:
Michael Cochrane
Sir John Cheke:
Gerald Cross
Chauncey Adam:
Steve Hodson
Mark Palgrave:
Colin Etherington
Labourer:
William Eedle

Written by WILLIAM SMETHURST (Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
BBCBirmingham

Contributors

Written By:
William Smethurst
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Christine:
Lesley Saweard
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnolb
WOOlley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Simon Parker:
Alaric Cotter
Colonel Danby:
Norman Shelley

3: The Ambassador Must Be
Seduced. Narrator Rend Cutforth The Ambassador was French: the diplomatic post Moscow. At the age of 56 it was known to the KGB that he retained ! a vigorous interest in women '. Could the KGB blackmail the Ambassador?
Based on the book KGB by JOHN BARRON ; adapted and produced by ALAN BURGESS

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barron
Duced By:
Alan Burgess
Yuri Krotkov:
Richard Bebb
Kunavin:
Michael Tudor Barnes
General Gribanov:
Bruce Beeby
MiSha:
Andrew Seear
Madame Dejean:
Shirley Dixon
The Ambassador:
Leslie Heritage
Ginette:
Jane Knowles
Lydia:
Nicolette McKenzie
Radio operator:
Walter Hall
Intelligence Officer:
Jonathan Scott

A Farewell to Arms?
President Carter's commitment to non-proliferation and arms control leading eventually to ' complete elimination of nuclear weapons from the earth ' has brought new emphasis to the debate on the strategic balance, détente and the future of SALT. Laurence Martin. Professor of War Studies at King's College, London, examines the implications.
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Lt. Laurence Martin.
Producer:
Greville Havenhand

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