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The Moon Rainbow by SALLY JOHNSON
Read by June Barry
' The course was finished at last. Three years of lectures and meetings, weekend courses and mornings by the radio with a notebook. Time for a small celebration.'
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Johnson
Read By:
June Barry
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Tailk Till Two
2.0-2.2 News
At Home with CORAL ATKINS: ANDY PRICE meets her ' family '. Reading Your Letters.
Grow your own Decor: SONIA BEESLEY goes on the rounds with a New York plant doctor. Amy Foster by JOSEPH CONRAD Read by GERALD CROSS (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley
Unknown:
Amy Foster
Unknown:
Joseph Conrad
Read By:
Gerald Cross
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Webs of Darkness by GRAHAM BLACKETT
When Sally Collins suggests calling on an old school friend she doesn't realise just what she is starting ...
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Blackett
Unknown:
Sally Collins
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Sally Collins:
Frances Jeater
Mark Collins:
Gavin Campbell
Kevin:
Simon Richmond
Headmaster:
Kenneth McClellan
Mr Tolson:
Timothy Bateson
Mrs Tolson:
Joan Matheson
Tony Vernon:
Christopher Scoular
Police Sergeant:
Crawford Logan
Major Hardy:
Michael Johnson
Source: Radio Times
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Written by WILLIAM SMETHURST (Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
William Smethurst
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Adam Travers-Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
WOOlley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Harry Booker:
Gareth Armstrong
Dorothy:
Heather Barrett
Simon Parker:
Alaric Cotter
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Duke of Cambridge, in 1888 on the first royal record ever made. congratulated Thomas Edison on the success of his ' Phonograph ' and looked forward to its ' singular results in the future He could hardly have imagined just how singular they have become since then. Professor Laurie Taylor illustrates the impact that the invention of sound recording has had upon society in its first 100 years. Producer DENYS GUEROULT
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Edison
Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Denys Gueroult
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Plutonium Society
The Government has promised a major public debate before taking on any commitment to a full-scale programme of nuclear power stations, particularly the fast reactors. The Rt Hon Peter Shore , mp, has spoken of the need to proceed carefully when making decisions ' that go far into the future in their implications.' Mary Goldring examines the economic, political and environmentalissuestoberaised in this debate.
Producer MICHAEL GREEN BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Shore
Unknown:
Mary Goldring
Source: Radio Times

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