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1: The Story Behind the Story ' I'm calling these talks Out of the Corner of My Eye because all the time I was a correspondent I felt that the most interesting part of the job was something other than "the story ". Unfortunately no editor ever agreed with me.'
Rene Cutforth looks back on his career as a correspondent... Producer PETER DE ROSA
(Rene Cutforth introduces Festival 77: Sat-Fri BBC2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rene Cutforth
Producer:
Peter de Rosa
Introduces:
Rene Cutforth
Source: Radio Times
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What do politicians talk about when they're not talking politics? What are their interests and how do they relax when they can escape from the pressures of Westminster and Whitehall? Anthony King begins a series of conversations with major politicians about their lives outside politics.
1: The Rt Hon Dr David Owen , mp Producer ANNE SLOMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Unknown:
Dr David Owen
Producer:
Anne Sloman
Source: Radio Times
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What hath God wrought!
With these words, sent over the first crackling telegraph line in 1844, modern telecommunications began. ' Long distance ' then was 38 miles; now it can mean a message to a space craft orbiting Mars, and a local call can connect you with the most modern computers in the world. But has the technology advanced more than our ability to think of uses of it? Peter Evans asks. ' Hath God wrought ' something more than a way of ' dialling a bedtime story '? Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.0 ptn)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Geoff Deehan
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Cliff Michelmore sets sail for the Isle of Wight te discover what makes the small town of Cowes a yachting mecca for the world. You can hear the views of the men who race and the women who grace this social highlight of the year. Written by CLIFF MICHELMORE Producer BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Thurs 8.45 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Written By:
Cliff Michelmore
Producer:
Bobby Jaye
Source: Radio Times
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An hour's miscellany of chat, fact and fiction with Jill Burridge and Peter Windows. And Eirene Beck reads Infidelity by Edith Revely, abridged by Angela Jesson.
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit

Contributors

Presenter:
Jill Burridge
Presenter:
Peter Windows
Author (Infidelity):
Edith Revely
Abridged by (Infidelity):
Angela Jesson
Reader (Infidelity):
Eirene Beck
Source: Radio Times
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Charles Causley introduces a selection of his favourite poetry and prose.
Readers: WILLIAM SQUIRE and MARGOT VAN DER BURGH. Producer BRIAN PATTEN. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Introduces:
Charles Causley
Readers:
William Squire
Readers:
Margot van Der Burgh.
Producer:
Brian Patten.
Source: Radio Times
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Blight by JILL HYEM
Loneliness and old age often go together as Evelyn discovers when she has to move into a residential home. Alfred knew it already. His way of finding comfort, however, shocks and offends society. Only Evelyn realises that he needs help desperately.... with Ruth Goring , David Mark ham and Grizelda Hervey
Directed by KAY PATRICK
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Goring
Unknown:
David Mark
Unknown:
Grizelda Hervey
Directed By:
Kay Patrick
Evelyn Talbot:
Ruth Goring
Alfred E well:
David Markham
Miss Dewar:
Grizelda Hervey
Miss Spinks:
Betty Baskcomb
Mrs Hardie:
Betty Hardy
Miss Humble:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Mrs Tyler:
Margot Boyd
Mr Bacon:
William Eedle
Plain clothes man:
Roy Spencer
Miss Maitland:
Gudrun Ure
Jess:
Irene Sutcliffe
Rita:
Joanna Wake
Mike:
Michael Goldie
Kirstie:
Cherie McAuliffe
Young woman:
Anne Rosenfeld
Source: Radio Times
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A panorama of British India by some of those who lived in it. 6: The Grand Trunk Road and the Delhi Mail-travel in India Presented by Evan Charlton
Field recording CHARLES ALLEN , PRAKASH MIRCHANDANI , DAVID BRINICOMBE and MICHAEL SATOW Producer MICHAEL MASON

Contributors

Presented By:
Evan Charlton
Unknown:
Charles Allen
Unknown:
Prakash Mirchandani
Unknown:
David Brinicombe
Unknown:
Michael Satow
Producer:
Michael Mason
Source: Radio Times

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