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BBC Radio 4
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(medium only from 9.40)
Yesterday benefit rates increased - but are they generous enough? Or are we turning into a nation of scroungers? How many benefits are there? Wouldn't it be better to see that everyone has an adequate income, instead of dealing with problems piecemeal?
David Donnison, Chairman of the Supplementary Benefits Commission and Ruth Lister, Deputy Director of the Child Poverty Action Group, will be in the Tuesday Call studio to help clear some of the fog which surrounds our rights and benefits.
In the Chair Sue MacGregor
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
David Donnison
Unknown:
Ruth Lister
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

medium only
The Erosion of Mr Hogg by BARBARA BENSON
Read by Elizabeth Proud
' "La Mauritania " smelt strongly of damp. Mrs Parker had some trouble with the meter, which had been milked dry by the last of the summer lettings. But, before long, they were sitting close to the electric fire, drinking cups of tea. The tea tasted just like the smell, mildew, with a faint bouquet of moused Producer
JOANNA SCOTT-JUONCRIEFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Hogg
Unknown:
Barbara Benson
Read By:
Elizabeth Proud
Unknown:
Mrs Parker
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Children's Books and Writers: ELAINE MOSS and BERNARD ASHLEY choose books for Christmas.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
J Felt like a Bird on a Wire: SHELAGH ABBOTT had a trip in a glider.
Golden Memories: RITA DANDO joins a party of couples celebrating 50 years of marriage.
Jalna by MAZO DE LA ROCHE (14)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Elaine Moss
Unknown:
Bernard Ashley
Unknown:
Shelagh Abbott
Unknown:
Rita Dando
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The comedy programme for people who like four-letter words.
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(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Performer:
Nigel Rees
Performer:
Chris Emmett
Performer:
Jo Kendall
Performer:
Fred Harris
Writer:
David Renwick
Writer:
Andrew Marshall
Producer:
John Lloyd
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Compiled by PATRIC DICKINSON Introduced by Henry Knowles Readers ELIZABETH BELL and GAVIN CAMPBELL featuring Elizabeth Barrett Browning's How do I love theet Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Patric Dickinson
Introduced By:
Henry Knowles
Introduced By:
Readers Elizabeth Bell
Introduced By:
Gavin Campbell
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Amanda Theunissen
7: A Little Light Relief
Lord David Cecil , Jessica Mann and Arthur Marshall reveal the books which, for them, are sheer dog-eared delight. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Introduced By:
Amanda Theunissen
Unknown:
Lord David Cecil
Unknown:
Jessica Mann
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Source: Radio Times

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