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Mad Peter by IAN COCHRANE Read by John Hewitt
Anyone who knew Peter like I know him, would know that it wasn't him that needed his head looked at.
Producer PAUL MULDOON BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Cochrane
Read By:
John Hewitt
Producer:
Paul Muldoon
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced from Manchester by June Knox-Mawer
The Slob's Guide to Christmas:
DENISE ROBERTSON, MARJ BARTON and TERRY MOORE pool their strategies for surviving the festivities painlessly.
2.0-2.2 News
A Problem Halved: CELIA THOMSON reports on the service given by Family Contact Line to parents under stress.
Other Times, Other Places: memories of Christmasses unusual and exotic.
BBC Manchester
A Musing Morley, written and read by Robert Morley abridged by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
1:The Spirits of Christmas Past

Contributors

Unknown:
Denise Robertson
Unknown:
Marj Barton
Unknown:
Terry Moore
Read By:
Robert Merley
Abridged By:
Pat McLoughlin
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Boy with a Cart by CHRISTOPHER FRY with Kevin McNally , Brenda Bruce and Brian Blessed
' What will the old woman do, Dear Heart, with no roof over her head, no man,
No money, and her boy doing nothing
But make a Cart? '
There aren't many women who would cope with this situation, but Cuthman's mother is willing to put up with a great deal - she even suffers herself to be tumbled around England in a cart!
With DOUGLAS BLACKWELL ,
ALARIC COTTER , RICHARD DERRINGTON ,
MALCOLM GERARD , MICHAEL HARBOUR , KENNETH SHANLEY , VALERIE SARRUF. Directed by JANE MORGAN
Preview: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fry
Unknown:
Kevin McNally
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Unknown:
Alaric Cotter
Unknown:
Richard Derrington
Unknown:
Malcolm Gerard
Unknown:
Michael Harbour
Unknown:
Kenneth Shanley
Unknown:
Valerie Sarruf.
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
The Man of South England:
Brian Blessed
Bess:
Sheila Reid
Mildred:
Sonia Fraser
Matt:
Michael Goldie
Tib:
Manning Wilson
Cuthman:
Kevin McNally
Mother:
Brenda Bruce
Tawm:
Timothy Bateson
Farmer:
Christopher Benjamin
Alfred:
Brian Hewlett
Demiwulf:
Peter Wickham
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Blind Fortune
You cannot act without a feeling for religion ... Pace is the soul of comedy.
(ELLEN TERRY)
Fabia Drake , who acted with Ellen Terry , in conversation with Ellen Terry 's great-nephew Sir John Gielgud , talks about the work-in-progress on her forthcoming book of reminiscences and speculations, Blind Fortune.
Producer JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Fabia Drake
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Talks:
Sir John Gielgud
Producer:
John Powell
Source: Radio Times
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An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason , Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Stcafel and the keyboards of Bill McGuffie
Written by ANDY HAMILTON BARRY PILTON and others
Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
(Rptd: Christmas Eve 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Stcafel
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Written By:
Andy Hamilton
Written By:
Barry Pilton
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Source: Radio Times

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