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The Comedian
Written by MICHAEL A. PEARSON Read by Timothy Kightley
'They'll crucify you if you aren't better than that. You don't realise what bull-fighters we comedians are....* Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

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Written By:
Michael A. Pearson
Read By:
Timothy Kightley
Source: Radio Times
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Archie Hill reads from his prize-winning book about family relationships. 2: The Upper Window
' There was no blemish on this new life, no handicap.... it seemed to me that he served as a lubricant to bring the totally helpless Barry into the front of my life....'
Abridged in six parts by EILEEN HOTS
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

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Unknown:
Eileen Hots
Producer:
Barbara Crowther
Source: Radio Times
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medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk Till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
A Short Trot from Home: DOREEN TAYLOR with some Perthshire pony trekkers-
Answering Your Questions: on recent Tuesday Coll programmes. Quartet in Autumn (6)

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Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Doreen Taylor
Source: Radio Times
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A 90th birthday salute to Irving Berlin from his lifelong friend and fellow song writer -
Arthur Schwartz presenting an appreciation in words and music of the work of Irving Berlin and the many hundreds of hit songs he has created with such apparent ease in a career spanning almost 70 years.
' Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music.' (JEROME KERN ) With JOAN SAVAGE , BRUCE TRENT THE CHARLES YOUNG SINGERS
MAX HARRIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Devised and produced by JOHN DYAS
(Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin : 925 pm BBC1; Top Hat: 10.15 pm BBC2)

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Unknown:
Arthur Schwartz
Music:
Jerome Kern
Unknown:
Joan Savage
Unknown:
Bruce Trent
Singers:
Max Harris
Produced By:
John Dyas
Music By:
Irving Berlin
Source: Radio Times
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Complain Within
Presented by John Eidinew
Before Parliament rises for the summer recess, a Commons Select Committee should have reported on whether the Ombudsman's powers of investigation should be extended, and whether these should include more areas of public administration than they do at present.
Is the present complaints machinery too restricted or too complicated? Is the Parliamentary Commissioner merely duplicating the work of a vigilant MP or should he be able to take complaints directly? Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND

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Presented By:
John Eidinew
Producer:
Greville Havenhand
Source: Radio Times

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