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with Peter Donaldson
Headlines and weather, news for sports fans. Prayer for the Day (Mon THE REV DAVID CAINK , Tues-Thurs THE REV ROY TREVIVIAN , Fri THE REV RICHARD HARRIES )

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Donaldson
Unknown:
David Caink
Unknown:
Roy Trevivian
Unknown:
Richard Harries

medium only
Do birds fly above the cloudst Why does a rabbit's nose twitch all the timer Who filled the blackbirds' nest, not with eggs, but with red berriest
The team answers another selection of your questions. Introduced by Derek Jones
Producer JOHN HARRISON
BBC Bristol
(Revised repeat: Thursday
3.35 pm medium only)
Questions to: Wildlife, BBC. Bristol BSS 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

Homecoming by ROBERT FARRINGTON
Read by Garard Green
' He knew he was very old. Too old to continue to exercise his authority over the herd. The younger bulls were growing more arrogant every day. It would not be long before one of them challenged his authority, and he knew that there could only be one end to such a battle.' Producer MITCH RAPER

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Farrington
Read By:
Garard Green
Producer:
Mitch Raper

A nationwide general knowledge contest.
Chairman Robert Robinson 12: North of England (2)
ROBIN KELSEY (Sheffield), company director; SHEILA MORTON (Leeds); PAUL MILLETT (Lancashire), test pilot; BILL THOMAS (Liverpool), legal executive
The programme includes Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , Who. With IAN GILLIES , sets the questions Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pm)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Robin Kelsey
Director:
Sheila Morton
Unknown:
Paul Millett
Unknown:
Bill Thomas
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Martin Fisher

(medium only from 2.0)
Introduced by Sue MacGregor

Trans-Atlantic Travellers: Hella Pick and Maeve Binchy say 'When in America....'

2.1-2.2 News

Stranger in the Shire: Andy Price on a trail or two in North Devon.

Not Bygones - But Here-and-Nows: Barbara Buchanan deplores built-in obsolescence.

Money Matters: banker John Simmonds with some advice for the self-employed.

Quartet in Autumn (t)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hella Pick
Unknown:
Maeve Binchy
Unknown:
Barbara Buchanan
Unknown:
John Simmonds
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

Eagles Near the Carcase by PETER SOMERVILLE-LARGE abridged in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by Gary Watson 1: The Biology station
InthisthrillerayoungEnglish naturalist at a biological station in southern Spain, unwittingly finds himself a fugitive from both the law and sinister underworld forces. Producer BRIAN MILLER
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Somerville-Large
Unknown:
Barry Campbell
Read By:
Gary Watson
Producer:
Brian Miller

The Naylor Affair by ELISABETH BUND
With music by STEPHEN BOXER
After the execution of King CharlesI,Englishsocietywas in a stateEnglish society was ipastateofflux.Itwasa time of intense religious interest with men and women struggling to find their own way to God. One of the most important sects that sprang up was the Quakers and one of its most important members was James Naylor. His preaching created a following and he had to carry the weight of his disciples' fervour.
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm medium only)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Bund
Music By:
Stephen Boxer
Unknown:
James Naylor.
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Singer/Skippon:
Stephen Boxer
George Fox:
John Franklyn-Robbins
James Naylor:
David Calder
Martha:
Gillian Hanna
Edward/Desborough:
Will Tacey
Francis/Speaker:
Russell Dixon
Dorcas:
Harriet Walter
Ruth:
Sally Gibson
Followers of James Naylor:
Polly Warren
Followers of James Naylor:
Bob Eaton
Followers of James Naylor:
Robert McIntosh
Downing:
John McGregor
Pickering:
Keith Clifford
Anne Naylor:
Marlene Sidaway

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