Programme Index

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A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting.
Presented by Francis Matthewf Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Presented By:
Francis Matthewf
Producer:
Jane Marshall

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Mountain Fighter by DEREK PHILLIPS
Read by Dillwyn Owen
As with the fastest gun, so with the champion mountain fighter, there was always a younger man anxious to prove himself on him. This is a story about one such fighter. Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales

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Read By:
Dillwyn Owen
Producer:
Harri Gwynn

medium only from 2.0
Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Festival at Upottery: GWYN Richards reports from a tiny village in Devon as it prepares for the Big Day.
2.1-2.2 News
Horticultural Therapy: a daunting title for a project which promises help for disabled people, as BILL DAVIES discovers.
Home of Rest - for Horses 1: JOHN HOWARD meets some of the lucky residents. BBC Bristol Roman Tales
5: The Perfect Crime

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Gwyn Richards
Unknown:
Bill Davies
Unknown:
John Howard

Hen's Trek by CHRISTINE FURNIVAL
Heather Bell as Henrietta
* I often hear a lot of voices In my head: Father saying " cariad " ... and Mother reading about a lady on a fine, pale white horse ... and all sorts of creatures speaking at once - and also the sound of human animals as they mate and as they cry out in pain.'
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine Furnival
Unknown:
Heather Bell
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Mrs Morris:
Margot Boyd
Hen's Father/Alun:
Malcolm Gerard
Hen's Mother:
Brenda Kaye
Jeannette:
Jennifer Piercey
Ann Rees:
Rachel Thomas
Gareth Rees:
Gerald James
Rhian Roberts:
Petra Davies
Lars Martinson:
Christopher Bismead
Cerl:
Peter Wickham
Guard/Mr Bidmead:
Henry Knowles

Dame Ruth Railton , founder of the National Youth Orchestra, believes that all people and animals possess some form of extra-sensory perception.
Anita Gregory , psychologist and philosopher, and Professor Arthur Ellison , President of the Society for Psychical Research, discuss her experiences and describe some of the scientific research being conducted to prove the existence of this elusive gift.
Producer MADEAU STEWART

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Unknown:
Dame Ruth Railton
Unknown:
Anita Gregory
Unknown:
Arthur Ellison
Producer:
Madeau Stewart

Eagles Near the Carcase by PETER SOMERVILLE-LARGE abridged in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by GARY WATSON 10: Dr Horez Producer
BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Starting on' Monday : A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell)

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

We all have niggling little questions in the corners of our minds that we mean to follow up some day.... when we have the time. Now you can unload your query onto Neil Landor and let the BBC Reference Library and other experts find the answer for you.
Questions - on postcards - to: Enquire Within, BBC, London WIA 4WW
Producer DENYS GUEROULT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Landor
Producer:
Denys Gueroult

Barry Norman takes a weekly look at the problems and the personalities in the world of travel and transport, with up-to-the-minute advice for people on the move this weekend. Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Producer:
Geoff Dobson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

The Big Job
The men who work on open-cast sites regard themselves as a breed apart from other coal miners. They talk of the life they lead, and RAY SMITH reads verse by Harri Webb. describing work on one major site. the Maesgwyn Cap.
Producer MEIRION EDWARDS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Smith
Unknown:
Harri Webb.
Producer:
Meirion Edwards

The Rt Hon Sir Richard Marsh Derek Robinson Claire Rayner Alfie Hinds
Chairman David Jacobs from Guernsey. Channel Islands Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Saturday 1.15 pm)
Listeners* views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at
10.30 pm) to: Any Answers?. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Richard Marsh
Unknown:
Derek Robinson
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Alfie Hinds
Unknown:
David Jacobs

An irreverentlv critical look back over the week's news with David Jason. Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel and the keyboards of Bill McGuffie. Written by ANDY HAMILTON , BARRY PILTON, JACK LANGDON. RICHARD QUICK
Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason.
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie.
Written By:
Andy Hamilton
Unknown:
Jack Langdon.
Producer:
Griff Rhys

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