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Brian Redhead with Libbry Purves including at
6.45* Prayer of the Day with Cherida Campion
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by Peter Donaldson
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Redhead
Presenter:
Libby Purves
Source: Radio Times
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This is the time of the year when stews and casseroles are neglected for the lighter fare of summer cooking - salads, pates, cold platters and frothy puddings.And it's also the season for picnics and outdoor eating with a chance to use the vegetables and fruit that are growing in the garden. Prue Leith and John Tovey, both professional cooks, are in the Tuesday Call studio to discuss and advise on ideas for summer eating. In the chair Sue MacGregor
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines are open from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tovey
Source: Radio Times
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by Robert Jenkins based on the short story "The Lighthouse" by H.E. Bates
With Terrence Hardiman as Brandt
A middle aged engineer, escaping from his failed marriage, meets a young local girl on holiday. The seaside cafe where she works is the setting for their unusual romance.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Jenkins
Based on a story by:
H.E. Bates
Director:
Anthony Vivis
Brandt:
Terrence Hardiman
Julie:
Karen Archer
Julie's mother:
Irene Sutcliffe
Lighthouse keeper:
Bill Monks
Fred:
Andrew Branch
Richards:
Martin Friend
Receptionist:
Liza Flanagan
Receptionist:
Tammy Ustinov
Source: Radio Times
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor

What the Butler Does: Pat Rowe explores the world below stairs.

A Catalogue of Caterwauling: David Miles has been hunting in the BBC Libraries for that small domesticated carnivorous quadruped sometimes known as the cat. Featuring the enchanted purrings of Hinge and Bracket.

It's Your Patch: Maureen Galvin talks to the Rt Hon Michael Heseltine, MP, the new Secretary of State for the Environment.

Yes, We Have No Bananas: Rachel Anderson finds inexplicable shortages in countries she has visited.

Dr Nina and the Panther: 10

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue MacGreger
Speaker (What the Butler Does):
Pat Rowe
Speaker (A Catalogue of Caterwauling):
David Miles
Musicians (A Catalogue of Caterwauling):
Hinge and Bracket
Interviewer (It's Your Patch):
Maureen Galvin
Interviewee (It's Your Patch):
Rt Hon Michael Heseltine
Speaker (Yes, We Have No Bananas):
Rachel Anderson
Source: Radio Times
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A programme for people who live and work in the country - or would like to.
Jeanine McMullen dispells the romantic myths of rural life with practical advice for smallholders, ideas on home food production, and tips from people, nationwide, who make 'a small country living' work.
Producer Sarah Pitt
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanine McMuuen
Source: Radio Times
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Contributors

Writer:
Anthony Powell
Sir Gavin WalpoIe-Wilson:
Alan Wheatley
Lady WalpoIe-Wiison:
Lydia Sherwood
Eleanor:
Anne Rosenfeld
Barbara Goring:
Josie Kidd
Archie:
Brian Carroll
Pardoe:
Philip Sully
Rosie Manasch:
Hilda Schroder
Anne Stepney:
Jenny Twigge
Gypsy Jones:
Susan Sloman
Mr Deacon:
Godfrey Kenton
Milly Andriadis:
Ysanne Churchman
Max Pilgrim:
David Alder
Sillery:
Preston Lockwood
Bill Truscott:
Jeffrey Wickham
Sultan the dog:
Leonard Fenton
Source: Radio Times
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If you recognise that these symbols are alt expressions of the same quantity, you have * practical understanding of arithmetic. If you can roughty estimate the size cf your supermarket bill before you pay it, you have a practical arithmetical s)[i). But. it is claimed, fewer and fewer of us can do either ef these things; that ' new ' or ' modern ' maths, inadequate teaching, and our dependence on calculators share the blame; in other words, that we don' (or can') count any more. David Smteton Investigates the mathematical health of the nation in the company of Professor Bryan Thwaitcs. who helped Initiate New Maths in this country: headmaster Peter Dines , former Secretary of the Schools Council; Dr William Ceckcroft. chairman of a current inquiry into the teaching of mathematics; researcher Dr Ruth Rees. who has some answers already: ana the teachers and cumis nf Crnbtree / Junior School.Harpenden. Hertfordshire fordshire. Producer
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Smteton
Unknown:
Professor Bryan Thwaitcs.
Unknown:
Peter Dines
Source: Radio Times
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Presented by Geeft Watts
In 1975 brain scientists discovered that we make and use within our heads and bodies narcotic agents just as powerful as heroin. Already some neurobiologists are confident that they can account for the phenomenon of drug addiction at least at the level of the single nerve cell. To what extent do these findings help us understand drug addiction in people and what hope do they hold for new treatments?
Producer DAVID PATERSON

Contributors

Presented By:
Geeft Watts
Source: Radio Times

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