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Presented by Brian Redhead with LIBBY PURVES including at
6.45* Proyer for the Day with THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell

Introduced from Belfast by Margaret Percy
Studio Guest: Irene Sand-ford, soprano, who made her début in Grand Opera in 1977 and sang in the Proms last month. Today she explains her consistent refusal to turn professional.
Perinatat Mortality: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of perinatal deaths in Western Europe. GAVIN ESLER reports on research being done throughout the Province. Discovery 80: family holidays can be a source of frustration and boredom - to be survived rather than enjoyed. But in Northern Ireland some parents and children share the excitement of a new type of holiday. BBC Northern Ireland
Dr Nina and the Panther by SHIRLEY P. WHEELER abridged in 14 parts by SALLY SKRIMSHIRE
Read by FAITH BROOK (13)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Esler
Unknown:
Shirley P. Wheeler
Read By:
Faith Brook

Anthony Quayle in Away From the Light by ROBERT BANKS STEWART With Patricia Brake and David Dixon
' Girl drowned in politician's private pool. Sex orgy hinted by coroner! ' Scandal destroys the public and private life of Julian Kinthley.
Directed by PETER KING

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quayle
Unknown:
David Dixon
Unknown:
Julian Kinthley.
Directed By:
Peter King
Trevor:
David Dixon
Val:
Patricia Brake
Muriel:
Lolly Cockerell
Julian:
Anthony Quayle
Cubby:
Robert Gillespik
Fairley:
Roger Hammond

On a good day, a string quartet in the South of France can earn up to 140 an hour....'
* always leave my fur coat off when we play in Leicester Square, it doesn' do to dress too well ...
'We expect to be fined at least once a week.
Richard Stilgoe meets musicians whose pitches range from Bond Street Tube Station to the South of France ... and the various authorities who want to ban them, encourage them. license or arrest them.
Producer NICK HUGHES

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Producer:
Nick Hughes

'When you play in one episode of Dr Kildare you're seen by far more people than in all the theatre you've ever done in your life. When you go to London and a taxi driver says " How's Dr Gillespie this morning?" it's a nice, warm. cosy feeling - but it's a ghastly bore! '
Raymond Massey , the veteran actor now in retirement in Hollywood, talks to Sheridan Morley about his long career in the theatre, films and television.
Producer ROSEMARY hart
Sheridan Morlcy 's Films: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Massey
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Sheridan Morlcy

ALBERT, CARL, GRAHAM, MAURICE and ROBIN invite you to spend another 30 minutes on their comedy roller coaster.
Written by MIKE CRAIG and RON MCDONNELL Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester
(First broadcast on R2)

Contributors

Written By:
Mike Craig
Written By:
Ron McDonnell
Producer:
Mike Craig

A series of plays for late-night listening.
Letters to the Editor by Derek Raby
We are, of course, a nation of dog-lovers. That goes without saying, but.... ' Dear Sir, ...'

Contributors

Writer:
Derek Raby
Directed By:
Margaret Etall
Editor:
Gregory de Polhay
Aggrieved resident:
Petra Davies
Dog-lover:
Margot Boyd
Mother of three:
Lolly Cockerell
Wu's mummy:
Eva Stuart
First clubman:
Philip Voss
Second clubman:
Brian Haines
Concerned:
Godfrey Kenton
Worried:
Roger Hammond
Ratepayer:
Martin Friend
Collector:
John Bull

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