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Presented by Brian Redhead with LIBBY ruRVES
6.45* Prayer for the Day With THE REV DAVID CAINE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.38. 8.30 News headlines
7.45. Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
David Caine
Read By:
Brian Perkins

Halfway between Orkney and Shetland lies Fair Isle - 2,000 exposed acres of cliff, croft and moor set in a stormy sea and teeming with bird life. Sam Berry takes you on a mid-summer Nature Trail on the most isolated inhabited island of the British Isles.
Presented by Derek Jones

(BBC Bristol)
(Broadcast Sun 4.30 pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Berry
Presenter:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Brian Leith

Even in these days of economic gloom, enterprise can still pay off. and this12-week series concentrates on the success stories of people who come out on top.
1: The Jazz College
Jazz pianist Stan Barker has given up his job to teach young people about jazz improvisation. He tours local schools and colleges with top professional musicians and gives anyone who comes along with an instrument the chance to take part in a very special kind of jazz masterclass. Presented by Derek Robinson
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Pianist:
Stan Barker
Presented By:
Derek Robinson
Producer:
Jane Marshall

Martin Jarvis
P. J. Kavanagh Arthur Marshall and Joan Turner are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous - taken from books, journals and walls, or simply overheard.
When we risk no contradiction
It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction
(JOHN GAY)
Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer ALAN NIXON
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
P. J. Kavanagh
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher.
Presented By:
Nigel Rees
Producer:
Alan Nixon

with Sue MacGrcgor
'I Missed Chips and Chocolate ': Tibetan nurse YOUDON LHAMO returned to her people in India after a Western education at the Pestalozii Children's Village in Sussex.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
Reading Your Letters.
Summer Sense: DR TREVOR WESTON gives advice about your holiday health.
Church versus State in Brazil: JONATHAN POWER reports on the occasion of the Pope's visit.
Smallbone Deceased (2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Youdon Lhamo
Unknown:
Dr Trevor Weston

Geometry by RACHEL WYATT Alfred Burke as George Anna Cropper as Ellen Anthony Hyde as Giles
Two into three goes once and one over, as George and Ellen discover when they befriend Giles - a new young teacher at their comprehensive school.
Directed by PAT TRUEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Rachel Wyatt
Unknown:
Alfred Burke
Unknown:
George Anna Cropper
Unknown:
Ellen Anthony Hyde
Directed By:
Pat Trueman

The Fast Finish. Written and read by Harry Towb Goldie and Mcllhaggar (brains and brawn in that order), team up again for their latest fiddle - this time it's dog racing.
' It's the quickest thing on four legs since Red Rum.'
'Red Rum was a horse.'
'Horse Borsht? What does it matter? They both got four legs.'
Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland
(Harry Towb is a National Theatre player)
The Greyhound Derby: see feature: page 4

Contributors

Read By:
Harry Towb
Unknown:
Harry Towb

Written by MARY CUTLER (Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Mary Cutler
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Pipir
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Adam Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Nigel Carrivick
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Dorothy Adamson:
Heather Barrett
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark Hebden:
Richard Derrington

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