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Presenter John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV BARRIE ALLCOTT
7.0, 8.0 Today's News with CHRISTOPHER SLADR
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought Jor the Day

Contributors

Presenter:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Christopher Sladr

Exploring Outer Space
This year, the Voyager Mission will take its first close look at Titan.
How much have scientists already learned from the photographs of Jupiter Voyager I and II have sent back so far? There are now an estimated 5,000 satellites orbiting the earth. How do these work and what developments can be expected in the next ten years?
Dr Garry Hunt , head of the Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, University College, London, joins Teresa McGonagle to answer your questions. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines open from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Garry Hunt
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle

Rise and Shine by SEAN MCCARTHY
Fiona Walker as Judy and Stephen Rea as Tim Waking up is a problem. Waking up broke and unemployed is a bigger problem (plans for the day being limited by economic considerations). Of course there is one enjoyable and cheap activity available, but, as with all the best things in life. there are a number of rules governing its
-use.
.Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean McCarthy
Unknown:
Fiona Walker
Unknown:
Stephen Rea
Unknown:
Tim Waking
Directed By:
Robert Cooper

In Yugoslavia I once saw a large bucketful of fat, juicy marine worms out
I was informed there scere out two worms in the mass. Was 1 deceivedt JIM: FLEGG, DAVID NICHOLS and MICHAEL TWEDDIE , wriggle out of another batch of listeners' questions.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 2.5 pm)
Questions to: Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LK

Contributors

Unknown:
David Nichols
Unknown:
Michael Tweddie
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Michael Bright

with Sue
MacGregor Garri and Beans in Bishop's Stortford: BOB PRIZE-MAN spends the day with a group of British school-children learning about the traditional African way of life.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas
He Exhausts Me: A mother and a doctor discuss hyperactivity in children Skin Deep. 6: Gentle Joy

Contributors

Unknown:
MacGregor Garri

by HENRY JAMES dramatised for radio in six parts by WILLIAM ASH(1)
Prince Amerigo Is te marry Maggie Verver. the daughter of an American multi-millionaire. The marriage should be in every way perfect. But a few days before It takes place, there arrives from America a great friend of Maggie's, Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte had once been very close. Charlotte has one last request to make of him: an hour alone together to help her find Maggie a special present.
Directed by DAVID SPENSER (Zoi Wanamaker it a member of the RSO

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry James
Directed By:
David Spenser
Directed By:
Zoi Wanamaker
Maggie Verver:
Maureen O'Brien
Charlotte Stant:
Zoë Wanamaker
the Prince:
James Laurenson
Mrs Assingham:
Gwen Watford
Henry James:
David March
Col Assingham:
John Bott
Antique Dealer:
Martin Friend

Many people claim that they can read the thoughts of others, and some say they can bend spoons like Uri Geller. But what scientific evidence Is there?
The BBC's Science Correspondent, James Wilk inson, has been talking to scientists and taking part In experiments in telepathy to try to find out. Producer JOHN WILLIAMS
4.40 Announcements

Contributors

Unknown:
Uri Geller.
Unknown:
James Wilk
Producer:
John Williams

A lighthearted account of the chequered history of the crossword puzzle - from the three-letter birds and two-letter Sun God to the mind-bending, esoteric and even interchangeable clues.
Anagrammatically compiled by Basil Birney
Presented by John Wells
PATRICK BARR. LEONARD FENTON, MARTIN FRIEND, BRIAN HAINES , MICHAEL MCSTAY , PEGGY PAIGE and ELIZABETH RIDER.
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Sun God
Unknown:
Basil Birney
Presented By:
John Wells
Presented By:
Patrick Barr.
Unknown:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Michael McStay
Unknown:
Peggy Paige
Directed By:
John Theocharis

Ten talks by Ray Gosling 9: A Banana for Buddha
' Bangkok feels a bit like the 20th-century parts of Hammersmith, or downtown Newcastle. And they drive on the same side of the road as us, in the same Japanese cars - and suck the same Hacks cough drops and Menthol-Eucalyptus sweets. Because pollution is as bad as industrial Lancashire.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling

St Kilda
Since the evacuation of St Kilda on 29 August 1930, the island has taken on a mythical quality. Previously it formed part of the Gaelic civilisation of the West Highlands; now it is a military base, reserve and a museum. Reader tom watson
Jew's Harp DICK GLASGOW Research NORMAN CHALMERS Producer BILLY KAY
(First broadcast on Radio Scotland)

Contributors

Reader:
Tom Watson
Harp:
Dick Glasgow
Unknown:
Norman Chalmers
Producer:
Billy Kay

Six programmes
'Why shouldn't we recreate the business, if business hasn't got the guts or the gumption to realise the potential of areas like this.'
4: From Welfare to Work Reports on CRAIGMILLAR FESTIVAL ENTERPRISES (a community-owned jobbing builders company) and HOUSE OF LAMBETH (a wood-craft workshop).
Presenter Colin Ball

Contributors

Presenter:
Colin Ball

Six programmes 1: The Mormons
About half-a-million people in Britain belong to religious movements outside the mainstream religions. What attracts them to these sects? What does membership involve? And do they see themselves as the possessors of knowledge and insights denied to the rest of us? Jill Cochrane gives members of the Mormons-the ' Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints'-the chance to speak for themselves \ Researcher
RICHARD PEARSON
Producer DAVID WINTER Preview: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Cochrane
Unknown:
Richard Pearson
Producer:
David Winter

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