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Presenters Brian Redhead and Hugh Sykes
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ADAM FORD
7.0 8.0 Today's News Read by Harriet CASS
7.3e. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Hugh Sykes
Unknown:
Adam Ford
Read By:
Harriet Cass

A nine-part series in which William Woollard investigates law enforcement in Britain. 5 The Sweeney
' The Flying Squad Is made up of experienced detectives and its reputation comes from the way it deals with armed robbery. I like to think we are still the elite of the ciD in London.'
(DET-INSP CLIFFORD CRAIG )
Producer JOCK Gallagher BBC Birmingham long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
William Woollard
Unknown:
Clifford Craig

with Sue MacGregor
The Pleasure Gardens: the CORNEL MUSIC GROUP recapture something of this particularly English entertainment.
Talking Point.
To Consider Our Verdict: anna landau recently served on a jury.
' Dainty but provocative ': was how the women looked in Jane Austens day. MARGARET SMITH , costume historian, talks tO JENNY CUFFE about changes since then.
A Death Out of Season (7) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Landau
Unknown:
Jane Austens
Unknown:
Margaret Smith
Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe

by Shirley Cooklin
with Arthur Quintus Haycraft as Tom, and Judy Franklin as Anna

Tom is a shy, introverted boy whose inability to relate to life at home with his mother, or at school with his fellows, leads to tragedy.

Contributors

Writer:
Shirley Cooklin
Director:
David Johnston
Tom:
Arthur Quintus Haycraft
Anna:
Judy Franklin
Diana Curtis:
Jan Holder
Frank Curtis:
Malcolm Hayes
Geoff:
George Parsons
Mrs Harman/Sally:
Amanda Murray
Sue Graves:
Shirley Cooklin
Janice/Policewoman:
Christine Absalom
Gary:
Nicholas Barnes
Wayne/Gibbs/Probation officer:
Stephen Garlick
David/Policeman:
John Livesey

Comedy Harmony and Parody Melody
An anthology introduced by Fritz Spiegl. This week sporting contributions from Spike Jones , Bernard Miles and Peter Schickele as Rossini, Wagner and Beethoven revolve gently in their graves.
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD gramophone records

Contributors

Introduced By:
Fritz Spiegl.
Unknown:
Spike Jones
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Unknown:
Peter Schickele
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

Mary Barton by MRS GASKELL abridged in 14 parts by JOAN WYATT. Read by Valerie Georgeson (1)
Manchester in the 1840s is the setting for this novel about Mary Barton. daughter of a handloom weaver - a beautiful girl whose ambition leads her along a dangerous path from which her honesty and integrity finally rescue her. Producer
KAY PATRICK
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Barton
Unknown:
Joan Wyatt.
Read By:
Valerie Georgeson
Unknown:
Mary Barton.
Unknown:
Kay Patrick

' There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud.'
Siun Eirian with some serious and lighthearted elegies by his fellow poets.
Readers ANGHARAD REES and ARTRO MORRIS
Producer ENYD WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Siun Eirian

CRILINGIRIAN STRING QUARTET LevonChilingirian (violin) Mark Butler (violin)
Csaba Erdelyi (viola)
Philip de Groote (cello) with Patrick Ireland (viola)
Part 1 : Mozart Adagio and fugue in c minor (k 546) Quintet in D (K 593)

Contributors

Violin:
Mark Butler
Viola:
Csaba Erdelyi
Viola:
Patrick Ireland
Unknown:
Mozart Adagio

When Mary Craig gave birth to a second handicapped child her religious faith wavered and she went through a long period of depression. Her best-selling book Blessings, about her attempts to create energy out of this despair, has provided a cathartic experience for people with similar problems.
Producer FRANCES DONNELLY (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Craig
Producer:
Frances Donnelly

includes reviews of the renowned Stuttgart
Ballet's season at the London Coliseum; and Time Was, the reminiscences of painter and stage designer,
W. Graham Robertson.
Presenter Stephen Philips Producer JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Graham Robertson.
Presenter:
Stephen Philips
Producer:
John Powell

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