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Presenters Brian Redhead and Wendy Jones
6.45* Prayer for the Day With RABBI HUGO GRYN
7.0, 8.9 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Wendy Jones
Unknown:
Hugo Gryn
Read By:
Brian Perkins

In the final programme of the series,
William Woollard invites policemen at various levels to look towards the end of the decade and forecast the future style of policing in Britain.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
William Woollard

A Small Death
Written and read by Henry Livings
' It wasn't a cur) of rising fine ash, it had been
Gussie: the damn ferret had gone over the fire bars through an impossible gap in the top fire-brick, and she was in the chimnev.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Producer:
Gillian Hush

We all have queries, quibbles and quandaries which we mean to resolve, but which always lie unanswered at the back of our minds.
Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out the answers.
Producer simon ELMES long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Landor
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Amadeus:petershaffer, author of the award-winning play, talks about Mozart and his music. Talking Point: opinions andideas.
Mum for Centuries: CHERYL ARMITAGE reports on the unwrapping of an Egyptian mummy. More Work for the Undertaker (2) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Cheryl Armitage

Screen Test by KEN BLAKESON
Chris and Sue, Bob and Petra are close friends, two happily-married couples quietly getting on with their lives. Then a film company comes to town looking for extras and suddenly things aren't quite the same.
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Sue:
Brigit Torsyth
Bob:
Brian Southwood
Petra:
Anne Cunningham
Chris:
Tim Preece
Archie Drowzinski:
John Branwell
Star:
Blain F Airman

A Most Accomplished Prince . John JuUus Norwich narrates the second of six programmes looking at Britain and its inhabitants through the writings of foreigners who have visited us through the centuries.
Readers CRAWFORD LOGAN and JOHN WEBB Written by MARY ANNE EVANS
Producer BRIAN COOK

Contributors

Unknown:
John Juuus Norwich
Unknown:
John Webb
Written By:
Mary Anne Evans
Producer:
Brian Cook

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
Cast for the week: [see below]
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Writer:
Debbie Cook
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Laura:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Sid perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Alison Skilbeck
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Larkin:
Heather Bill
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Haydn Evans:
Charles Williams
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Robin Catchpole:
Edward McCarthy

Everyday, certain city dealers buy at high
DricesandseUattow.
Anywhere else, a recipe for bankruptcy-but on the commodity futures market, that is the way aproHtaNe business )S run. Judy H.Uman talks to some traders about the prices they pay for our cups of coffee
Producer RtCHARCELUs

Contributors

Talks:
Judy H.Uman

includes Clash of the Titans, a new film about the legend of Perseus and Andromeda, with Laurence Olivier as Zeus, and special effects by Ray Harryhausen; and a recent set of records of the music of George Gershwin.
Presenter Paul Vaughan

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Clare Selerie

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