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Desmond Lynam presents the programme live from Royal St Georges,
Sandwich - venue for the 110th Open Golf
Championship. Get behind the scenes and meet some of the personalities.
Also news of the Third Cornhill Test between
England and Australia. and a look ahead to this afternoon's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. A Radio Sport and OB production

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Lynam

Jeaninc McMullen talks to those who run their own businesses and keep animals and poultry on a small scale, and meets country characters whose skills make a rural lifestyle a reality.
Written and compiled by JEANINE MCMULLEN
Producer SARAH PITT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Talks:
Jeaninc McMullen
Unknown:
Jeanine McMullen
Producer:
Sarah Pitt

The last seven days put in a questionable way by Simon Hoggart to Alan Coren Peter Jenkins Claire Rayner and Stan McMurtry
Written and compiled by JOHN LANCDON Producer
DANNY GREENSTONE
(Repeated: Mon 6.30 pm)
12.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Peter Jenkins
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Stan McMurtry
Unknown:
John Lancdon
Producer:
Danny Greenstone

Great Strides by JOHN BARRY with Christopher Scott and Jane Knowles
When Martin Repton decides to visit his parents in Manchester, he knows things will be difficult, but he is totally unprepared for an unexpected revelation about his brother.
Directed bv
MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barry
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
Unknown:
Jane Knowles
Unknown:
Martin Repton
Unknown:
Martin Jenkins
Martin:
Christopher Scott
Jenny:
Jane Knowles
Derek:
Michael Spice
Joan:
Katherine Parr
Teacher/Buffet attendant:
Alexander John
COLIN/PAUL:
Elizabeth Lindsay

Let Ncil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library answer your questions. Producer SIMON ELMES
(Rptd: Thurs 11.50 am) Questions on a postcard to: Enquire Within, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW

Contributors

Unknown:
Ncil Landor
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Anthony Curtis presents a series of eight programmes on the novel since the war.
1: The Death of the Novel?
What was the state of the novel in 1945? According to Cyril Connolly , the form ' needed to be re-invented from the beginning.' In the event, the novel received a new vitality by abandoning literary experiment and reverting to its traditionai forms and concerns.
ANTHONY CURTIS looks at the works of Henry Green and William Cooper , writers whose novels were to point to two of the main directions of English fiction in the 50s and 60s. Extracts read by ELIZABETH PROUD and GAVIN CAMPBELL Producer FRANCES DONNELLY long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Curtis
Unknown:
Cyril Connolly
Unknown:
Anthony Curtis
Unknown:
William Cooper
Unknown:
Gavin Campbell
Producer:
Frances Donnelly

A magazine of interest to disabled listeners.
Presenter Marilyn Alan Editor MARLENE PEASE
Citizens' Advice Bureau Phone-in Monday 2.0-4.0 pm [number removed]Ext 2531
Correspondence address: BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW long wave only

Contributors

Presenter:
Marilyn Alan
Editor:
Marlene Pease

A three-part series by Paul Meskil , crime reporter for the New York Daily News, who has investigated the Organisation for 40 years and reveals the inside story of its rackets and rituals.
1: Lucky's Mob
' Whatever happened in the past is over, there is to be no more hatred among us.'
When SALVATORE ' LUCKY LUCIANO formed New
York's bootlegging gangs into the Unione Siciliano in April 1931, he divided the city into five Mafia territories. Today the same five families - Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese - control a secret financial empire which rivals Wall Street. Producer
GERRY NORTHAM BBC
Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Meskil
Unknown:
Unione Siciliano
Unknown:
Gerry Northam

I'll Walk Beside You by Robert Holles.
Lavinia is Russell's mother, a charming old lady in her 70s. It is only natural that she should wish to live near her son and his wife Janinc. Her relationship with her son is almost telepathic. Janine is a child psychiatrist, but after Lavinia's arrival Janine begins to experience strange disturbances...
Directed by David Spenser. (Repeated: Mon 3.2 pm) (Brenda Bruce is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Holles
Directed By:
David Spenser
Janine:
Sarah Badel
Lavinia:
Brenda Bruce
Russell:
John Rowe
Robbie:
Chip Sweeney
Pauline:
Jane Knowles
Shirley:
Theresa Streatfeild
Christine:
Heidi Smith
Arthur:
Marvin Charlton
Eric:
Spencer Banks
Dr Simon Dreschfield:
Alexander John
Andrew Foster:
Sian Probert
Prof Kaufman/Dr Wixon:
John Livesey
Mrs Haycock/Brenda:
Liz Morgan
Sheila:
Aysha Mitchell
Sue Barkworth:
Judy Franklin
Prof Littlejohn:
Crawford Logan

They Don't Go to the Country Anymore Colin Blakemore ,
Professor of Physiology at Oxford, recently visited China, and in the first of two programmes he examines the effect of rustication on Chinese science. Producer
GEOFF DEEHAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Blakemore
Unknown:
Geoff Deehan

Peter Pratt introduces records of excerpts from the Savoy operas and music by Sullivan's contemporaries, predecessors and a few of his successors in the musical theatre.
Producer RONALD COOK

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Pratt
Producer:
Ronald Cook

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