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This week the Social Democratic Party has been holding its 6rst
Annual Conference. What impact has the new party made? With the Social Democrats,
Brian Bedhead ; with the rest of the news, John Timpson S.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES 7 0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30,8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Bedhead
Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell

Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Mills
Vanity thy Name is ..
Womanr: CHERYL ARMITAGE questions the myth that it is only women who care about their appearance.
Window on Wildlife: JENNI MILLS examines urban wildlife conservation in Avon.
Producer SARAH PITT BBC Bristol
A Childhood in Scotland (5) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Cheryl Armitage

The Moorcock by HENRY LIVINGS
A fictional re-creation of a famous murder mystery in the last century in Saddleworth, Lancashire. The pub The Moorcock. known locally as Bill o'
Jacks, was run by a father and son - one night they were ' together savagely murdered in an in-humanly horrid manner.' Who did it, and why?
Music composed, directed by DEREK BROADBENT
Played by STEPHEN LORD JOHN GILLAM
CHRISTOPHER WOOD
JOHN HINCLEY , DAVE CASS
Directed by CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Directed By:
Derek Broadbent
Played By:
Stephen Lord
Played By:
John Gillam
Played By:
Christopher Wood
Played By:
John Hincley
Unknown:
Dave Cass
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
Molly:
Judith Barker
Shaun:
Shane Connaughton
Bill:
Robert Keegan
Tom:
Keith Clifford
Reuben:
Roy Barraclough

An inquest by coroner and jury is a time-honoured institution to establish the cause of an unnatural death. But MPs, coroners, jurors and barristers are now considering whether this relic of the Middle Ages should continue to serve 20th-century justice.
Geoffrey Robertson asks whether there is still life in the body of the coroner's inquest.
Producer RICHARD ELLIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Robertson
Producer:
Richard Ellis

The House in Dormer Forest by MARY WEBB
The last of nine parts abridged by MICHELENE WANDOR
Meeting and Parting
Read by MIRIAM MARGOLYES
Producer
VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham
(Starting next Monday: Charles II by Antonia Fraser )

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Webb
Abridged By:
Michelene Wandor
Read By:
Miriam Margolyes
Producer:
Vanessa Whitburn
Unknown:
Antonia Fraser

with Clive Jacobs and Going Places' own team Of RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS and TOM BOSWELL putting Britain's newest car through its paces in the Mobil Economy Run.
Producer STEPHEN PHELPS Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Richard Hudson-Evans
Unknown:
Tom Boswell
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

The Rt Hon
Denis Healey , mp
Sir Raymond Pennock Sarah Hogg
John Julius Norwich from Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
Chairman David Jacobs Producer ROY HAWARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Healey
Unknown:
Sir Raymond Pennock
Unknown:
Sarah Hogg
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Roy Haward

includes reviews of a new novel by Piers Paul Read set in Nice; and recordings of Brahms and Tchaikovsky by the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Carlo Guilini.
Presenter Mark Storey Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

Contributors

Novel By:
Piers Paul Read
Conducted By:
Carlo Guilini.
Presenter:
Mark Storey
Producer:
Brian Barfield

Bill Wallis , David Tate Sheila Steafel
Chris Emmett , with the music of David Firman Written by GUY JENKIN JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, JEREMY BROWNE
BOB SINFIELD , TONY SARCHET and PETER HICKEY
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
Chris Emmett
Unknown:
David Firman
Unknown:
Jenkin John Langdon
Unknown:
Jeremy Browne
Unknown:
Bob Sinfield
Unknown:
Tony Sarchet
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

An imaginary sale of the BBC's Sound Archives attracts folklorist and broadcaster Toni Arthur to browse through the catalogue and choose the recordings she would most like to own.
Producer PAT PRYOR long wave only followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Toni Arthur
Producer:
Pat Pryor

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