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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

The Depths of Fear by ADRIAN VINCENT Read by John Westbrook
' I was swinging gently with the rolling of the waves in a cradle of darkness. I thought they've all gone down with her, all my good friends and shipmates. I'm going to drown, I thought....
Then I woke up.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrian Vincent
Read By:
John Westbrook

from Manchester with Marjorie Lofthouse Just a Coincidence - or is it?: BRENDA KIDMAN investigates the ' notable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection '.
Cabbages and Coronets: a Morecambe greengrocer has spent years proving his claim to the historic title, Earl of Essex. As he prepares to take his seat in the House of Lords, BOB CAPELL and his
Countess, DORIS talk to MARTIN HENFIELD.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
Blood on the Snow (14) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
Brenda Kidman
Unknown:
Bob Capell
Unknown:
Martin Henfield.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

Face Value by ROY KENDALL with Michael Aldridge and Ann Windsor
The thought of a lonely old man living in squalor is liable to prompt well-meaning people to offer help, but what if the home and the person are filthy from choice? The uneasy relationship which Joy establishes with Max has a profound effect on both their lives.
Directed by MARGARET ETALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Kendall
Directed By:
Margaret Etall
Joy:
Ann Windsor
Max:
Michael Aldridge
Morris:
Alan Mason
Mrs Whitehead:
Pauline Letts
Georgina/MissWilcox:
Stella Force

The story of two young fashion designers bidding to turn flair into big money'.
' Ally Capellino ' (Alison Lloyd , 25, and Jono Platt , 26) - with a growing British reputation behind them - head out to Paris for the first time to make an international name. Will the buyers buy? Will the press feature their collection? Will anyone notice them at all? Anne Gregg follows their bid for fame from the pencil sketch to the Paris catwalk. Producer
JULIAN HALE
(Repeated: Sat 11.15 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Lloyd
Unknown:
Jono Platt
Unknown:
Anne Gregg
Unknown:
Julian Hale

As the first Anglo-Japanese car, the Triumph Acclaim, starts to appear on British roads, Richard Hudson -Evans is in Tokyo to find out about the Japanese and their car industry at the Tokyo
Motor Show. Producer
STEPHEN PHELPS
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hudson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Peter Jay
Katharine Whitehorn Claire Rayner and Jeffrey Archer tackle the issues raised by the audience at Colchester, Essex
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jay
Unknown:
Katharine Whitehorn
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Jeffrey Archer
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Carole Stone

includes a new production of Charpentier's opera Louise with Valerie Masterson. by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum; and Shaw's Heartbreak House at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, with Eleanor Bron and Alfred Burke.
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer CARROLL MOORE

Contributors

Unknown:
Valerie Masterson.
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Alfred Burke.
Presenter:
Sheridan Morley
Producer:
Carroll Moore

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news. with Bill Wallis
Sheila Steafel David Tate and Geoffrey McGivern 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:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Geoffrey McGivern
Unknown:
David Firman
Unknown:
Jenkin John Langdon
Unknown:
Jeremy Browne
Unknown:
Bob Sinfield
Unknown:
Tony Sarchet
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

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