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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45' Prayer for the Day
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7 30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Bryan Martin

In the last of the series, Roger Cook gets a taste of Torbay and follows a fishy trail, from pier to cooking-pot. It's a choice (and he chooses both!) between simple fare, and ' fancy dress
Producer SHARON BANOFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Cook
Producer:
Sharon Banoff

Six different sides of life across the Channel
4: Family Business - Italian Style
From Agnelli's Flat to the humblest trattoria. business in Italy is a family affair. The
Mondadori printing and publishing empire started with one man's dream and a small printing press Now it's huge - but Mondadorls still own and control it What makes the Italian family business run? Producer JULIAN HALE
Europe - the Sale and the Sorry)

Contributors

Producer:
Julian Hale

Chairman Robert Robinson 21: MIDLANDS
Richard Nelson
(transport manager) Alan Fisher
(British Telecom engineer) Andrew Walker (solicitor) Nicholas Morgan (bookseller)
Including Beat the Brains. Devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer richard EDIS
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Richard Nelson
Unknown:
Alan Fisher
Unknown:
Andrew Walker
Unknown:
Nicholas Morgan
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies

with Sue MacGrcgor
The Gentle Touch: KAREN DECO reports on the multi-million pound debt-collecting business run by a London mother.
' Imagine yourself on a Beautiful Beach 1: and then learn Spanish.
PROFESSOR HAROLD RALEY describes his methods of language teaching.
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page (9)

The Mansion of the Mighty A nostalgic comedy by JOHN FLETCHER with Christopher Ettridge as John Philips
* When I think of England, I think always of a garden, of majestic lawns, Immaculately cut, superbly laid out, stretching off into the hazy distance of an English summer's afternoon.'
The greatest experience of John's boyhood had been his day trip to
BlakeMansion.Now,in 1942, he returns there as the Administrative Officer to a group of eccentric scientists engaged in top secret weapon research. John, however, is more
Interested In maintaining the beauty of the gardens and in organising a cricket match.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Comedy By:
John Fletcher
Unknown:
Christopher Ettridge
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Dr Noel Saunders:
John Rowe
Dr Dillip Patel:
Sean Barrett
Dr Noam Rosenblum:
Gabriel Woolf
Lord Worcester:
Peter Copley
Lady Worcester:
Julia Hills
Sir Anthony:
John Westbrook
The Rev Jeffries:
Sean Barrett
Mrs Philips:
Penelope Lee
Roberts:
Chris Harris
Corporal Brown:
Cornelius Garrett
John as a boy:
Alan Vincent

Written by DEBBIE COOK
(Repeated; Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Debbie Cook
Dan:
Edgar Harrison
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil:
Norman Painting
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrlc:
Heather Bell
Jethro:
George Hart
Mary:
Ysanne Churchman
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Dorothy:
Heather Barrett
Caroline:
Sara Coward

Ray Gosling surveys the world of Yates's Wine Lodges.
They're not like a pub or a wine bar: in the Bottle Office you can buy a little bag of flour and there's sardines and the Blackpool Lodge has draught champagne ...' Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Producer:
Alastair Wilson

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