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Presenters Brian Redhead and Wendy Jones
6.45 Prayer for the Day THE REV GEORGE MULRAIN
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 Dau

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Wendy Jones
Unknown:
George Mulrain
Read By:
Bryan Martin

visits Buckinghamshire, where members of the Ballinger Hall
Horticultural Society put their questions to Bill Sowerbutts
Professor Alan Gemmell and Clay Jones
Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester
(Broadcat Sun 2.2pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Professor Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Clay Jones
Unknown:
Questionmaster Ken

The Good Corn by H. E. BATES
Read by Mary Wimbush ' She laughed again, and shook herself, twisting her body. He tried to kiss her again and she said. " Not here I keep telling you. Sometime if you like, but not here. Not in broad daylight.
Some other time. There'll be another time." '
Producer MITCH RAPER

Contributors

Unknown:
H. E. Bates
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Producer:
Mitch Raper

by JOHN LE CARRE adapted in seven parts by RENt BASILICO
2: Alan Turner , searching for Leo Harting. a missing diplomat, begins his
Inquiry Inside the British Embassy in Bonn.
Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON (Bernard Heplon and Marcia Worren are in - Seasons Greetings ' at the Apollo Theatre, London)
12.55 Weather: travel: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carre
Unknown:
Alan Turner
Unknown:
Leo Harting.
Unknown:
John Fawcett Wilson
Unknown:
Bernard Heplon
Unknown:
Marcia Worren
Alan Turner:
Kenneth Haigh
Rawley Bradfield:
Bernard Hepton
Peter Lisle:
David McAlister
Gaunt:
Douglas Blackwell
Arthur Meadowes:
Norman Bird
Johnny Slingo:
John Kane
Jenny Pargitter:
Marcia Warren
Miss Chote:
Miranda Forbes
Guard:
Johnny Wade

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Including
Guest of the Week:
John Simmons , curator of the Royal Botanical Gardens. Kew.
Magazine for Millions; DANNY DANZIGER Visits Woman's Oun
Tea and Tranquillisers - the Diary of a Happy Housewife (2)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Simmons
Unknown:
Danny Danziger

Watch This Space by PAUL ALLEN
When railway worker Eddie Thorpe gets his early retirement notice along with his long-service award, he doesn t fail to see the irony. But the shock goes deeper than perhaps those who know him could have foreseen.
Directed by DAVID SHEASSY BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Eddie Thorpe
Directed By:
David Sheassy
News editor/Union official:
D. Geoff Tomlinson
Michael:
Chris Wilkinson
Eddte Thorpe:
James Tomlinson
Joy Thorpe:
Maggie Lane
Mother:
Sandra Voe
Frank Little:
Peter Bell

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE John Amis and Frank Mulr challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated; Fri 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Mulr
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Written by WATSON GOULD
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birminflham

Contributors

Written By:
Watson Gould
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimone
Phil:
Norman Painting
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Elizabeth:
Nicolette Gorton
Laura:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Martha:
Mollle Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Heather Bell
Mary:
Ysanne Churchman
Nell Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark:
Richard Derrington
Ben:
Don Henderson

The first of nine weekly investigations into the problems of listeners, which can include being the victims of unfair dealings, sharp practice, injustice and even fraud. Presenter Roger Cook
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger Cook

In the 25th year of the BBC's Natural History Unit, the second half of a series in 26 parts. Narrator David Attenborough. 19: Instrumental Chorus.
Just as there is incredible diversity in insect size and shape, so too there is a wide range of sounds and sound production. David Aldley of the University of East Anglia, Henry Bennet Clark and Martin Birch of Oxford University, Arthur Ewing of Edinburgh University, Brian Lewis of the City of London Polytechnic, and David Ragge of the British Museum (Natural History), reveal how cicadas, crickets, grasshoppers, bark beetles and fruit flies communicate sound. Written and produced by MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
David Aldley
Unknown:
Henrybennetclarkand Martin Birch
Unknown:
Arthur Ewing
Unknown:
Brian Lewis
Unknown:
David Ragge

Edwin Mullins reappraises the 16th-century Spanish painter on the occasion of the major exhibition of his work at the Prado in Madrid.
Producer CARROLL MOORE (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edwin Mullins
Producer:
Carroll Moore

When Sir Ian Trethowan retires next week from the top BBC job, the new Director-General will be Alasdalr Milne , one of tv's toughest and most respected professionals. What sort of Impact and effect will the new boss have on a corporation facing one of the most crucial periods in its
60-year history? Anthony Howard traces his career and assesses his management style through conversations with colleagues and friends, including The Rt lion George Younger. mp, Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir Huw Wheldon and Fyfe Robertson.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Ian Trethowan
Unknown:
Alasdalr Milne
Unknown:
Anthony Howard
Unknown:
George Younger.
Unknown:
Sir Huw Wheldon
Unknown:
Fyfe Robertson.

includes reviews of Windy City, a new musical based on the play The Front Page, starring
Dennis Waterman at the Victoria Palace in London; and Oh, What a Paradise it
Seems, the last published novel by John Cheever who died in June.
Presenter Paul Allen Producer ANNE WINDER

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Waterman
Novel By:
John Cheever
Presenter:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Anne Winder

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