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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
645*Prayer1ortheDay
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by DILLY BARLOW
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:
Dilly Barlow

A weekly look at our environment. Ways to save it, improve it, enjoy it Stephen Bradshaw examines the controversy surrounding issues like nuclear power, pollution and the competing demands on the countryside. We'd also like to know what people are doing locally about conserving, recycling and looking after their own environment.
Any suggestions to: Groundsweil,
BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
Producers SIMON MAJOR, GAYNOR SHUTTE, MICK WEBB (Repeated: Mon 11.0 pm VHF)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Bradshaw
Unknown:
Mick Webb

A Knight in Shining Armour by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by George Parsons
Jennifer married Lancelot because of his nice old-fashioned ideas about chivalry ...
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Bancroft
Read By:
George Parsons
Producer:
Pamela Howe

Introduced from Cardiff by Noreen Bray
Coal Mtnes and Male Voice Choirs: the traditional view of the Rhondda. But now, though .the choirs sing on, only one working pit remains,andmuchof the work force is female. BETI GEORGE reports.
Professor Peabody: the last real life model for
Dan Dare 's colleague, LIZ CRIDLAND recalls her comic days.
Producer MEGAN EMERY BBC Wales
Tea and Tranquillisers - the Diary of a Happy Housewife (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Dare
Unknown:
Liz Cridland

The emotional problems of a married couple come to a head over their only child, an exceptionally gifted 11-year-old boy who has suddenly withdrawn from the world and refuses to speak to anyone. The child psychologist working on their case begins to realise that the trouble lies at home. What has forced this child from brilliance to silence?

Contributors

Writer:
Jane Beeson
Clara:
Fiona Walker
Jude:
Kenneth Colley
Dr Slater:
Neville Jason
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Billington:
Anthony Newlands
Regional officer:
Madi Hedd
Packer:
John Webb
Nurse/Daniel:
Rosalind Adams

A series of six Programmes in which ohnBaxterexamines the changes in cinema of the past 25 years.
2: A Land Fit for Heroes The period since 1960 has marked a gradual decline in the popularity of the cinema's most enduring genre - the Western. Its simple versions of morality, likened by many in Hollywood to Greek tragedy, have been largely replaced by the more complex realities of the action and detective films. JOHN BAXTER considers this fundamental shift in the cinema's philosophy with the help of CLAIR
HUFFAKER, JOHN STURGES , BURT KENNEDY , ELLIOT SILVERSTEIN ,
SYDNEY POLLACK. ARTHUR PENN,
JOHN FRANKENIIEIMER and JOHN BOORMAN.
Interviews by TOM BROOKE in New York and CARROLL MOORE in Los Angeles Producer CARROLL MOORE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Baxter
Unknown:
John Sturges
Unknown:
Burt Kennedy
Unknown:
Elliot Silverstein
Unknown:
Sydney Pollack.
Unknown:
John Frankeniieimer
Unknown:
John Boorman.
Unknown:
Tom Brooke
Unknown:
Carroll Moore
Producer:
Carroll Moore

with Clive Jacobs , and Tom Boswell testing the Saab 900GL four-door saloon.
Including continental travel information
Producer IRENE MALLIS Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Tom Boswell
Producer:
Irene Mallis
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

The Rt Hon
Michael Foot , MP David Frost
Esther Rantzen and The Rt Hon
Edward du Cann , mp at Liphook, Hampshire Chairman David Jacobs ProducerCAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Foot
Unknown:
David Frost
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Unknown:
Edward du Cann
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Carole Stone

includes reviews of ' The Bernstein Years ', a set of six records which surveys Leonard Bernstein 's career as composer and conductor; and the new version of Walt Disney's classic Fantasia, with a completely new orchestral soundtrack. Presenter
Michael Billington
Producer JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernstein Years
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Michael Billington
Producer:
John Powell

with David Jason
Bill Wallls , David Tate and Sheila Steafel
Written by BOB SINFIELD , TONY SARCHET ,
JAMES HENDRIE , JOHN REVELL , JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, PETER HICKEY ,
ANDREA SOLOMONS, IAN BROWN and others Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallls
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Written By:
Bob Sinfield
Written By:
Tony Sarchet
Written By:
James Hendrie
Unknown:
John Revell
Unknown:
John Langdon
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Unknown:
Paul Mayhew-Archer

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