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with Tony Adamson including a visit to Moor Park, to talk to some of the showbusiness and sporting personalities competing in the Bob
Hope Classic and a report from Gerald Williams as the competitors assemble for the Commonwealth Games In Brisbane.
Producer DAVE GORDON

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Adamson
Unknown:
Gerald Williams
Producer:
Dave Gordon

Introduced by Bernard Falk. with help from IAN LYON and SUSAN MARLING , taking a critical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene.
Including weather; travel and at 9.0 News Producer
JENNY MALLINSON DUFF
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bernard Falk.
Unknown:
Ian Lyon
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Jenny Mallinson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

A new series in which the last seven days are put in a questionable way by Barry Took to Alan Coren , Stan McMurtry , Russell Davies and Sue Cook
Written and compiled by John Langdon and Danny Greenstone Producer
Danny Greenstone
(Repeated: Mon 6.38 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Barry Took
Panellist:
Alan Coren
Panellist:
Stan McMurtry
Panellist:
Russell Davies
Panellist:
Sue Cook
Writer:
John Langdon
Writer:
Danny Greenstone
Producer:
Danny Greenstone

Mother's Day by ROSE TREMAIN with Sylvia Coleridge and Sheila Grant
Mabel looks after her deaf and senti-lnvalid mother without complaint. She does not see her fife as a sacrifice. Quite simply, what she does is the thing she has to do. It's just what is.
Michaela Troop, a reporter....FRANCES JEATER
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (Repeated: Tues 11.3 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sylvia Coleridge
Unknown:
Sheila Grant
Reporter:
Frances Jeater
Directed By:
John Tydeman
Mrs Bainbridge, a widow:
Sylvia Coleridge
Mabel, her elder daughter:
Sheila Grant
Jessica, her younger daughter:
Jean Trend
Mr Bainbridge, her late husband:
Nigel Graham
Verna, a neighbour:
Katherine Parr
Lillibet, a neighbour:
Zoe Hicks

by J. R. R. TOLKIEN prepared for radio In 13 episodes by BRIAN SIBLEY starring Ian Holm as Frodo Michael Hordern as Gandalf
Robert Stephens as Aragorn
Peter Vaughan as Dcnethor and Jack May as Theoden
11: The Battle of Pelcnnor Fields
The Gate was shut. All night-watchmen on the walls of Minas Tirltb heard the rumour of the enemy that roamed outside, burning field and tree, and hewing any man that they found abroad, living or dead. with Singer oz CLARKE
Music composed and conducted by STEPHEN OLIVER
Episode adapted by MICHAEL BAKEWELL and BRIAN SIBLEY
Directed by JANE MORGAN
(Gerard Murphy is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Ian Holm
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Peter Vaughan
Unknown:
Jack May
Sam:
William Nighy
Pippin:
John McAndrew
Merry:
Richard O'Callaghan
Gimll:
Douglas Livingstone
Legolas:
David Collings
the Narrator:
Gerard Murphy
Faramir:
Andrew Seear
Eowyn:
Elin Jenkins
Eomer:
Anthony Hyde
loreth:
Pauline Letts
BEGEROND:
Christopher Scott
Lord of the Nazgul:
Philip Voss

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presenter Marilyn Alan
Editor MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence address: BBC, Broadcasting House, I.ondon WIA 4WW
Tel: [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Marilyn Alan
Editor:
Marlene Pease

In the last of the current series of Interviews Dr Anthony Clare , of the Institute of Psychiatry, talks to the comic genius Spike Milligan about the most significant influence.; that have shaped his private and professional hfe.
Producer MICHAEL EMBER
0 WODDIS ON ... page 93

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Anthony Clare
Unknown:
Spike Milligan

A Magician Amongst the Spirits by BERT COULES A vivid account of the life of the great Houdini. the most famous escapologist of them all. And in particular of how an Initial dabbling In the world of Spiritualism for a quick buck was eventually to become a fierce corroding obsession.
The Deaths and Lives of Harry Houdini with Barry Denner as Houdini Pinkie Johnstone as his wife. Bess and Hilda Krtseman as his mother
Directed by DAVID JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Mon 3.2 pm)
9.5S Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Bert Coules
Unknown:
Harry Houdini
Unknown:
Barry Denner
Unknown:
Houdini Pinkie Johnstone
Unknown:
Hilda Krtseman
Directed By:
David Johnston
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
John Bott
Lady Conan Doyle:
Wendy Murray
Rabbi Weiss:
Arnold Diamond
Theo Weiss:
Shane Rimmer
Richter:
James Kerry
Hyman:
Simon Hewitt
Mrs Adams:
Miranda Forbes
Beck:
Hugh Dickson
Reporter:
Alex Jennings
Mrs Sadler:
Petra Davies
Chairman:
Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Coates:
Jean Trend

by JOHN KEAY and JEAN-PIERRE DE ROHAN The fifth of seven programmes with Leslie Sands as Charles Waterton Narrator JOHN ROWE With MICHAEL DEACON Charles Waterton achieved instant fame with the publication in 1825 of his book
Wandertnos in South America.
This indefatigable
Yorkshireman made three exciting explorations of the jungles of South America and his accounts of them won admiration from his reviewer for the * genuine seal and inexhaustible delight with which all the barbarous countries he visited are described.' Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keay
Unknown:
Jean-Pierre de Rohan
Unknown:
Leslie Sands
Narrator:
Charles Waterton
Unknown:
Michael Deacon
Unknown:
Charles Waterton
Producer:
Alan Haydock

The last of a seven-part series
Dr Craig Sharp
One time veterinary pathologist, CRAIG SHARP tired of dealing with dead animals and diseased tissues and turned his attention to the fittest of human beings. Now he advises Olympic athletes on the most efficient ways to train their bodies to excel at their particular sports.
Presented by Stacey Adams
Producer JANE MARSHALL
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Craig Sharp
Presented By:
Stacey Adams
Producer:
Jane Marshall

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