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Brian Redhead at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. John Timpson in London
6.45' Prayer for the Day With THE REV LESLIE STOKES
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

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Leslie Stokes
Read By:
Bryan Martin

Wine and Beer Making
Although the British are pretty modest drinkers compared with most of our European neighbours, ever the past few years there has been a steady increase In the number of people brewing their own wine and beer. But how difficult is it to brew your own wine and beer? What equipment do you need? Is it drinkable? In the Tuesday Call studio to advise on both beer and wine making are Cyril Berry , of The Amateur Wine Maker and Andy Andrews past president of the National Association of Wine and Beer Makers. In the Chair Jill Burridge Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Berry
Unknown:
Andy Andrews
Unknown:
Jill Burridge

The Attendant by SUSAN GREGORY
Read by Kate Binchey ' Which room are you in? ' he said straightaway with a smile like a banana and, too late, she realised that what she'd taken for common politeness had been a come-on.' Producer GWYN RICHARDS BBC Birmingham long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Gregory
Read By:
Kate Binchey

Are there Jungle fowl In the New Forest?
More of your Wildlife questions to puzzle the team of naturalists.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 3.5 pm) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Michael Bright

Chairman Nigel Rees Guests Alan Bennett Janet Suzman Leslie Thomas
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Producer ALAN NIXON
12.55 Weather; travel: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Guests Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
Unknown:
Leslie Thomas
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher
Producer:
Alan Nixon

Introduced by Toni Arthur including
Room at the Top: HESTER MALLIN gardens at the top of a high-rise tower block. A Road Accident:
VALERIE GORDON-SMITH describes its damaging effect on her daughter and family.
Sergeant Nice (2) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Toni Arthur
Unknown:
Hester Mallin

There are more penguins than people iin the Antarctic, and most of the human population are scientists!
From several permanent bases in this vast and empty land, the British Antarctic Survey carries out a rich and varied research programme.
Jocelyn Ryder-Smith talks to several recently returned BAS scientists about their life and work at the bottom of the world.
Producer
MARGARET HORSFIELD BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Talks:
Jocelyn Ryder-Smith
Unknown:
Margaret Horsfield

First Round 3: South
GROVE SCHOOL, ST LEONARDS ON SEA V SEAFORD HEAD SCHOOL, SEAFORD
Questionmasters
Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny Questions set by PAUL LIVESEY , NIGEL RICHARDSON and PADDY FEENY Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Rptd: Thursday 12.27pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
St Leonards
Unknown:
Tim Gudgin
Unknown:
Paul Livesey
Unknown:
Nigel Richardson
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer

Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Reporter Margaret Percy Producer MAX EASTERMAN Editor DAVID TAYLOR BBC Manchester
(Repeated; Wed 4.10 pm)

Contributors

Reporter:
Margaret Percy
Producer:
Max Easterman
Editor:
David Taylor

In a series of six programmes Robert Rowe meets refugees from around the world who have found sanctuary in the UK.
1: Chile's Political Exiles After the violent overthrow of President Allende's democratic government in September 1973, thousands of supporters of the old regime were put in prison. Their only hope of freedom was to seek exile, and about 3,000 of them came here. Why did they choose the UK - and what has happened to them here? Nine years after the coup ROBERT ROWE reports on the changing outlook of Chileans in Britain.
Producer ANDREW VIVIAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rowe
Unknown:
Robert Rowe
Producer:
Andrew Vivian

News, views and information.
What Future for Braille, Two recent international conferences in Montreal and Washington, have been considering the standardisation of the Braille code and the prospects for Braille book publishing.
Peter White reports.
Producer THENA HESHEL Listeners can phone in queries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]. 8.30-10.0 pm Handbook of aids and services, £2.95 from [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White

includes reviews of Mass Appeal, directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald at the Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith, with Gordon Jackson in the role of a Catholic priest ministering ,to a comfortable and complacent parish, who finds his ideas challenged by the arrival of a young, trainee priest, played by Rupert Everett. Also a new novel by Len Deighton , Goodbye Mickey Mouse , the story of a group of young pilots of the Eighth Air Force based in East Anglia in 1943. Presenter Richard Mayne Producer JANE STENNING
9.59 Weather

Contributors

Directed By:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Gordon Jackson
Played By:
Rupert Everett.
Novel By:
Len Deighton
Unknown:
Mickey Mouse
Presenter:
Richard Mayne
Producer:
Jane Stenning

Sue MacGregor talks to the seventh Marquess of Anglesey, biographer and historian of the British cavalry, about his life and work and invites him to reflect on both.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH
BBC Manchester long wave only followed by an Interlude

Contributors

Producer:
Gillian Hush

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