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Presenters Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
S.45* Prayer for the Day
With THE REV SIDNEY EVANS
6.55. 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.30,8.38 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.57 Weather; travel

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Sidney Evans
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

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The Case of the Missing Link
Written by GRANT EUSTACE Producer
PAUL MAVHEW-ARCHER
12.55 Weather: travel; programme news

Contributors

Written By:
Grant Eustace
Unknown:
Paul Mavhew-Archer
Stamford Holmes:
Peter Egan
Watson:
Jeremy Nicholas
James MacPherson:
Simon Hewitt
inspector Winter:
David Cooderson
Mrs Pettifer:
Lolly Cockerell
himself:
John Dunn

with Sue MacGregor
Guest of the Week: the new Director of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Elizabeth Filkin.
Word Processors: MOYRA REMNER investigates the machines that are transforming office routines
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte abridged in 20 parts by JANET QUIGLEY
Read by JANET SUZMAN and TIM PIGOTT-SMITH (20)
long wave only

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Elizabeth Filkln.
Unknown:
Moyra Remner
Unknown:
Janet Quigley
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
Unknown:
Tim Pigott-Smith

by CAROLYN SALLY JONES Siren - one who. or that winch, sings sweetly, charms, allures or deceivesf mily lan insists that the family take a holiday in Greece with his former teacher Alec and Alec's young wife. Linda But facing boyhood heroes and long-lost dreams can be unsettling. DAVID ROBB
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Carolyn Sally Jones
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn
Ian:
David Robb
Rose:
Sue Wallace
Linda:
Sara Coward
Alec:
Leonard Magl'Ire
George,:
Daniel Matthews
Flich t announcer:
Deidre Lee

Enthusiastic anarchist-about the-kitchen Bob Symes tosses cookery books out of the window and pancakes into the air in the first programme of his new series. Ready for Shrove Tuesday he improvises garnishes, stuffings and sauces to elevate humble pancakes into ad hoc artistry. Produrer KATE FENTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Symes
Artistry:
Produrer Kate Fenton

Eight documentary programmes examining the relationships between the richer and the poorer countries of the world.
2: With Every Mouth God Send* a Pair of Hands There are four-billion reople in the world at rrcsent: by the end of the century there will be over six billion. The most rapid population increase is in the developing countries of the ' South Is a large population necessarily a bad thing? If so, is family planning the answer? Or would general economic development be more effective?
Written and presented by Emanuel de Kadt and Daniel Snowman
Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN liepeuu

Contributors

Presented By:
Emanuel de Kadt
Presented By:
Daniel Snowman
Producer:
Daniel Snowman

devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge
Irene Thomas and Denis Norden
In the Chair Antonia Fraser

(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Chairwoman:
Antonia Fraser
Panellist:
Dilys Powell
Panellist:
Frank Muir
Panellist:
Irene Thomas
Panellist:
Denis Norden
Questions compiled by:
Peter Moore
Devised by:
Edward J. Mason
Devised by/Producer:
Tony Shryane
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Twelve programmes
3; A Feeling of Peace - Prayer and Meditation
Does God answer prayer and if he answers some prayers, why doesn't he answer others? Are you talking to yourself when you pray or is there anybody there?
Prayer and meditation are ways human beings traditionally progress along the path to enlightenment or enter a relationship with God. Professor John Bowkcr discovers what people do when they pray and meditate.
Producer DAVID CRAIG BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor John Bowkcr

New Life for Old Cities Inner cities are ailing. The cures include transforming derelict docks into tourist attractions. giving large incentives to small businesses and getting the private sector to inject cash and expertise into new enterprises. David Wheeler reports from Liverpool and Newcastle on their chances of recovery and examines the policies that are shaping the treatment of our decaying cities.
Producer ANNE WINDER Rptd: Thurs 11,3 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wheeler

includes reviews of Opera 80's new production of Mozart's C'osi fan tuttc which opened in Exeter earlier this week; and The Pangs of Love, a new collection of short stories by Jane Gardam. Presenter Richard Mayne Producer JANE STENNING

Contributors

Stories By:
Jane Gardam.
Presenter:
Richard Mayne
Producer:
Jane Stenning

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