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Presenters Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday In Parliament
8.50* Your Letters
8.57 Weather; travel

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell

Terns, or sea swallows, are great travellers.
Some follow the summer daylight down to the Antarctic, returning to Britain in our summer to breed, thus enjoying more daylight than any other creatures.
Introduced by Jim Flegg Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Flegg
Producer:
John Harrison

Introduced from Birmingham by Marian Foster
The Almas: archaeologist MYRA SHACKLEY has studied reports of a mysterious manlike creature sighted in Mongolia.
PENNY SEARLEY looks at theevents organised in Birmingham to mark National Tell-a-Story Week
Producer ANN TENNANT The King's General (7) BBC Birmingham long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Marian Foster
Unknown:
Myra Shackley
Unknown:
Penny Searley
Producer:
Ann Tennant

by WILKIE COLLINS dramatised for radio In six parts by BRIAN GEAR with music composed by SIDNEY SAGER with Part 3
The Moonstone has been stolen, and all suspicion points to Rachel, as the great Sergeant Cuff of the London Detective Police prepares to make his report to her mother, Lady Verinder.
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Unknown:
Brian Gear
Composed By:
Sidney Sager
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Sergeant Cufl:
John Frankiyn-Robbins
Gabriel Betteredge:
John Sharp
Godfrey Ablewhite:
Geoffrey Beevers
Franklin Blake:
John Tclfer
Rachel Verlnder:
Sally Baxter
Lady Verinder:
Petra Davies
Lucy:
Liza Flanacan
MiSS Clack:
June Barrie
Mr Bruff:
Nat Brenner
Samuel:
Matthew Adams

Employment in the 80s
A series of six programmes 1: Who Gets the Jobs? Employment and unemployment are constantly in the news but the picture that emerges is often confused and fragmented. We Can
Do That - an echo of the cry from the recent television series Boys from the Blackstuff - is an attempt to make sense ofwhatishappening.
This week Brian Redhead is joined by Dr David Parsons of the Institute of Manpower Studies as he begins by examining the changing nature of work and discovering who is best placed to take up any new vacancies.
Consultant / JOHN ATKINSON producer . CHRISTOPHER STONE 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Dr David Parsons
Unknown:
John Atkinson
Producer:
Christopher Stone

The Russian Interpreter (10) by MICHAEL FRAYN abridged in ten parts by ZOE BAILEY
Read by MARTIN JARVIS Producer GERRY JONES (Martin Jarvis is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Frayn
Unknown:
Zoe Bailey
Read By:
Martin Jarvis
Producer:
Gerry Jones
Producer:
Martin Jarvis

with Chris Serle and help from Eric Tobitt , Alanah Martin , Tom Boswell
Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Serle
Unknown:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
Alanah Martin
Unknown:
Tom Boswell
Producer:
Geoff Dobson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Arthur Marshall Mary Warnock
Dr Richard Clutterbuck and Lord Soper fromBeer,Devon
Chairman David Jacobs Producer GEOFFREY JAMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Mary Warnock
Unknown:
Dr Richard Clutterbuck
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Geoffrey James

includes reviews of two television series about music on Sunday evenings: James Galway 's Music in Time on Channel 4 and Orchestra presented by Jane Glover on BBC1; and A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-1939 by Nicola Beauman.
Presented by Michael Billington
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD (Orchestra on Sunday at
11.0 pm on BBC1)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Galway
Presented By:
Jane Glover
Novel By:
Nicola Beauman.
Presented By:
Michael Billington
Producer:
Brian Barfield

with Bill Wallls
David Tate , Nicky Henson and Sally Grace
Written by JAMES HENDRIE IAN BROWN. NICK REVELL
ANDREA SOLOMONS , ROY APPS RICHARD QUICK ,
JOHN I.ANGDON ,
JOHN COLLEE ROGER PLANER , PETER IIICKEY and others
Producer PETE ATKIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallls
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Nicky Henson
Written By:
James Hendrie
Written By:
Ian Brown.
Written By:
Nick Revell
Unknown:
Andrea Solomons
Unknown:
Roy Apps
Unknown:
Richard Quick
Unknown:
John I.Angdon
Unknown:
John Collee
Unknown:
Roger Planer
Unknown:
Peter Iiickey
Producer:
Pete Atkin

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