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Presenters Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.45' Prayer for the Day With THE REV JOHN BAILEY
6.55. 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25', 8.25' Sport
7.30. 8.30 News summary
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Bailey
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

A serial in nine parts by STEPHEN BARLAY , starring Ian Hendry as Maxon. and Toby Robins as Jacqueline with Paul Hardwick as the Nachalnik 8: Crackpotnt
Music composed and played by ED WELCH (piano) With RON ASPERY (saxophone)
Directed by PETER KINO
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Barlay
Unknown:
Ian Hendry
Unknown:
Toby Robins
Unknown:
Paul Hardwick
Piano:
Ed Welch
Directed By:
Peter Kino
Sandy:
Peter Tuddenham
Sleet:
Brett Usher
Wennstrom:
Nigel Graham
Ellsberg:
George Coulouris
Petrushka:
Richard Marner
Announcer:
Alex Marshall

Introduced by Sue MacGregor. Including Guest of the Week:
Pat Lowry , Chairman of Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).
I Can Do It By Myself:
ROSEMARY EVANS takes the last of four sideways looks at her divorce. Woman's Weekly/ Woman's Hour
Competition - the prizewinning new romantic novelist.
Family Matters (11) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Pat Lowry
Unknown:
Rosemary Evans

Winner of a 1982 Giles Cooper Award
Invisible Writing by DONALD CHAPMAN with Sylvestra Le Touzel as Helen and Astra Sheridan as Young Helen
Helen Fraser 's life is told through a series of letters. Directed by PETER KING

Contributors

Unknown:
Giles Cooper
Unknown:
Donald Chapman
Unknown:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Unknown:
Astra Sheridan
Unknown:
Young Helen
Unknown:
Helen Fraser
Directed By:
Peter King

devised by EDWARD j. MASON and TONY SHRYANE John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Compiled by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Pete Atkin

by JOHN KEAY First of seven programmes with Narrator JOHN ROWE
Philip Thicknesse was a familiar figure in 18th-century Bath. He was an inveterate traveller, and died. as he would have wished, on the road - en route to Paris - at the age of 73. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keay
Unknown:
Philip Thicknesse
Producer:
Alan Haydock
Philip Thicknesse:
Paul Rogers

Aldeburgh Festival The 36th Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears , started last weekend. Highlights this year include a performance of Britten's War Requiem, conducted by Simon Rattle ; a production of Turn of the Screw directed by Basil Coleman ; and a series of discussions and concerts focusing on the Polish composer Lutoslawski. Natalie Wheen talks to Simon Rattle ,
Basil Coleman. Sir Peter Pears , John Piper and Oliver Knussen.
Producer JOHN BOUNDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Peter Pears
Conducted By:
Simon Rattle
Directed By:
Basil Coleman
Talks:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Basil Coleman.
Unknown:
Sir Peter Pears
Unknown:
Oliver Knussen.
Producer:
John Boundy

Good Day Sport with Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton , Michael Fenton-Stevens , Geoffrey Perkins and Philip Pope. Written by GEOFFREY PERKINS and ANGUS DEAYTON With JON CANTER , RICHARD CURTIS and others.
Music by PHILIP POPE
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Unknown:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Unknown:
Geoffrey Perkins
Unknown:
Philip Pope.
Written By:
Geoffrey Perkins
Written By:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Jon Canter
Unknown:
Richard Curtis
Music By:
Philip Pope
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

Dame Angela Marvell celebrates her 70th birthday in conversation with Peter France and Sir Kenneth Shandy. Also taking part are Arthur Marshall and Kenneth Williams.

BBC Bristol
(First broadcast in 1976) long wave only

Contributors

Speaker:
Dame Angela Marvell
Speaker:
Sir Kenneth Shandy
Speaker:
Arthur Marshall
Speaker:
Kenneth Williams
Producer:
Pamela Howe

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