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Presenters John Timpson and Peter Hobday
6.45* Prayer for the Day
With THE REV JOHN CONCDON
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Concdon
Read By:
Harriet Cass

Introduced by Jennl Mills Women for Westminster: what part will women play? SONIA BEESLEY chairs a discussion.
The Roots of Romance (1). RAY BARRON explores the earliest Stories of love. ' Cheats ' Cookery Tip: by PHILIPPA DAVENPORT.
Family Matters (13) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jennl Mills
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley
Unknown:
Ray Barron
Unknown:
Philippa Davenport.

Why call a moth a ' setaceous Hebrew character or a flower a ' Betty-go-to-bed-at-noon '? And why a ' business of ferrets or a ' shrewdness of apes '? Names descriptive, collective, classical or colloquial have some very strange tales to tell. Presenter Denis Owen
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Presenter:
Denis Owen
Producer:
Anne Blair

The Hidden Curriculum by GRAHAM REID with A harrowing portrayal of a Belfast secondary school where bigotry and violence are an accepted part of a hidden curriculum for failures.
A BBC Radio/Lyric Theatre Belfast co- production
Directed by LEON RUBIN Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Reid
Directed By:
Leon Rubin
Tony Cairns:
Denys Hawthorne
Bill Boyd:
Adrian Dunbar
Tom Allen:
John Elmes
Ann Wilson:
Susie Kelly
Archie:
George Shane
Brickso:
Brian Hogg
Eric Alexander:
Mark Mulholland
Ruby:
Stella McCusker
Frank:
Joe McPartland
Winnifred:
Margaret D'Arcy
David Dunn:
Michael McKnight
Herbert Montgomery:
Oliver Maguire

includes reviews of the new Monty Python film The Meaning of Life, which won the Special Grand Jury Prize at
Cannes; and The Black Adder on BBC1
Wednesdays at 9.25 pm. Presenter
Christopher Bigsby Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Monty Python
Presenter:
Christopher Bigsby
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

The Turn-around by VLADIMIR VOLKOFF translated by ALAN SHERIDAN , abridged in 15 parts by KEITHDARVILL Read by CYRIL SHAPS (15) Producer ADRIAN MOURBY long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Vladimir Volkoff
Translated By:
Alan Sheridan
Read By:
Cyril Shaps
Producer:
Adrian Mourby

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