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In Pursuit of Dragons
The dragonflies and their smaller cousins, the damselflies, are on the wing.Stephen Nicholls ,
CharlesNevilleandPeter France explore the above-and below-water life of these strikingly beautiful insects.
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

Are our ideas of love too simple - too much based on ' boy meets girl '
What room is left within our romantic ideal for other relationships? In the last of four programmes
Laurie Taylor meets those whose marriages seem made in heaven and the couple whose family brought the choice down to earth: and asks the eternal question - can simple friendship blossom into love?
Producer SHARON BANOFF

Terry by PHILIP RODDIS
Read by Judith Barker Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

NEM, p54: Gather us in. thoulovethatfinestall (BBC HB 175); Psalm 33; Matthew 14. vv 13-21; 0 for a faith that will not shrink (BBC HB 310)

Emlyn Williams

with Bob Symes
Today BOB SYMES finds an unexpected bonus in his nettle patch - an edible snail: and gets on with cooking lunch - nettles prepared like spinach, with bread-crumbs and fried egg. Producer KATE FENTON

John Howard with the latest news and advice for consumers. Today
LESLIE COTTINGTON reveals the latest trends in food prices in the BBC
Shopping Basket. What's new in the food shops? What's good value for money?

Joy in the Morning by P. G. WODEIIOUSE Seven programmes starring and with and 3: Tribulations of an Uncle by Marriage
Adapted by CHRIS MILLER Producer SIMON BRETT

Presenter Sir Robin Day

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Further Travels in Papua New Guinea (1): CHRISTINA DODWELL goes crocodile hunting. A Seasonal Bouquet: a celebration of summer in words and music. The Third
Miss Symons (4)

Alessandro's Handmaid by PAUL BOND
Vivienne, who has a degree in drama, takes a job as assistant to Alex, a professional Juggler, in the hope that it will lead to a show-business partnership. Although Alex keeps making promises about her future career, he really regards her as one of a long line of decorative stooges.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY
BBC Manchester

This week England play NewZealandinthe
Second Cornhill Test. For Fred Trueman it brings back memories of his own career, on and off the cricket field.
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Teresa McGonagle invites Paul Bailey and Victoria Glendinning to pick some paperbacks.
Producer Pamela Howe BBC Bristol

Tulku (9)

with Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)

A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions' Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer GEOFFREY JAMES BBC Bristol

by R.B. Sheridan
First performed on 8 May 1777, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with a Prologue by Mr. Garrick and an Epilogue by Mr. Coleman.
Starring in alphabetical order:
Sarah Badel as Lady Teazle, Jill Balcon as Mrs. Candour, Gary Bond as Charles Surface, Jane Knowles as Maria, Philip Locke as Sir Benjamin Backbite, Alec McCowen as Joseph Surface, Norman Rodway as Crabtree, Jeffrey Segal as Rowley, Nigel Stock as Sir Peter Teazle, Irene Sutcliffe as Lady Sneerwell, Clive Swift as Sir Oliver Surface
with Rod Beecham as Snake, Michael Goldie as Moses, Walter Hall as William, Michael N. Harbour as Trip, Paul Meier as Careless, Penelope Reynolds as a Maid
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visits the Buxton Festival, which this year takes as its theme Boccaccio's
Decameron, a collection of bawdy and uproarious tales from 14th-century
Italy. Both operas in the Festival are taken from the stories in the Decameron: Griselda by Vivaldi has not been staged anywhere since 1735 and La Colombe by Gounod will receive its first performance in this country for over 100 years. Other events include readings and an exhibition of paintings. sculptures and drawings depicting episodes from the stories. Presenter Christopher Bigsby
Producer Anthony CHEEVERS

John Morgan reporting

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