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Part 5

Sir Frederick Gibberd includes among his designs a bridge, Liverpool Cathedral, the Mosque in Regent's Park and Harlow New Town, but he says of himself, 'Had I been less interested in people and more interested in building a monument, I'd probably have been a better architect'.
He talks to Roy Plomley about his career and enthusiasm for landscape gardening, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical Island.

Roy Plomley's castaway is architect Sir Frederick Gibberd. Show more

A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL

by Jill Norris
Read by Shirley Dixon

nem. p 114; Not far beyond the sea nor high (BP 64); Psalm 89;
Matthew 18, vv 21-35
(rsv); If thou but suffer God to guide thee (B. 35)

Incey wincey Spiders Why did nausea, fits, shock and melancholy lead to excessive dancing and drinking in the hay fields of southern Italy? And why was Alexander the Great afraid to embrace his favourite strumpet?
John Cooke spins the yarn of the creepiest crawlers of all - poisonous spiders.
ProduceranneBlaircould BBC Bristol

Paul Heiney with the latest news and advice for consumers.
Today Norman Tozer searches out bargains among food processors. For Fact Sheet 14, send an sae to [address removed]

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETE ATKIN

Presenter Gordon Clough

Introduced from Bristol by Sandi Marshall Wild Beasts, Living Pictures and Show-women: DOUGLAS MOUNCE on the Travelling fairs of the late 19th-centpry. Smile tortheVisitors: what price living in a stately home in the national trust?
Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
The Plague Dogs (8)

by Mary Renault adapted for radio in 11 parts by Michael Bakewell
with and
Attica has been invaded by the barbarian hordes led by the Amazons from Maiden Crag. The Citadel is under siege. Theseus, with his beloved Hippolyta, prepares for battle: but Theseus hears the voice of the god and knows that a sacrifice must be given: the King must die.

Claire Frankel looks at the eating habits and manners of Americans. 4: East Coast Eating

First of three programmes 1 You can always recognise a lobbyist - they tend to be very active and know everybody.'
(MARINA GAZZO, Italian journalist in Brussels)
Peter Hobday reports on how industry tries to win friends and influence the people who take decisions intheCommonMarket. Producers JOHN SKRINE and ROS DEW

Pudd'nhead Wilson by MARK TWAIN abridged by NEVILLE TELLER
The last of ten parts Read by MICHAEL J. SHANNON
Producer BRIAN DEAN
(Starting on Monday: ' The Master ' by T. H. White )

with Susannah Simons and Robert Williams

With BRIAN PERKINS including Financial Report

Chris Serle brings you the stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport, with help from
EricTobltt,AlanahMartin and Tom Boswell
Producer IRENS MALLIS Editor ROGER MACDONALD

(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)

Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television programmes over the past seven days. Producer KATE FENTON

A personal portrait of a public figure or the story of a private individual.

The Gloucestershire Day At the first hint of morning's glow, the dawn chorus begins and the daytime world comes to life. Soon all is sound and movement, which only ceases when the last trace of the sun dies in the western sky.
A sound portrait of a Cotswold valley presented byRayGoodwin
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

The difficulty in legislating against home video taping, the arrest of New York yankee Dave Winfield for killing a seagull, and the marital aspirations of American women in 1983.

by Alistair Cooke

includes a review of "Cowardice", a new play by Sean Mathias about a strange and obsessive relationship between an actress and a writer, with Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman and Nigel Davenport; and talks to Dilys Powell, doyenne of British film criticism, on the occasion of a season of her favourite films at the National Film Theatre.

Presenter Sheridan Morley

John Morgan reporting

Join Uncle Clarence,
Auntie Joy , Vince, Lucy and Ron as they trip along the airwaves with their fellow BBCeenles.
Written and performed by the National Revue Company who are:
PHIL NICE, MAXINE OSTWALD ARTHUR SMITH , BABS SUTTON and ADAM wide
MD BARRIE BIGNOLD
Producer ALAN NIXON

In the Cage (5) long wave only

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In the second of three programmes John Ebdon offers some more oblique reflections on present-day life in the Greek Islands. long wave only

Late night jazz, blues and gospel music with Dilly Barlow long wave only