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Presented by Tony Lewis The English summer continues in style with the traditional match at the home of cricket,
Lord's. The New Zealand tourists engage the English in the Third Test. TONY ADAMSON reports from Dublin on the Special atmosphere at the Irish Open Golf
Tournament and ALAN PARRY and PETER MATTHEWS are In Helsinki for the climax of the first World Athletics Championships. Thev report live from the stadium as DALEY Thompson continues his bid to win gold In the Decathlon.
Producers DAVE GORDON and EMILY MCMAHON

Contributors

Presented By:
Tony Lewis
Unknown:
Tony Adamson
Unknown:
Alan Parry
Unknown:
Peter Matthews
Unknown:
Daley Thompson
Producers:
Dave Gordon
Producers:
Emily McMahon

Introduced bv Bernard Falk with help from
SI'SAN MARLING and NIGEL coombs taking a critical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene.
Producer helcn 1 ROBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Nigel Coombs
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

The Pope's visit to
Poland highlighted the Church's impact on fioli tics. John Harrison looks at contentious issues at home and aski: how uneasy is the relationship between Church and State?
Producer MARGARET BUDY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Harrison
Producer:
Margaret Budy

Jeanlne McMullen with the latest from her forays down the byways of rural living. Stockbreeders, poultry enthusiasts, writers, folklortsts and storytellers all come together to give their tips on the Stamina needed to make A Small Country Living.
Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanlne McMullen

More bon motley with Nlcel Rees and guests Btllie Whitelaw Paul Bailey Suzy Menkes and Peter Jones
Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Producer ALAN NIXON

Contributors

Unknown:
Nlcel Rees
Unknown:
Btllie Whitelaw
Unknown:
Paul Bailey
Unknown:
Suzy Menkes
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher
Producer:
Alan Nixon

Six programmes of themes and variations from the lives of the British in South East
Asia in the days of the Empire, in the words of some of those who were there.

'There certainly was a very great drama in the way we were living when I first went out there. These stations were tiny clearings in an endless, Interminable, tall, dense, wild Jungle... high, high old impenetrable Jungle... Its denseness cannot be over-emphasised...'
(Repeat)
(Next Saturday: The Men Who Would Be Kings)

Contributors

Special Music:
Jonathan Gibbs, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Compiled by:
Charles Allen
Producer:
Michael Mason

The Colonel's Wife by N. J. WARBURTON with A garden full of secret corners, a mesmerised rabbit, a woman with staring eyes, these things have haunted Pru for 20 years because they led to the great disaster and the beginning of her nightmares.
Directed by john CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
N. J. Warburton
Directed By:
John Cardy
Pru:
Pauline Siddle
Pru as a child:
Bernadette Windsor
Geolfrey:
Paul Russell
Mum:
Jane Wenham
Dad:
Nigel Graham
Colonel Kemp-Brown:
Manning Wilson
Mrs Kemp-Brown:
Pauline Letts
Huntsman, the dog:
Leonard Fenton
Estate agent:
Geoffrey Collins

What's new In medical science? How veil are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect?
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP'S surgery.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts

How effective are my dog's spongy paws at spreading violet seeds? Do cuckoos mimic egg patterns of other birds?
Do caterpillars sunbathe? John Andrews , Peter Moore and Stephen Sutton answer some more of your wildlife questions. Presenter Derek Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
John Andrews
Unknown:
Peter Moore
Unknown:
Stephen Sutton
Presenter:
Derek Jones

Five programmes
3: The Detective Hero Jessica Mann examines the phenomenal success of women crime writers. with help from
Sarah Caudwell. James Barnett. P. D. James.
Marghanita Laskl. Joyce Allingham , Elizabeth Fcrrars. Ruth Rendell. Heather Jeeves , Zena Scott-Archer and Margaret Yorke.
Readerskatherincparr ALEXANDRA MATIIIE
MADI HEDD. FRANCES JEATER and HUGH DICKSON Title music by jolyon JACKSON. Producer MARGARET WINDHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Hero Jessica Mann
Unknown:
Sarah Caudwell.
Unknown:
James Barnett.
Unknown:
D. James.
Unknown:
Marghanita Laskl.
Unknown:
Joyce Allingham
Unknown:
Elizabeth Fcrrars.
Unknown:
Ruth Rendell.
Unknown:
Heather Jeeves
Unknown:
Zena Scott-Archer
Unknown:
Margaret Yorke.
Unknown:
Readerskatherincparr Alexandra Matiiie
Unknown:
Madi Hedd.
Unknown:
Frances Jeater
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Music By:
Jolyon Jackson.

A Quiet Place In the Country by MAX WILLIAMS Jacko's plans for the bank raid were a masterpiece, Frank and Smiler had been drilled in every detail. How were they to know that the hotel they'd chosen as a base was being invaded by 15 drunken rugby players?
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Williams
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Nick:
Nicholas Owen
George:
Nicholas Fry
Billy:
Bernard Latham
Smiler:
Andy Rasiileigh
Frank:
Denn!s Blanch
JaCkO:
Jack Carr
Davenport:
Russell Dixon
Jenny:
Katelet
Oldroyd:
Malcolm Hebden
Julian:
Brian Southwood
Vicar:
Geoffrey Banks
Weyland:
Roy Barraclough
Constance:
Jenny Lee
John:
David Fleeshman

A collective noun embracing three decades of Goon history presented by Frank Muir featuring episodes from The Goon Shows with Spike Milllgan ,
Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers and further comment from Jimmy Grafton
Dennis Main Wilson Spike Milllgan
Sir Harry Secombe Norma Fames
John Browell and Bert Mortimer Script by SIMON BRETT Producer JOHN BROWELL
(The Goon Show: tomorrow at 12 noon) Laughter In the Air, a lighthearted history of radio comedy by Barry Took , £3.95 from booksellers

Contributors

Presented By:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Spike Milllgan
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Jimmy Grafton
Unknown:
Dennis Main Wilson
Unknown:
Spike Milllgan
Unknown:
Sir Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Norma Fames
Unknown:
John Browell
Unknown:
Bert Mortimer
Script By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
John Browell
Comedy By:
Barry Took

A weekly religious documentary series of ten programmes
4: The World Council of Churches Sixth General Assembly
Forthepastthreeweeks the World Council of Churches has been holding its sixth General Assembly in Vancouver. Its theme has been
' Jesus Christ - the Life of the World
More than 300 churches worldwide belong to the WCC and 50 British
Christians, Including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have been with around
1.000 other delegates at the Assembly in Canada. The World Council's agenda for the next decade will have been set. In the past the WCC has been no stranger to controversy.
Vancouver will have seen debates and decisions ranging from Internal church belief and practices to the gravest social concerns facing the world. So what has been decided. and on what religious basis'
Rosemary Hartill reports from the Assembly and assesses its performance. Prnducer and series editor JOHN NEWBURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill

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