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Presenter Tony Adamson Meet the personalities, not only making the headlines, but also involved in the stories behind the news.
Plus a special report from GERALD WILLIAMS in New York for the Finals of the US Open Tennis Championships
Producers DAVE cordon and EMILY MCMAHON

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Adamson
Unknown:
Gerald Williams
Unknown:
Emily McMahon

Introduced by Bernard Falk with help from SUSAN MARLING and ROBIN DEWHURST , taking a critical look at the holiday scene.
Passage to India
India used to be famous for its extravagant tiger hunts. Today the emphasis is on conservation and wildlife parks. PAUL WADE has been exploring the foothills of the Himalayas. Producer CHERYL GARNSEY Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst
Unknown:
Paul Wade
Producer:
Cheryl Garnsey
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Remarkable remarks of Presidents and Prime Ministers - not forgetting the two old ladies on the top of a bus. With Glenda Jackson, Isabelle Lucas, Norman Painting and John Lahr
Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Devised and presented by Nigel Rees
Producer ALAN NIXON
(Repeated: Mon 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Glenda Jackson
Unknown:
Isabelle Lucas
Unknown:
Norman Painting
Unknown:
John Lahr
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher
Presented By:
Nigel Rees
Producer:
Alan Nixon

Jessica Mann, John Alderson, Patrick Moore and Brian Tyler tackle the issues raised by the audience in St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Chairman David Jacobs

Contributors

Unknown:
Jessica Mann
Unknown:
John Alderson
Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Brian Tyler
Unknown:
David Jacobs

Joy Ride by LEIGH JACKSON
What kind of life will the children of today be leading in perhaps only a few years' time? In this ' futuristic' piece two teenagers steal a car and. to escape from the sterility and hopelessness of their present, try and retrace the happier times of their childhood.
With JAMES BRYCE
DAVID PEART. CAROLE BOYD
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON (Repeated: Tues 11.0 am) (Wendy Morgan is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Leigh Jackson
Unknown:
James Bryce
Unknown:
David Peart.
Unknown:
Wendy Morgan
Julie:
Wendy Morgan
Colin:
Steven Pinner
Hitchhiker:
Alex Jennings
a childJulie:
Patsy Palmer
a childColin:
P. J. Nicholas

A portrait of London's nightcleaners
Written and presented by Clare Taylor
When most of the city is going home the nightcleaners commence battle against London grime. At a large advertising agency,
foreman George knows it has to be Immaculate, absolutely immaculate while in the underground, the cleaners plough through cola tins, chewing gum and heroin needles. Normally invisible and unsung, the cleaners take this chance to describe their nights on the town. Producer
MARGARET WINDHAM

Contributors

Presented By:
Clare Taylor
Unknown:
Foreman George

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern. Presenter John Mills Editor MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence address: BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW Tel: [number removed]
(Mon-Fri 10.0 am-5.0 pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Mills
Editor:
Marlene Pease

Four programmes 2: Polytechnics
Polytechnics are receiving more applications than they can accommodaite. The student who looks upon ' poly ' as a last-minute, last-resort certainty, is headed for failure. John Dunn explores the courses and social life, examines the links with industry which are the hallmarks of polytechnics, and looks at ways of planning your applications.
Producer SIMON MAJOR
(Repeated: Fri 4.10 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dunn

' I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interests.' (ANEURIN BEVAN) The Anglican The Rt Hon Enoch Powell , mp, and the Roman Catholic The Rt Hon Shirley Williams , discuss the relationship between their Christian faith and political beliefs. Presented and produced by David Peet
( First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales)

Contributors

Unknown:
Enoch Powell
Unknown:
Shirley Williams
Produced By:
David Peet

Murder for Pleasure
The first in an occasional series of classic crime fiction is a story from the pen of the Queen of Crime herself.
Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie dramatised for radio by Neville Teller.
Young Jacko was sentenced to life for killing his mother for money, and has subsequently died in prison. But a year later a man comes along with quite a different story and the proof to back it up. The ordeal of suspicion is about to begin.... Cast in order of speaking:
BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 3.0 pm)
(The next 'Murder for Pleasure' is 'Coffin Scarcely Used' by Colin Watson, Sat 1 October)

Contributors

Written by:
Agatha Christie
Directed by:
Brian Miller
Dramatised for radio by:
Neville Teller
Judge/Huish:
Bob Docherty
Jacko/Craig:
John Telfer
Hester:
Eileen Tully
Dr Calgary:
Alex Jennings
Kirsty:
Hilda Schroder
Leo:
Michael Bilton
Gwenda:
Maggie McCarthy
Rachel:
Madi Hedd
Marshall:
Ronald Russell
Mary/Maureen:
Moir Leslie
Philip:
Geoffrey Collins
Pinney:
John Abineri
Micky:
Scott Cherry
Tina:
Lola Young
MacMaster:
Rex Holdsworth

A series of documentaries taking current issues and examining their religious and moral dimensions. This week's presenter is Bernard Jackson.
Researcher JULIA BROSNAN Producer JOHN NEWBURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Jackson.
Unknown:
Julia Brosnan

Three programmes
1: A Castle in New Castile Denis Owen and John Burton investigate the ruins of a 14th-century castle at Oropesa not far west of Madrid, and discover an intriguing community of plants and insects within its crumbling walls, to say nothing of the lesser kestrels, spotless starlings and white storks which nest there.
Producer JOHN BURTON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Owen
Unknown:
John Burton
Producer:
John Burton

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