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Presented by Tony Lewis England's cricketers are playing the third match of their tour against Northern Districts.
DON MOSEY reports from Palmerston North.
Also the world's leading tennis players are in action at Madison Square Gardens, New York.
GERALD WILLIAMS reports on the Volvo Masters.
Producer DAVE GORDON

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Mosey
Unknown:
Gerald Williams
Producer:
Dave Gordon

with Bernard Falk and help from SUSAN MARLING and ROBIN DEWHURST. taking a critical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene.
Editor ROGER MACDONALD Producer
JENNY MALLINSON DUFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst.
Editor:
Roger MacDonald
Unknown:
Jenny Mallinson Duff

A series of eight programmes in which
Alistair Cooke takes a personal view of social life in Britain and the USA from 1900-50 as it was reflected in the popular music of the time.
7:The Second World War (1939-45)
Producer ALAN OWEN
(Repeated: Mon 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
Producer:
Alan Owen

She Belongs To Me by ROB GITTINS with Arriving in London in 1969, James intends to stun the capital with the talent he knows he possesses. Instead he meets a girl - but it's a girl with a difference....
Advertising executive/ Reporter
KENNETH ALAN TAYLOR
Directed by CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tues 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Alan Taylor
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
James:
Paul Copley
Elizabeth:
Sally Edwards
Caroline:
Jenny Luckraft

Many NATO Generals are saying that should there be a war in Europe then they would be forced into being the first to use nuclear weapons.
The BBC's Defence Correspondent
Christopher Lee explains why the generals are frightened of their own weapons and are turning to ET for help.
Producer BLAIR THOMSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee

A new series presented by Barry Norman
What is happening in the world of computers and does it matter?
A weekly look at the new technology and its impact all served up in a way everyone will understand. Producer TREVOR TAYLOR
(Softspot, The Chip Shop's Takeaway service offering free computer programs is broadcast after the Shipping Forecast at
12.23*am on VHF on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Factsheet available from The Chip Shop, BBC London [Postcode removed]
(Extended repeat: Tuesday
11.0 pm VHF)

Contributors

Presented By:
Barry Norman
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

Murder for Pleasure
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
by ANTHONY BERKELEY dramatised for radio by NEVILLE TELLER
The brains of Roger Sheringham's amateur crime circle are concentrated on an intriguing crime which has stymied Scotland Yard over the past year: the death of a woman from eating poisoned chocolates which were intended for somebody else.
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Writer:
Anthony Berkeley
Dramatist:
Neville Teller
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Roger Sheringham:
Neil Stacy
Mrs Fielder-Flemming:
Hilda Schroder
Sir Charles Wildman:
Conrad Phillips
Moresby:
Victor Winding
Chitterwick:
Michael Bilton
Bradley/Smithson:
Geoffrey Collins
Alicia:
Jane Wenham
Lockwood:
William Eedle
Bendix:
Mark Straker
Sir Eustace:
Clive Panto
Mrs Bendix:
Eileen Tully
Marguerite:
Deborah Cranston

Terrified or strong, as regulation wives or disguised as soldiers, women have always followed their men to war. Jo Anderson tells of their history and their courage.
Folk singers
GEORGE AND ISOBEL DEACON
Producer ALEC REID

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Anderson
Producer:
Alec Reid
Lone woman:
Moir Leslie
Turner:
Timothy Bateson
Kipling:
Jon Strickland
Tom:
Henry Stamper
First Officer:
Geoffrey Collins
Sgt Cowell:
Michael Jenner
Harley:
Scott Cherry
Soldier:
Mark Jones
Buck Adams:
Clive Panto
Charlie Quevellant:
Mark Straker
Wife:
Hilda Schroder
Donaldson:
James Bryce
Old Meg:
Maggie McCarthy
Woman:
Eileen Tully
French prisoner:
Brett Usher
Mrs Duberley:
Carol Boyd
Mrs Quickley:
Jane Wenham

Narrator
David Attenborough 3: Killer Whales and Dolphins
Professor Ken Norris and Sharron Brownley of the University of California and John Ford of the University of British Columbia attempt to unravel the mystery of dolphin sounds.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
Professor Ken Norris
Unknown:
Sharron Brownley
Unknown:
John Ford

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