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7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
A look ahead with David Hitchinson
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
Producer KATE FENTON
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The Burn by JAMES HILL
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2: 'In Prague we did our sightseeing with the aid of a guide. His English was decidedly weak. Indeed it was not English at all. For the first hour it was difficult to rid oneself of the conviction that the man was choking'.
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Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
with Sue MacGregor including during the week some Talking Point discussions, Your Letters and other topics.
Among these today:
A Sense of Freedom: GILL PELL-HILEY investigates the world of the motorbiker, its pleasures and its costs. Earthly Possessions by ANNE TYLER abridged in 11 parts by DELIA PATON Read by GAYLE HUNNICUTT (11)
(Music: Concertante Suite for solo tuba and four French horns by Danielsson)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS long wave only
The Day of the Screech-owl by CARLO ARDITO
This week international zoo vet David Taylor tells how he met Hercules the hippo, who thought he was a crocodile.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
The Leopard (11)
with Richard Bath and Valerie Singleton Editor DEREK LEWIS
with BRYAN MARTIN
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Peter Hobday with the magazine which goes to the shopfloor and boardrooms across the country.
Producer ROSALIND BEW
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We are, of course, all democrats ... but what do we mean by democracy? Patrick Hannan reflects on activists, the soft centre, and the thoughts of Chairman Mao.
Producer HERBERT Williams BBC Wales
by Harry Barton
In early 1945 the war on the seas around Japan was at its height and Purbright, as officer of stores on an aircraft carrier, was kept busy looking after 500 elephant eggs, dodging kamikazes and finishing his pantomime. But, from his letters to his wife, it is plain to see that life was never quite the same after news of the Atom Bomb reached Purbright.
Mary Nash (piano)
BBC Northern Ireland
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)
On 27 August 1883 the island volcano of Krakatoa erupted in arguably the most catastrophic natural disaster known to man. Sean Maffett recreates the events of that August morning, when it is recorded, the moon turned blue.
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
BBC Bristol
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Christopher Frayling Producer CARROLL MOORE Editor ROSEMARY HART
Fire Falcon by DUFF HART-DAVIS abridged in ten episodes by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Paul Young (1) Fire Falcon is a loner, camping in the Highlands of Scotland, and running short of the drugs that keep him alive. He is a sick man with a grudge against the Forestry
Commission; and he is also a fire-raiser ...
Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland
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