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Introduced by Tony Lewis
Murrayfield stages the 100th Rugby Union
International between Scotland and England. The first, played at
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, was won by Scotland.
Also Ireland meet Wales in Dublin.
New Zealand and England are locked in combat in Lancaster Park, Christchurch
. DON MOSEY reports at the end of the second day of the Second Test.
And PETER JONES contributes first impressions from Sarajevo. Yugoslavia, on the eve of the Winter Olympics. Producer DAVE GORDON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tony Lewis
Unknown:
. Don Mosey
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Producer:
Dave Gordon

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

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst
Unknown:
Jenny Malunson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Presenter Louise Botting The programme with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Money Box keeps a watching brief on your money problems including pensions, tax, social security and investment in general.
(Repeated: Mon 10.0 am)

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Botting

The news of the last seven days examined by the people who write it, with searching questions put in a curious way by Simon Hoggart to Alan Coren Michael White and Sue
Arnold Announcer CLIVE RESLING Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and JENNIE CAMPBELL
Producer JENNIE CAMPBELL (Repeated: Mon 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Michael White
Unknown:
Arnold Announcer Clive
Unknown:
John Langdon
Unknown:
Jennie Campbell
Producer:
Jennie Campbell

Roman Fever by JANET GOODWYN based on a short story by EDITH WHARTON
Scene: the terrace of a Roman restaurant The year: 1925
Two middle-aged American ladies gaze down at the eternal city spread below them ... a view that revives so many memories of a past they've shared together. But sometimes the ghosts of our past are best left undisturbed.
Directed by DAVID JOHNSTON (Repeated: Tues 11.0 am) (Diana Martin is in 'Mr Cinders' at the Fortune Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Goodwyn
Story By:
Edith Wharton
Directed By:
David Johnston
Unknown:
Diana Martin
Mrs Slade:
Rosemary Leach
Mrs Ansley:
Maggie McCarthy
Barbara:
Helena Breck
Jenny:
Narissa Knights
Waiter/American:
Clive Panto
Lydia/English tourist:
Diana Martin

Tips and techniques to help you save time and money if you do-it-yourself from Tony Wilkins Lynn Davis
Jack Widgery in response to questions from members of the Clwyd/Flint Federation of Women's Institutes at Bryn Coch School, Mold. In the Chair
Pamela Donald
Producer ROS COPLAND Editor JIM BLACK

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Wilkins
Unknown:
Lynn Davis
Unknown:
Jack Widgery
Unknown:
Pamela Donald
Producer:
Ros Copland
Editor:
Jim Black

Presenter Barry Norman What is happening in the world of computers and does it matter?
A weekly look at the new technology and its impact. Producer TREVOR TAYLOR
(Softspot, The Chip Shop's Takeaway service offering Basicode computer programs is broadcast at
12.23* am on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
For Factsheet No 4, write to: The Chip Shop, BBC, London [Postcode removed]
(Extended repeat on Tuesday 11.0pm VHF)

Contributors

Presenter:
Barry Norman
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

Murder for
Pleasure The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. MASON adapted by ALAN DOWNER
A young woman living in France is accused of murder. Her English lawyers call in Inspector Hanaud and together they bring the real criminal to justice.
Music composed and directed by TERENCE ALLBRIGHT Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
(Repeated: Mon 3.0pm )

Contributors

Unknown:
A. E. W. Mason
Adapted By:
Alan Downer
Directed By:
Terence Allbright
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Inspector Hanaud:
Richard Pasco
Jim Frobisher:
Benedick Blythe
Betty Harlowe:
Moir Leslie
Ann Upcott:
Deborah Makepeace
Francine Rollard:
Carole Boyd
Boris Waberski/Girardot:
Alfredo Michelsen
Carlos Espinosa/Gaston:
Clive Panto
Maurice Thevenet:
Mark Jones

Current and controversial issues are put on trial before Chairman Geoffrey Robertson and an audience of jurors. This week:
The Alimony Trap and the motion is
Maintenance payments to ex -wives should be abolished except where necessary for the support of children
Proposer Dr Dick Allan Opposer Wendy Mantle Producer JOHN GETGOOD (Repeated: Fri 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Robertson
Unknown:
Dr Dick Allan
Unknown:
Opposer Wendy Mantle
Producer:
John Getgood

Narrator
David Attenborough
6: Bird Calls and Songs
W. H. Thorpe , University of Cambridge,
Peter Marler and Fernando Nottebohm , Rockefeller University, Peter Slater , University of Sussex, and Clive Catchpole ,
Birkbeck College, London, describe how sound plays an important role in the social behaviour of birds. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
H. Thorpe
Unknown:
Peter Marler
Unknown:
Fernando Nottebohm
Unknown:
Peter Slater
Unknown:
Clive Catchpole

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