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with Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25*,8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Eugene Fraser

with Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Dr Raymond Hoffenberg , President of the Royal College of Physicians. A Little Fear by PATRICIA WRIGHTSON abridged in six parts by JACK SINGLETON
Read by Madge Ryan
1: Mrs Tucker 's daughter thinks she has happily settled her mother into the old people's home. But Mrs Tucker has been left a remote cottage in the country....
(Music: Danielsson's Concertant Suite) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Raymond Hoffenberg
Unknown:
Patricia Wrightson
Unknown:
Jack Singleton
Read By:
Madge Ryan
Read By:
Mrs Tucker
Unknown:
Mrs Tucker

The Spine-Chillers
A series of five plays 4: Dracula in White by PETER REDGROVE
Prisoners up and down the country seem to be disappearing mysteriously from Her Majesty's prisons. Joanna, a television journalist, suspects that they have been used as guinea-pigs in some unspeakable experiments, and sets out on a perilous course to verify her suspicions.... other parts played by RICHARD CURNOW and JOHN LINSTRUM
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Played By:
Richard Curnow
Played By:
John Linstrum
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Joanna:
Maggie McCarthy
Dr Exeter-White:
Benjamin Whitrow
Sam Mellish:
Jerold Wells
Toby/Cooper:
Tim Meats
Ron/Governor:
John Linstrum
Judge:
Paul Nicholson
Mrs Petit/Wardress:
June Barrie

Authorised Versions
John Mole presents some poetic variations on Biblical stories and themes 3: The Gates of Eden Readers JILL BALCON and GARY WATSON
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Readers:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Gary Watson
Producer:
Fraser Steel

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J MASON
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETE ATKIN

Contributors

Deviser:
Tony Shryane
Deviser:
Edward J Mason
Panelist:
John Amis
Panelist:
Frank Muir
Panelist:
Ian Wallace
Panelist:
Denis Norden
Chairman:
Steve Race
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Impressions of SOE 1940-46
SOE was so secret that few people knew of its existence and even fewer what the initials stood for. Special Operations Executive was involved in sabotage, subversion and secret armies.
Henrietta March Phillipps and Penny Jones talk to survivors of the organisation and to historians who have explored the exploits and achievements of SOE. Producer JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Presenter:
Henrietta March Phillipps
Presenter:
Penny Jones
Producer:
Jane Morgan

The Frontiers of Thatcherism
Has the radical thrust of Thatcherism lost its cutting edge? Many of the policy changes promised by Mrs Thatcher when she first came to power in 1979 are now firstly established as part of the political landscape. So much so, that some critics are saying that the Government has lost its momentum and lacks any fresh ideas. What new policies are being spawned in the Tory Think Tanks and what do Conservative leaders think of them? Presenter Hugo Young Producer TOM READ

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Thatcher
Presenter:
Hugo Young
Producer:
Tom Read

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