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

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Chris Lowe
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Four profiles by Ray Gosling 3: Homer
Lane Woodwork teacher, friend of delinquents and psychotherapist, Lane brought sunshine into hundreds of hearts and sex into the consulting room ... allegedly.... with Kenneth Barnes Harry Thompson and Colin Ward
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester (Revised repeat) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Unknown:
Lane Woodwork
Unknown:
Kenneth Barnes
Unknown:
Harry Thompson
Producer:
Alastair Wilson

Albert, Carl, Graham,
Maurice and Robin invite you to join them for another half-hour of Grumbleweed fun.
Written by MIKE CRAIG and RON MCDONNELL Additional material
BARRY FAULKNER
Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester

Contributors

Written By:
Mike Craig
Written By:
Ron McDonnell
Unknown:
Barry Faulkner
Producer:
Mike Craig

Introduced by Gillian Reynolds A Writer's Ireland: novelist WILLIAM TREVOR talks about his latest book - a personal journey through the island reflecting Irish literature from the Celtic sagas to the present day.
The Birds Fall Down (6) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gillian Reynolds
Talks:
William Trevor

The Marches of Wales by GEORGE BAKER
The opening stages of the American War of Independence are witnessed through the eyes of soldiers garrisoned in the town of Boston.
Sergeant Daniel believes this is a safe time to enlist his son into the regiment. Meanwhile his commanding officer is involved in a manoeuvre designed to secure a lasting peace ...
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
George Baker
Directed By:
Adrian Mourby
Mr Mackenzie:
T P McKenna
Sgt Daniel:
Gerald James
Jonathan Harrington:
Kerry Shale
John Parker:
Danny Brainin
Sgt Thomas:
Ray Handy
Peggy Evans:
Christine Pollon
Bess:
Lisabeth Miles
William:
Philip Howe
Maj Piteairn:
James Benson
Mr Treads:
Christian Rodska
Hawkins:
Jim Mills
Ruth:
Marilyn Le Conte
Roger:
Philip Lober

Woman and Puppet by PIERRE LOUYS abridged in seven parts by CATHERINE DOLAN
Read by Philip Bond (1) Spain, 1896. Don Mateo Diaz is a man of 37, wealthy and experienced in love, when he befriends that penniless slip of a girl, Conchita Perez , and finds himself, as it were, circled by fire.
Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Dolan
Read By:
Philip Bond
Unknown:
Don Mateo
Unknown:
Conchita Perez
Producer:
John Cardy

(Repeated: Fri 1.40pm) Written by MARGARET PHELAN
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Margaret Phelan
Editor:
Anthony Parkin
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Laura Archer:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Hazel Woolley:
Jan Cox
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Bill Insley:
Ted Moult
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed

The Games of the XXIII Olympiad open in Los
Angeles on 28 July and in the weeks that follow more people than ever before will see, on worldwide television, the extension of the dream of the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. How is Los Angeles planning to cope with its second staging of the Games? And how far have the Californians set aside the ideals of the little Frenchman?
Liam Nolan reports.
Producer COLIN MORRISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Liam Nolan
Producer:
Colin Morrison

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