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Introduced by Gerald Williams
An eventful weekend in prospect as Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean make their final appearance in the World Figure Skating
Championships in Ottawa before turning professional; England's cricketers engage Pakistan on the last day of the third and final Test in Lahore, and the football world looks to the Milk
Cup Final at Wembley as Everton aim to prevent Liverpool taking the trophy for a fourth successive time.
Producer GORDON TURNBULL

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gerald Williams
Unknown:
Jayne Torvill
Unknown:
Christopher Dean

Introduced by Susan Marling , with help from PATRICK STODDART and ROBIN DEWHURST. taking a critical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene.
Producer
JENNY MALLINSON DUFF
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Patrick Stoddart
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst.
Unknown:
Jenny Mallinson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Presented by Louise Botting
The programme that looks at what's on offer in the world of personal finance. Whether it's the best way to borrow money, buy a house or insure your life, Money Box assesses the pros and cons.
Correspondence address: Money Box, Room 4058, Broadcasting House, London W\A 4WW
(Repeated: Mon 10.0 am)

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Botting

Searching questions put in a curious way by Simon Hoggart to Alan Coren
Oliver Pritchett Alan Rusbridger and Julia Langdon Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and JENNIE CAMPBELL
Producer JENNIE CAMPBELL (Repeated: Mon 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Oliver Pritchett
Unknown:
Alan Rusbridger
Unknown:
Julia Langdon
Unknown:
John Langdon
Unknown:
Jennie Campbell
Producer:
Jennie Campbell

Evening Class by MATTHEW SOLON
Persuading a group at an evening class to play the violin well is no easy job, especially when one of the members adopts highly disruptive tactics.
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS (Repeated: Tues 11.0am)

Contributors

Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Margot:
Alison Skilbeck
Mr Craddock:
David Gooderson
Frances:
Moir Leslie
Les:
Henry Stamper
Mary:
Brid Brennan
Caretaker:
Mark Jones

Last in the present series Tony Wilkins Lynn Davis
David Holloway respond to questions from DIY enthusiasts at the Eden Court Theatre,
Inverness. In the Chair Pamela Donald
Producer ROS COPLAND Editor JIM BLACK

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Wilkins
Unknown:
Lynn Davis
Unknown:
David Holloway
Unknown:
Pamela Donald
Producer:
Ros Copland
Editor:
Jim Black

An eight-part series 4:Risk at Lloyd's...After three years of scandal and rumour,
Lloyd's of London, the insurance market which is Britain's biggest source of 'invisible exports', is being cleared up. The 23,500 members of Lloyd's are soon to learn the result of investigations into the alleged misuse of their money, and of extended argument with the taxman. Two men at the centre of the affair, the new
Chairman of Lloyd's and the Chief Executive, speak out.
Reporter
Dominick Harrod
Producer ADAM RAPHAEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominick Harrod
Producer:
Adam Raphael

A new five-part series
Five poets of the past seen through the eyes of poets of the present.
1:A Poet Who Loved LightP. J. Kavanagh looks at the 17th-century doctor and poet Henry Vaughan. Reader PAUL WEBSTER Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
P. J. Kavanagh
Reader:
Henry Vaughan.
Reader:
Paul Webster
Producer:
Fraser Steel

by Guy Meredith
with Norman Rodway as Bax

Failed artist, Adam Bax, is amazed when one of his paintings sells for a large sum. Disillusioned with the world of art, back into which this overnight fame throws him, he decides to embark on a little nefarious infamy, aided and abetted by his estranged wife.

(Repeated: Mon 3.0pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Guy Meredith
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Bax:
Norman Rodway
Robert:
Geoffrey Collins
Quartermain:
James Grout
Tessa:
Carole Boyd
Constantine:
Neville Jason
Fenwick:
John Rye
His manservant:
John Webb
Susan:
Helena Breck
Nutley/Sergeant:
Colin Starkey
Col Dalby:
Garard Green
Rivetti:
Michael Percival
Beth:
Ellen McIntosh

William Morris 1834-96 by MERVYN JONES with Famous for his wallpaper and textiles designs,
William Morris emerged from the Romantic movement one of the most gifted craftsmen of the 19th century. He went on to become a leading visionary force in British socialism. with contributions from
E. P. THOMPSON. RAY WATKINSON
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THE RT HON NEIL KINNOCK. MP
Narrator MAGGIE MCCARTHY Friends and critics
MARK ROLSTON and HENRY STAMPER Producer MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
•HELPLINES: page 87

Contributors

Unknown:
William Morris
Unknown:
Mervyn Jones
Unknown:
William Morris
Unknown:
E. P. Thompson.
Unknown:
Ray Watkinson
Unknown:
The Rt Hon Neil Kinnock.
Narrator:
Maggie McCarthy
Unknown:
Mark Rolston
Unknown:
Henry Stamper
Producer:
Michael Heffernan
Morris:
Philip Voss

The last in a 13-part series Narrator
David Attenborough
Protowords Robert Seyfarth of the University of California at Berkeley, and Tom Strusacker of the New York Zoological Society investigate whether species other than man evolved the ability to make systematic use of vocal signals.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Narrator:
Protowords Robert Seyfarth
Narrator:
Tom Strusacker

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