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with Peter Hobday and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by DAVID HITCHINSON
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*,8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
David Hitchinson

Space
In the last 20 or so years, space and its exploration have ceased to belong exclusively to the world of the science-fiction writer and have become a reality. Where do we go from here? Dr David Whitehouse and Dr Gary Hunt , two space experts, will be joining Judith Chalmers to answer your questions. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Whitehouse
Unknown:
Dr Gary Hunt
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers

Now in its fifth year, this series - about people who are successful against the odds - features the finalists in a J10,000 competition. 3: Asquith Motor Carriage Company
Marjorie Lofthouse meets Bruce West and Crispin Reed , partners in a Braintree company that makes reproduction vintage vans and lorries. Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
Bruce West
Unknown:
Crispin Reed

The Right Thing by ANTHONY MILLER
Three monologues on the theme of marriage in which women from very different backgrounds and generations talk about their relationships with men.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Miller
Rose:
Patricia Hayes
Stella:
Diana Fairfax
Tracey:
Michele Winstanley

'What possible good is a tick?'
Peter Bateman , Steven Jones and David Streeter answer some more of your questions. Presenter Derek Jones Producer MELINDA BARKER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Bateman
Unknown:
Steven Jones
Unknown:
David Streeter
Presenter:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Melinda Barker

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain Chairman
Robert Robinson 5: SOUTH ENGLAND Brian Sims
(retired lecturer)
Feliks Kwiatkowski (barrister)
John Blake
(retired naval officer) Mark Dobson (airline pilot) including Beat the Brains Devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD edis
(Repeated: Thurs 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Brian Sims
Unknown:
Feliks Kwiatkowski
Unknown:
John Blake
Unknown:
Mark Dobson
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Richard Edis

with Sue MacGregor
Incontinence: it is not just the very young and the very old who suffer from this unnecessarily distressing condition. It can happen at any age - and it does, more often than you would think. Jenny Cuffe investigates this taboo subject.
A Loving Mistress (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe

The Haven by DAWN LOWE-WATSON
Beryl's life has revolved around her 'haven' for animal waifs and strays, so much so that her husband has left her for another woman. Into her 1 household of drifters comes a young man, equally homeless and a whole new set of problems arise. -
JOHN BULL (guitar)
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Dawn Lowe-Watson
Directed By:
Cherry Cookson
Beryl:
Charlotte Mitchell
Silas:
And Paul Copley
Edwin:
David Sinclair
Cynthia:
Carole Boyd
Shopkeeper:
Hilda Schroder
Tex:
William Hope
Dave:
John Bull
Rebecca:
Michele Winstanley

The effects of Dutch Elm disease on the trees and our landscape are all too apparent, but the mighty oaks are in retreat as well, and ash trees, such a constant of country hedgerows, are suffering - probably as a result of modern farming practice. Peter France seeks the place of these great trees in today's landscape and tomorrow's. Producer
CHRISTOPHER LOWELL BBC Bristol
0 HELPLINES: page 79

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter France
Unknown:
Christopher Lowell

Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Reporter Stuart Simon Producer ROGER FINNIGAN Editor DAVID TAYLOR BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 4.0 pm)

Contributors

Reporter:
Stuart Simon
Producer:
Roger Finnigan
Editor:
David Taylor

What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP'S surgery.
Producer JULIAN BROWN (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Julian Brown

A six-part series with Michael Jordan
As the wave of mild weather continues towards the Arctic, leaving blossom and song in its wake, naturalists ask about the cues animals and plants use to 'come out' into their own social season - spring.
Producer MEUNDA BARKER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Jordan

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