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Presented by Tony Lewis In Paris, the French
Tennis Championship has reached its climax at the Stade Roland Garros. Johannesburg is the scene for the second and final
Rugby Union Test between South Africa and England. In Rio de Janeiro,
England's footballers play the Brazilians, and back home the Oaks is being run at Epsom.
Producer JOANNE WATSON

Contributors

Presented By:
Tony Lewis
Producer:
Joanne Watson

Susan Marling with ROBIN DEWHURST , KATHY ARNOLD and PATRICK STODDART. Producer
JENNY MALUNSON DUFF
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst
Unknown:
Kathy Arnold
Unknown:
Patrick Stoddart.
Unknown:
Jenny Malunson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

A Question of Money At the invitation of the Morning Telegraph, the Money Box team takes to the road to answer questions put by listeners in Sheffield. The panel
Louise Botting , Vincent Duggleby ,
Christopher Gilchrist , Philip Hardman (Part 2: Mon 10.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Botting
Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby
Unknown:
Christopher Gilchrist
Unknown:
Philip Hardman

The Grand Final
Mike Harding and Willie Rushton take on Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer but lose. Order supplied by Humphrey Lyttelton. Notes supplied by COLIN SELL
Booze supplied by PAUL MAYHEW ARCHER
(Repeated: Mon 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harding
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Paul Mayhew Archer

A Proper Conversation by DEE PHILLIPS
Two elderly women from very different backgrounds meet in a hospital ward, and strike up a friendship of great value to both of them.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON (Repeated: Tues 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dee Phillips
Directed By:
Cherry Cookson
as Mrs Barker with:
Pauline Letts
as Mrs Prestwood and:
Margot Boyd
Arthur:
Alan Dudley
Sheila:
Helen Atkinson Wood
Sister:
Jane Wenham
Nurse:
Helena Breck
Woman:
Rita Davies

Plenty, perhaps, for Emma Johnson , this year's Young Musician of the Year.
Obviously talented, she was well supported by her state school. But with the present cut-backs, do enough schools provide that level of support for music and does it matter if they do not? Shelley
Bovey investigates and draws some surprising conclusions.
Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol
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Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Johnson

Four programmes for the would-be actor written and presented by Derek Parker
2: Learning the Part
The closure of a large number of repertory theatres in Britain has deprived actors of a traditional source of employment and further training. What other alternatives exist?
With contributions from, among others,
PETER BARKWORTH , RICHARD BRIERS.
JUDI DENCH. PAUL EDDINGTON ,
TREVOR EVE , DEREK JACOBI ,
PETER SALLIS , ATHENE SEYLER and KENNETH WILLIAMS
Producer DENNIS SIMMONS (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Presented By:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Peter Barkworth
Unknown:
Richard Briers.
Unknown:
Judi Dench.
Unknown:
Paul Eddington
Unknown:
Trevor Eve
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Peter Sallis
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Producer:
Dennis Simmons

by SIMON MASTERS
A heart attack faces Det Insp Jack Branigan with an early retirement party, sympathetic smiles from colleagues and the patronising chit-chat of keen young men like Ray Duerdon, obviously angling for his old job.
But that evening, events unfold which are to pit experience against ambition.
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Mon 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Masters
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn
Insp Branigan with:
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Insp Ray Duerdon:
Colin Meredith
Vic Lawson:
Colin Douglas
Insp Terry Collier:
Graham Padden
Sgt Alan Crew:
David Peart
Colin Steen:
Haydn Jones
Sandra/Kay Crowther:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Claire Duerdon:
Patricia Gallimore
Gwen Branigan:
Margot Boyd
Chief Supt Noel Stanworth:
Stephen Hancock
Supt Harry Ramsdon/ Lorry driver:
Colin Starkey
Sgt Harry Crowther/Geoff:
John Dixon
Insp Phillpott/Doctor:
Martin Matthews
WPC Jean Fenton/Peggy Ramsdon:
Hedli Niklaus
Irene Stanworth:
Shirley Stelfox
Traffic PC:
Alan Devereux
PC Trevor Clegg/Barman:
Jon Strickland
PC Yates:
Jonathan Owen

A new series in which current and controversial issues are put on trial before Chairman Geoffrey Robertson and an audience of jurors. Today's motion:
The abolition of the GLC and the Metropolitan Counties is a threat to local democracy.
Proposer Ken Livingstone Opposer Angela Rumbold, mp
The two advocates each call supporting witnesses to be questioned and cross-questioned; the jury votes at the beginning and end of the trial.
Producer MAGGIE REDFERN (Repeated: Wed 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Robertson
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
Opposer Angela
Producer:
Maggie Redfern

Live comedy
Fed up with the usual old Saturday night routine? Why not do something really different for a change? Get sloshed with the radio on.... with Nick Wilton , Helen Lederer , Steve Brown and Clive Mantle
Written by HUNTER DOCHERTY . JAMES HENDRIE .
TREVOR MCCALLUM , MURRY . RIX .
WILTON. ROGER PLANER.
PAUL DAVIES , VICKY PILE and others
Music by STEVE BROWN Producer JAMIE RIX

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Wilton
Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Steve Brown
Unknown:
Clive Mantle
Written By:
Hunter Docherty
Written By:
James Hendrie
Unknown:
Trevor McCallum
Unknown:
Murry . Rix
Unknown:
Wilton. Roger Planer.
Unknown:
Paul Davies
Unknown:
Vicky Pile
Music By:
Steve Brown
Producer:
Jamie Rix

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