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from the 'home of golf', St Andrews
Direct from the most famous
Open Championship course, Ian Archer absorbs the tradition, mingles with the crowds and meets some of the competitors aiming to prevent Tom Watson winning his third successive Open title.
Tony Lewis is at Lord's for the Benson and Hedges Cup Final. Neither LANCASHIRE nor WARWICKSHIRE have reached this stage before in the competition. And a look ahead to tomorrow's John Player British Grand Prix. Producer DAVE GORDON

Contributors

Unknown:
St Andrews
Unknown:
Ian Archer
Unknown:
Tom Watson
Unknown:
Tony Lewis
Producer:
Dave Gordon

Introduced by Susan Marling with help from PATRICK STODDART and ROBIN DEWHURST taking a practical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene, and What's On with ERIC TOBITT
Producer JENNY MALUNSON DUFF Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Patrick Stoddart
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst
Producer:
Jenny Malunson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Jeanine McMullen is back on the road in hot pursuit of all that's best in rural Britain.
Architecture, stock, shows, how to make it and where to buy it, who does what and how it's done - everything covered is essential listening for everyone who makes a small country living. Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Monday 10.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanine McMullen

with Kenneth Williams
Clement Freud , Peter Jones and Henry Kelly
In the Chair Nicholas Parsons Devised by ian MESSITER Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Mon 6.30 pm) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Henry Kelly
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Producer:
Pete Atkin

A Slip of the Disc a farcical comedy by JOHN GRAHAM withand
It all started quite innocently
- well, no, not innocently, but it was perfectly simple. Until Peter got stuck in Sally's bath and Sally's husband returned home and Peter's wife turned up, not to mention the piano tuner, the television director, the doctor ... One little lie so easily leads to another and life gets awfully complicated.
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN Stereo

Contributors

Comedy By:
John Graham
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Sally Hills:
Nerys Hughes
Peter Raven:
George Baker
Leonard Hills:
Denys Hawthorne
Mr Williams:
Alan Downer
Dr McKenzie:
John Graham
Mrs Raven:
Margot Boyd
Jocelyn Knight:
Andrew Branch
Porter:
Manning Wilson
Secretary:
Eve Karpf

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

How much does the vicar's wife of today measure up to the conventional image of the good clergy wife?
Margaret Howard talks to five women, including a divorcee and the wife of a bishop, about the pressures of their daily lives and whether or not they still see themselves as traditional dispensers of 'cake and charity'. Producer JAN TAYLOR

Contributors

Talks:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Jan Taylor

A radio adaptation from the novel by ROBERT B. PARKER with Gary Waldhorn
Private eye Spenser is called in to solve the disappearance of a 14th-century manuscript. And then there is a murder. Spenser begins to uncover corruption and Mafia power politics.
Music composed and played by ED WELCH (piano) with RON ASPERY Directed by PETER KING
(Repeated: Mon 3.0 pm) Stereo

Contributors

Novel By:
Robert B. Parker
Piano:
Ed Welch
Directed By:
Peter King
Spenser:
Gary Waldhorn
Terry Orchard:
Nicky Croydon
Iris Milford:
Stacey Hughes
Lowell Hayden:
Bob Sherman
Judy Hayden:
Gay Baynes
Quirk:
Harry Towb
Roland Orchard:
Bruce Boa
Marion:
Margaret Robertson
Tower:
Don Fellows
Mrs Tower:
Alex Marshall
Forbes:
Alan Tilvern
Dennis Powell:
Stuart Milligan
Brenda Loring:
Karen Mann

Five readings by CYRIL HAYWARD-JONES adapted by MICHAEL DAVIES read by Garard Green 4: Down to Business
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Hayward-Jones
Adapted By:
Michael Davies
Read By:
Garard Green
Producer:
Herbert Williams

The second in a series of three entertainments starring Sheila Steafel with monologues and songs from her one-woman shows, with music from
THE PAUL MAGUIRE TRIO
Written by BARRY CRYER. SHEILA
STEAFEL. CHRIS MILLER , RAY GALTON , JOHNNY SPEIGHT. ANDY HAMILTON and PETER TINNISWOOD
Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE (Revised repeat) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
Paul Maguire
Written By:
Barry Cryer.
Unknown:
Chris Miller
Unknown:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Johnny Speight.
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton

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