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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.45*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Timpson
Read By:
Bryan Martin

from Bristol
Eric Robson and Susan Marling with the Grand Finale of Radio 4's rollicking rolling experiment.
... Switch on for the facts and fiction behind The Real Issue.
... Trip across the Channel for a round up of the best continental stories seen through The European Window.
... Plumb the hidden depths when Susan and Eric meet their Chosen One in 2:1
For old times' sake join the regulars:
10.30 Morning Story Rain Stopped Play by JIM BITCHMOUGH
Read by Bernard Cribbins
10.45 Act of Worship
Celebrate the Jewish New
Year with Rabbi Lionel Blue
Regular news on the hour, plus your very own up-to-date response to anything anywhere carried on the Rollercoaster
Produced by the Bristol Rollercoaster Unit BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling
Read By:
Bernard Cribbins
Unknown:
Lionel Blue

9.5 A Service for Schools Catherine Bramwell Booth by JOHN COUTTS
9.25 Secondary English (11-14) 2: Mark Twain : On the Mississippi 9.50 First Steps in Drama Introductory programme: The Sweet Factory (2) Presented by tony AITKEN
10.10 Playtime Presented by JUDY BENNETT With PETER MCGOWAN
10.25 In Your Own Time The teenage leisure programme Presented by ANN NIGHTINGALE
10.45 Looking Ahead TONY BARNFIELD highlights some of the major series for Secondary schools in the year ahead.
11.0 Noticeboard TONY BARNFIELD talks to TIMMY MALLETT about the new Radio Club series.
11.5 In the News Presented by JOHN HEDGES
11.30 Wavelength Presented by ANDY PEEBLES. Radio work experience and discussion topics for school leavers.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Coutts
Unknown:
Mark Twain
Presented By:
Judy Bennett
Unknown:
Peter McGowan
Presented By:
Ann Nightingale
Unknown:
Timmy Mallett
Presented By:
John Hedges
Presented By:
Andy Peebles.

Ann Urquhart looks back to her childhood in Lewis in the early years of the century and some of the changes she has seen since then as teacher and Provost of Stornoway.
In conversation with Maurice Lindsay she recalls the family New Year, the daily round of work and play, and her affection for the island and its people.
Producer JOHN ARNOTT

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Urquhart
Unknown:
Maurice Lindsay
Producer:
John Arnott

An excursion into the unpredictable reaches of how to get there - and back. In the pilot's seat
Christopher Matthew
Feet, firmly on the ground Simon Hoggart Sandy Boler
Alexander Frater
Departures from the script announced by EUGENE FRASER Travel details
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW
Tour organiser DANNY GREENSTONE Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Matthew
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Unknown:
Sandy Boler
Unknown:
Alexander Frater
Unknown:
Eugene Fraser
Unknown:
Christopher Matthew

1.55 Listening Corner Presented by SUSANNA DAWSON Storyteller JOHNNY MORRIS Today: Ben Finds a Friend by ANNE-MARIE CHAPOUTON
2.5 Music Box Written and presented by MICHAEL BURNETT and SANDRA KERR
2.20 Living Language The Wanderer (1) adapted from The Odyssey by LEON GARFIELD with NICKY HENSON
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series for schools and colleges. Editor NICHOLAS WHINES

Contributors

Presented By:
Susanna Dawson
Presented By:
Storyteller Johnny Morris
Unknown:
Anne-Marie Chapouton
Presented By:
Michael Burnett
Presented By:
Sandra Kerr
Unknown:
Leon Garfield
Unknown:
Nicky Henson

Introduced by Sue MacGregor The Falklands Aftermath: while 'our boys' were welcomed home as heroes, what happened to the families of those who did not return? PAT ROWE talks to some of them and hears a disturbing tale of personal grief compounded in certain instances by official ineptitude and neglect.
Loose Connections (2)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor

A Touch of the Mondays by MICHAEL BARTLETT
'The trouble is there are too many options. So many things I could do, that I end up doing nothing at all.'
But Gordon has done something. He's left his wife and children. Why?
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Bartlett
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Gordon Jones:
Haydn Wood
Male voice:
Stuart Organ
Female voice:
Carole Boyd
Psychotherapist:
Ellen McIntosh
Policeman/Minister:
David Garth
Brenda:
Moir Leslie
Gordon's friend:
Mark Straker
Martin:
William Hope
Headmaster:
Martyn Read
Sheila:
Jill Udstone
Manager:
Bernard Brown
Interviewer:
Jill Brooke

(Repeated: Friday 1.40 pm)
Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Frith
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Laura Archer:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Teacher:
Mark Straker

When asked to examine topics which particularly interested them, three aspiring broadcasters on a recent course at the Polytechnic of Central London chose footballers, children in care and minority broadcasting. Tony Mason. Jacqui Roach and Marina Salandy-Brown and their subjects have one thing in common.... they are black.
Presented by Margaret Percy Production assistance from JANET THOMAS

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Mason.
Unknown:
Jacqui Roach
Unknown:
Marina Salandy-Brown
Presented By:
Margaret Percy
Unknown:
Janet Thomas

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them. Presenter John Mills Producer ANN KAYE
Correspondence and enquiries to: BBCBroadcastingHouse,
London WIA iWW. Phone
[number removed](10.0 am -5.0 pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Mills
Producer:
Ann Kaye

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