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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6 30 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAUUNE BUSHNELL
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

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Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Timpson
Read By:
Pauune Bushnell

'Wood-pigeons return to nest each year in our trees. Do they have the same homing instincts as racing pigeons?' The team homes in on your wildlife questions.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

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Presented By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
In which gifts and many messages are received, as a result of which several wheels and the Minister are well-oiled.
Adapted for radio by the producer Pete Atkin
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30pm) Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Antony Jay
Writer:
Jonathan Lynn
Adapted for radio by/Producer:
Pete Atkin
Jim Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard:
Derek Fowlds
Annie:
Diana Hoddinott
Bill Pritchard:
Antony Carrick
Prince Mohammed:
Walter Randall
First Arab:
Vic Tablian
Helpful Arab:
Ali Refale
Jenny Goodwin:
Moir Leslie
Ross:
Robin Summers
Diplomat:
Mark Straker

1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: Fix-It by DAVID MCPHAIL
2.5 History: Long Ago ' Wartime London by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (10)
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): / Saw a Star compiled by PADDY BECHELY
2.0-3.0 L W Woman's Hour Introduced by Sue MacGregor Unfair Advantage? Does the counselling offered to first-time offenders in Leamington result in lighter sentences? JUDITH GILMORE reports. A Room with a View (5)

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Unknown:
David McPhail
Unknown:
Christopher Russell
Unknown:
Paddy Bechely
Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Judith Gilmore

Tom Tiddler 's Ground by JANET ALLEN and A murder has been committed in a quiet seaside town on the South Coast. Could it have been done by the young man in the tobacco shop? Potter is determined to solve the murder and make sure that this time the murderer doesn't go free.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENMNG Stereo

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Unknown:
Tom Tiddler
Unknown:
Janet Allen
Directed By:
Christopher Venmng
Potter:
With David Daker
Kathy:
Susan Jameson
Gill:
Russell Keith-Grant
Mrs Brill:
Avril Clarke
Detlnsp Kenway:
Brian Carroll
Sgt Morris:
Brian Smith
Sandra:
Melinda Walker

"The essence of our interpretation is to bring out what the composer meant, not what we feel."
The Lindsay String Quartet: four people in pursuit of an ideal, with their wives, their families, their friends - from rehearsal room to concert hall. Recently they won the prestigious Gramophone Award For Chamber Music with their recordings of the late Beethoven quartets. What makes this string quartet tick? Introduced by Natalie Wheen
BBC Birmingham. Stereo
HEAR THIS: page 25

Contributors

Presenter:
Natalie Wheen
Musicians/Interviewees:
The Lindsay Quartet
Producer:
Jillian White

Sizing Up to Things
For the same reason that beetles skim over water,
Lilliputians would stick to their clothes and giants collapse from the heat.
Andrew Sachs and Barry Paine present a compendium of matters on size.
Producer MELINDA BARKER BBC Bristol

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Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
Barry Paine
Producer:
Melinda Barker

2: Letter from Warsaw
The BBC's Eastern Europe correspondent, Kevin Ruane , meets the younger generation in post-Solidarity
Poland - teenagers who demonstrate for the right to have crucifixes in their classrooms, and also those who get hooked on drugs or belong to a youth culture that includes punks and poppers and even 'Fascists' and 'Killers'.

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Unknown:
Kevin Ruane

The Chip Shop Presented by Barry Norman What is happening in the world of computers and does it matter? A weekly look at the new technology and its impact, all served up in a way everyone will understand. Producer TREVOR TAYLOR Chipline London [number removed]Liverpool [number removed]Bristol [number removed] Birmingham [number removed] Stereo

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Presented By:
Barry Norman

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