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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With ROBERT FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Robert Finigan
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Introduced by Sue MacGregor The Poet and Her Day Job (2): CHRIS ELDON LEE talks to
ALISON BRACKENBURY , whose job as a computer operator provides her with unusual themes for her poetry.
Joanna Godden (9)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Talks:
Chris Eldon Lee
Unknown:
Alison Brackenbury
Unknown:
Joanna Godden

by Peter Tinniswood
Jean is 38, attractive and married. She decides to go on a cruise without her husband. On the first night out she sees a row of lights sticking straight out to sea. She feels as if she is entering a strange land with different customs, different values. As if she is becoming a different person.
BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Tinniswood
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Jean:
Shirley Dixon
Roy:
David Buck
Richard:
Stephen Thorne
Mrs Emptage:
Gwen Cherrell
Captain:
William Eedle
Cruise director:
Christian Rodska
Keep-fit lady:
Melinda Walker
Keith Quarmby:
Bill Wallis

BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written by:
Margaret Phelan
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Lucy Perks:
Tracy Jane White
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Fiona Mathieson
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark Hebden:
Richard Derrington
Det Sgt Barry:
David Vann
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Kathy Holland:
Hedli Niklaus

A series of 13 montage documentaries
2:Mind the Closing Doors
'The subway is for people in a hurry who have nothing to live for.'
'A man was attacking me with a bayonet and I had to shoot him.' 'When they catch a graffiti artist, some cops ask, "Would you rather be arrested or beaten up?"'
A portrait of the New York subway, a transport system in crisis.
Producer BILL TURNBULL BBC Manchester

BBC Radio 4 FM

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