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Presented by John Timpson in London and Brian Redhead in Blackpool at the Conservative Party Conference
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With ROBERT FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport with CHARLES COLVILE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Robert Finigan
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

This week the team are guests of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council at Haigh Hall where members of the local gardening societies put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki Geoffrey Smith and Alan Mason
Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Alan Mason
Producer:
Diana Stenson

A weekly practical guide to tenants' rights.
2: Security of Tenure
Can you be thrown out of your rented home? Can you pass on a tenancy? What can you do if you're harassed by your landlord? What happens if you don't pay the rent? With the help of experts in housing law and practice John Howard explains how to enforce your rights as a tenant.
Producer GRAHAM ELLIS Editor LESLIE ROBINSON
(Phone-in tonight at 8. 15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Howard
Producer:
Graham Ellis
Editor:
Leslie Robinson

by Palma Harcourt, dramatised in six parts by Neville Teller
5: Trapping the Black Knight
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
(Broadcast on Sunday at 7.0pm)
(Stereo)
(Moray Watson is in 'Two Into One' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London)

Contributors

Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Neil Tarrent:
Simon Hewitt
Col Bonalov:
David March
Sir Patrick Cordar:
Moray Watson
Clara Kenmare:
Jill Balcon
Betty Mont:
Jan Carey
Sergei Dronsky:
Alix Refale
Helen Kenmare:
Nancy Gair
Ray Field/Russian:
David Sinclair
Smith/Control:
Brian Smith
Tamara Dronskaya:
Melinda Walker
John Kenmare:
Michael Ross
Peter Remington:
Adrian Egan
Airport announcer/Russian:
David Marrick

1.55 Listening Corner: The Shops Go to Polly and Martin
by Nick Warburton
BBC Birmingham

2.5 Looking at Nature: Season of Mists
(RV) Su Ingle from Wildtrack and naturalist Michael Scott suggest ways children can use their eyes and ears to trace the onset of winter.
(Stereo)

2.20 Quest: Succoth and Simhat Torah
by Jeffrey Segal

2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Poetry): I Wish My Granny was a Witch

2.50 Something to Think About: Troll and Mole are Friends
by Tony Johnston
Adapted by Paddy Bechely

Contributors

Author (The Shops Go to Polly and Martin) (Listening Corner):
Nick Warburton
Presenter (Looking at Nature):
Su Inglis
Presenter (Looking at Nature):
Michael Scott
Author (Succoth and Simhat Torah) (Quest):
Jeffrey Segal
Author (Troll and Mole are Friends) (Something to Think About):
Tony Johnston
Adapted by (Troll and Mole are Friends) (Something to Think About):
Paddy Bechely

Lucia in London
A five-part comedy series based on the novel by E. F. BENSON dramatised and narrated by Aubrey Woods 2: Coming Out
Mourning becomes Lucia, but now Aunt Amy is buried with all the honours and her elegant town house is Lucia's and Peppino's for the taking, it's time to shrug off bereavement and show one's best profile.
Pianist JOHN OWEN EDWARDS
Directed by JOHN CARDY. Stereo

Contributors

Novel By:
E. F. Benson
Unknown:
Aubrey Woods
Unknown:
Aunt Amy
Pianist:
John Owen
Directed By:
John Cardy.
Lucia:
Barbara Jefford
Georgie Pillson:
Jonathan Cecil
Daisy Quantock:
Jane Wenham
Olga Bracely:
And June Tobin
PeppinO:
Michael Bilton
Robert Quantock:
Anthony Newlands
Mrs Boucher:
Margot Boyd
Foljambe:
Helena Breck
Simkinson:
Ronald Herdman
Princess Isabel:
Hilda Kriseman

Six programmes of sporting verse compiled and presented by Vernon Scannell 1: Fishing
Readers STEPHEN THORNE and TREVOR NICHOLS
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Vernon Scannell
Readers:
Stephen Thorne
Readers:
Trevor Nichols
Producer:
Margaret Bradley

Eastwood in Nottinghamshire is celebrating the centenary of the birth of its most famous son, D. H. Lawrence , with exhibitions, ballet, theatre and a half marathon. Paul Allen reports on the festivities. Producer BRIAN BARFIELD (R) Revised

Contributors

Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Brian Barfield

John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Programme devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Producer PETE ATKIN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow 12.27) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Buying or selling a house can be a frustrating operation.
Bill Breckon , with the help of Tom Tickell , tries to find out if there could be a simpler way to buy a house.
Producer HELEN ROBSON
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.35 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Breckon
Unknown:
Tom Tickell
Producer:
Helen Robson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

Phone-in: [number removed]Following up today's programme at 12.0 on Security of Tenure John Howard is joined by barrister Andrew Arden , a Tenancy Relations Officer, and landlords from the private and public sectors to answer your questions on the terms of tenancies. What is illegal eviction? Do you have rights as a lodger?
What is a 'holiday let'? Lines open at 7.0 pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Arden

Pariscope Michael Oliver reports on one of the liveliest autumns even Paris has seen, with new museums and an opera house under construction and major new exhibitions devoted to Joshua Reynolds , Picasso and Victor Hugo. In addition, an exciting theatre season promises new work from Germany's
Schaubiihne, America's Martha Graham Company, Poland's Tadeusz Kantor and the brightest of contemporary French directors.
Producer RICHARD DUNN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.35)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pariscope Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Joshua Reynolds
Unknown:
Victor Hugo.
Unknown:
Martha Graham
Unknown:
Tadeusz Kantor
Producer:
Richard Dunn

Marjorie Lofthouse chairs a discussion between the Minister for Small Businesses, David Trippier , mp and some finalists in Radio 4's competition for small companies.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
David Trippier

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