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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with BOB FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
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:
Bob Finigan
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

Black-cloaked riders of the night; brides of Satan - some of the images that spring to mind when thinking of witches.
Were the witches of old really clinging to the vestiges of a long-forgotten pagan religion, or persecuted because the world was afraid of powerful women? Roald Dahl ,
Lady Antonia Fraser and Keith Thomas are among those who tell Jenny Cuffe why the figure of the witch still has such a hold on the imagination of both children and adults.
Producer SALLY FELDMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Roald Dahl
Unknown:
Lady Antonia Fraser
Unknown:
Keith Thomas
Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Producer:
Sally Feldman

The Arithmetic of Success Written and read by Sam McAughtry
Frank McAuley had been born and reared against a background of numeracy. His mother taught maths in a select girls' school, and his father was a city-based stockbroker. Mona, Frank's sister, was an agricultural economist whose idea of light conversation was to compare the gross margins to be obtained from winter wheat with those accruing from oil seed rape.
Producer KATHRYN PORTER BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Read By:
Sam McAughtry
Read By:
Frank McAuley

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: King Jolly and the Hallowe 'en Party
2.5 The Song Tree
5: The North Wind Blows and Skeletons Talk Presenters ROSIE CROSS and BILL MARTIN from PYEWACKETT Written by BARRY GIBSON. Stereo
2.20 Living Language The Tree House Written and told by GEORGE LAYTON
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series Presented by LIBBY FAWBERT

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Gibson.
Presented By:
Libby Fawbert

Introduced by Mary Marquis
Cancer is the word which most people fear, very often because their information is limited or out of date. Today BACUP is launched -an organisation to help cancer patients and their families with information, advice and positive thinking. Serial: The Bonsai Tree (6)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Marquis

A Fine and Private Place by SHAUN PRENDERGAST with Anne Jameson as Parker and Shelagh Stephenson as Kim Old ladies can be a bit demanding, as Kim discovers at the Parker Rest Home. But when they hear that the home is to be opened to men, the ladies beg Kim to take a stand. What has she let herself in for?
Harriet Waites ....KATHLEEN HELME Sadie Hanlan. ..........JEAN HEYWOOD Norah West. ............LIZZIE MCKENZIE Saxophone played by KATHY STOBART Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast
Unknown:
Anne Jameson
Unknown:
Shelagh Stephenson
Unknown:
Kim Old
Unknown:
Harriet Waites
Unknown:
Kathleen Helme
Unknown:
Sadie Hanlan.
Unknown:
Jean Heywood
Unknown:
Norah West.
Played By:
Kathy Stobart
Directed By:
Jeremy Mortimer.

Ginger Beer and Giant Peaches Kate Fenton visits the wonderland of children's books, past and present; talks to best-selling author Roald Dahl and joins the Children's Book Train as it journeys to woo the young readers of Milton Keynes. Producer FRAN ACHESON

Contributors

Unknown:
Peaches Kate Fenton
Unknown:
Roald Dahl
Unknown:
Milton Keynes.
Producer:
Fran Acheson

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm) Written by GRAHAM HARVEY Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Graham Harvey
Peggy Archer:
Tune Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Pipe
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peter
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gitiins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
ColDanby:
Ballardberkeley
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Bill Insley:
Ted Moult
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd

A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by John Timpson Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Send your letters to:
Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS82LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Producer:
Carole Stone

'My dad blamed me for it. I felt I was doing wrong. He said, "You enjoy it, you encouraged me when you were little." He piled on all that guilt to make sure I wouldn't tell.'
(Khadija, aged 16, abused by her father since she was 7)
'What I didn't know was that when I was 14, he moved on to my younger brother and then to my youngest brother and then to my nephews. Very few of the males in my family escaped.' (Martin, abused by his stepfather)
Some evidence would suggest
:R that as many as one adult in ten :R was sexually abused as a child - G the vast majority by a relative or someone they knew. t Jenni Mills presents the :K recorded testimony of victims G and offenders and chairs a d phone-in discussion with Drs Arnon Bentovim and Richard Johnson (Incest Crisis Line) Call [number removed] Lines open at 7.0 pm ;y Producer CHRIS LONGLEY
N INFO: page 93

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Mills
Unknown:
Arnon Bentovim
Producer:
Chris Longley

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with country-wide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presented by John Mills Editor MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: BBC. Broadcasting House London WIA 4WW Phone [number removed](10.0am-5.0pm)

Contributors

Presented By:
John Mills
Editor:
Marlene Pease

Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, film, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions. Producer KEVIN JACKSON
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Kevin Jackson

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