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Presented by Peter Hobday andSueMacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by cuve ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Bob Finigan
Read By:
Cuve Roslin
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Weekend by ELIZABETH EVANS Read by Mary Wimbush Barbie has insisted on a weekend visit from her sister. It ought to be fun, but there are a dozen reasons why it won't be ... mostly due to Barbie! Producer MITCH PAPER

Contributors

Read By:
Mary Wimbush

Say Cheese - and see what you get. Derek Cooper pares the rind from the cheese trade in Holland and Italy, in a quest for real Dutch Farmhouse and real Parmesan.
Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Tuesday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

1.55 Listening Corner Today: Very Small and Very Tall (R)
2.5 Let's Join In with Soundbox Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves by SIMONE HALFIN (R)
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King Stories Knots and Knocks by PAUL GROVES
2.40 Listen! Armada Rock by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
4: Findings at Spoon Haven (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Russell

Introduced from Birmingham by Marjorie Lofthouse
'H. D.' Steiner recalls his early days as hairdresser to Queen Mary and how he made film wigs for Vivien Leigh.
Autism: All I want is for my little lad to say "Dad, let's take the dog for a walk." '
ELIZABETH NEWSON, Who works with autistic children at the Child Development Research
Unit in Nottingham, knows only too well how parents miss ordinary social communication when their child suffers from this handicap. AVRIL CARSON reports.
Producer ANN TENNANT BBC Birmingham
Serial: The Reason Why (12)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
Vivien Leigh.
Unknown:
Avril Carson
Producer:
Ann Tennant

Clive Jacobs and the team monitor the movements in the world of travel and transport. This week Tom Boswell tests the Honda Accord, economy and sporty version.
Producer HELEN ROBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Tom Boswell
Producer:
Helen Robson

Makers of the law, legal practitioners and those who serve the administration of justice all contribute to this topical weekly magazine.
Presented by Joshua Rozenberg Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Presented By:
Joshua Rozenberg
Producer:
Anthony Moncrieff

The Rt Hon John Selwyn Gummer, mp
Dr Elizabeth Cottrell , writer/PR's consultant
The Rt Hon Denzil Davies , mp and Jack Boddy , National
Secretary of the Agricultural and Allied Workers' Trade Group, TGWU tackle the issues raised by the audience in Swaffham, Norfolk. Chairman John Timpson
Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Selwyn
Unknown:
Dr Elizabeth Cottrell
Unknown:
Denzil Davies
Unknown:
Jack Boddy
Unknown:
John Timpson
Producer:
Carole Stone.

Wind, Sand and Stars by ANTOINE DE SADJT-EXUPERY abridged in ten parts by JOYOSBORNE
Read by John Bennett (10) Producer MAURICE LEITCH (R)
(Starting on Monday: 'But For Bunter' by David Hughes )

Contributors

Read By:
John Bennett
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Unknown:
David Hughes

with Bill Wallis , David Tate Sally Grace and Jon Glover Written by MARTIN BOOTH
PAUL B. DAVIES , RICHARD QUICK STUART SILVER. PETE SINCLAIR IAN BROWN , DAVID COHEN
PETER HICKEY. JOHN MORRISH ALISON RENSHAW and others Producer PAUL SPENCER. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 5.25pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Written By:
Martin Booth
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Unknown:
David Cohen
Unknown:
Peter Hickey.
Unknown:
John Morrish
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw
Producer:
Paul Spencer.

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