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Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6-30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Bob Finigan
Read By:
Harriet Cass
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Swings and Roundabouts by TREVOR WRIGHT
Read by Paul Webster
'I didn't want to speak to her;
Grown men shouldn't speak to little girls they don't know. Yet it seemed heartless to ignore her.' Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Wright
Read By:
Paul Webster

1.55 Listening Corner Goes to Scotland Today Katie Morag Delivers the Mail by MAIRI HEDDERWICK
2.5 The Song Tree 6: Lost in the Forest Written by BARRY GIBSON Stereo
2.20 Living Language Conrad's War (I) by ANDREW DAVIS
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series for schools and colleges Presented by LIBBY FAWBERT

Contributors

Unknown:
Katie Morag
Written By:
Barry Gibson
Unknown:
Andrew Davis
Presented By:
Libby Fawbert

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Just Like Any Other Mother: that's how all women feel at the moment they give birth. Yet that's not necessarily how you're treated - if you happen to be disabled. KAREN DECO talks to women with disabilites about their experiences as new mothers.
Serial: Enquiry (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor

The British Abroad
The last in an occasional series In a Dry Place
A comedy by JOHN ANTROBUS with and Paul has secured a travel grant to visit Brazil. His intention is to write a new hit play about the drought-struck peasants. But at the irrigation scheme he gets drawn into a strange world of seduction, murder and plot!
Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER. Stereo (Richard Vernon is in 'Look No Hans' at the Strand Theatre, London)
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Contributors

Comedy By:
John Antrobus
Directed By:
Jeremy Mortimer.
Unknown:
Richard Vernon
Paul Looney:
Oliver Cotton
Colonel Jeffry:
Richard Vernon
Lars Olson:
David March
Neal:
Robin Summers
Suzanne:
Avril Clark
Beany:
Christopher Scott
Lydia:
Jane Leonard
Porter/Waiter:
Bruce Taylor

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 BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Producer:
Carole Stone

Britain's ills are often attributed to an inability to adapt to change. But is change possible if the country's leading institutions remain set in their ways? This series takes a critical look at six pillars of society, outwardly powerful but facing the insecurity of being misunderstood by a sceptical public. 4:GEC
Michael Elliott finds an unlikely pillar of Britishness in the General Electrical Company:
Britain's largest manufacturing company, survivor against the odds in a fiercely competitive international market, whose recent history throws considerable light on our attitudes to research, industry and investment.
Producer PETER ROBINS
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 11.0am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Elliott
Producer:
Peter Robins

From the White House to the Golden Gate Bridge
In the autumn of 1985 Marlene Pease accompanied a group of disabled tourists across
America. How accessible is it and what can you see? Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: BBC, Broadcasting House London W1A 4WW Phone [number removed]
(Lines open from 10.0am to 5.0pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marlene Pease
Producer:
Marlene Pease

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Kathryn Porter

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