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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 PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

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

The Wedding by ELIZABETH EVANS Read by Mary Wimbush
Vicky is young and pretty.
Vicky has painted her toenails silver and is going to be the new daughter-in-law. But there is something about Vicky which is very unsettling indeed.... Producer MITCH RAPER

Contributors

Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Producer:
Mitch Raper

by GARETH JONES with and 5: The Conjurer's Sons
Cwmystwyth 1752. Seven years have passed since Gruffydd abducted Madlen from her wedding and an indignant
Hywel Bevan walked out on Rhiannon.
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Gareth Jones
Unknown:
Hywel Bevan
Directed By:
Adrian Mourby
Gruffydd:
Philip Madoc
lolo:
Loan Meredith
Sir John Ffowlke:
Peter Halliday
Madlen:
Meg Wynn Owen
Rhiannon Bevan:
Lisabeth Miles
Mihangel:
Gareth Snook
Rachel:
Donna Edwards
Hannah:
Adrian T Furse
Old Thomas:
Dillwyn Owen
Joshua:
David Charles
LiSSi GILLIAN:
Elisa Thomas
Gwilym Brewer:
Dorien Thomas
Horseman:
Graham Blockey

1.55 Listening Corner Today: The Giant Jam Sandwich by JOHN VERNON LORD and JANET BURROWAY
2.5 Looking at Nature Spring Awakening (RV) Written and presented by HOWARD STABLEFORD. Stereo
2.20 Quest: Jesus 9: The Crucifixion with PAUL COPLEY as Jesus PATRICK TROUGHTON as Caiaphas Presented by ROSEMARY HARTILL Written by ARTHUR SCHOLEY. Stereo
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Poetry/Music) Beautiful Horse! Compiled by PADDY bechely (R)
2.50 Something to Think About The Thin Mouse by ZOE BAILEY Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Vernon Lord
Unknown:
Janet Burroway
Presented By:
Howard Stableford.
Unknown:
Paul Copley
Unknown:
Patrick Troughton
Presented By:
Rosemary Hartill
Written By:
Arthur Scholey.
Unknown:
Zoe Bailey

Introduced by Jenni Murray Guests of the Week:
Sally O'Sullivan , Editor of Options magazine, and her husband Charles Wilson , Editor of The Times
Serial: The Aspern Papers (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Sally O'Sullivan
Unknown:
Charles Wilson

Down to Earth by NEIL SHENTON When viewed from the vantage point of a window-cleaning cradle the world seems a strange and foreign place.
Directed by CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Shenton
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
Cyril:
Bob Grant
Baz:
Neil Caple

With a Poet's Eye
Kevin Crossley-Holland presents more poems inspired by pictures in the Tate Gallery. 4: Dislocations Readers
NATASHA PYNE and PETER WICKHAM Producer ALEC REID. BBCBristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Readers:
Natasha Pyne
Readers:
Peter Wickham
Producer:
Alec Reid.

Willy Russell is one of Britain's most popular playwrights. As Shirley Valentine , his latest work, opens in Liverpool this week, Paul Allen presents a profile of the author of Educating Rita and Blood Brothers and talks to the playwright himself.
Producer KATHRYN PORTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Willy Russell
Unknown:
Shirley Valentine
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Kathryn Porter

Presented by Alexander Walker This week: Judy Garland who summed up her own film career and a life-long love affair with her audience like this: 'I think the American people put their arms around me when I was a child performer - and they've kept them there, even when I was in trouble.' Producer WENDY CLAY
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 12.27pm)

Contributors

Presented By:
Alexander Walker
Producer:
Wendy Clay

Enjoy the 'crack' with storytellers around the country in a series of four programmes. 1: Four Scotsmen meet over a dram in a Glasgow pub and share some stories with Phil Smith.
Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Birmingham
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.35am)
0 WODDIS ON: page 79

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Smith.
Producer:
Anne Brown

The last in a series of five programmes exploring current thinking in psychology Persuasion
Can the 'hidden persuaders' get ustobuyanythingtheywant us to buy - from toothpaste to political parties? Or does the 'persuadee' ultimately wield the power to resist?
Peter Evans introduces the topic, and chairs a discussion between Rod Kedward , Reader in History at the University of Sussex, psychologist Barbara Mostyn and Professor Steven Rose of the Open University.
Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Evans
Reader:
Rod Kedward
Unknown:
Barbara Mostyn
Unknown:
Professor Steven Rose

New Eastenders
Three American skyscrapers could point the way to a future for London's derelict docklands as an international financial centre. They would house sophisticated electronics and create thousands of new jobs. That's the scheme for Canary Wharf which, as an Enterprise Zone, needs no planning permission.
Residents, City businessmen and conservationists are all worried - are they right? Should the capital's tallest towers go ahead without any overall plan for the East End?
David Wheeler reports. Producer ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 11.0am)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wheeler
Producer:
Anne Winder

Fritz Spiegl ends his series on the pitfalls of musical matrimony by evoking the shade of Alma Mahler , as immortalised by Tom Lehrer : 'The loveliest girl in Vienna
Was Alma; the smartest, as well! Once you'd picked her up on your antenna,
You'd never be free from her spell....'
Producer PIERS BURTON PAGE
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fritz Spiegl
Unknown:
Alma Mahler
Unknown:
Tom Lehrer
Producer:
Piers Burton

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