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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by DAVID SYMONDS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Bob Finigan
Read By:
David Symonds
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Six views on different aspects of being a man from guests in conversation with Anne Brown 3: Terry Waite
Talking man-to-man while walking a political tightrope can teach you the gentle art of patience quick as a flash. The
Church's special envoy reflects on the lessons people learn or ignore amid the horror of war. Producer LIZ JENSEN BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Brown
Unknown:
Terry Waite

Over Rhondda
Balloonist Anthony Smith takes historian Richard Keene for a breathtaking view of the South Wales coalfield - and a close encounter with a local rugby club!
Producer TIM GROUT-SMITH BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Smith
Unknown:
Richard Keene

Storm at Pandeli by JOHN G. MILLER
Read by John Westbrook
A holiday in Greece should be idyllic. But what is troubling the husband - and how is his fury tamed?
Producer MITCH RAPER

Contributors

Unknown:
John G. Miller
Read By:
John Westbrook
Producer:
Mitch Raper

Stoddart Down Under
It eats grass almost non-stop, drinks five gallons of water each day, and tramples the fragile tropical rainforest in the north of Australia. Mike Stoddart follows the fortunes of the introduced water buffalo. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
. Mike Stoddart

Eel Pie Island?
Young eels swim thousands of miles from their breeding ground in the Sargasso Sea to the rivers of Britain, only to be exported as a delicacy to Europe.
Derek Cooper hears from Mark Fielder about the changing place of the eel. Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Fielder
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

A journey into space, to places where nobody has gone before - apart from about 87 astronauts. 43 monkeys and, of course, Star Trek, Blake's 7, 7, Doctor Who etc. Starring The Bodgers
MORAY HUNTER. JOHN STEELE
GORDON KENNEDY , PETE BAIKIE with Morwenna Banks and John Sparkes
Music by PETE BAIKIE
AND THE JIM BAIKIE BIG BAND Written by MORAY HUNTER and JOHN DOCHERTY with MORWENNA BANKS and JOHN SPARKES
Producer ALAN NIXON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Steele
Unknown:
Gordon Kennedy
Unknown:
Pete Baikie
Unknown:
John Sparkes
Music By:
Pete Baikie
Written By:
Moray Hunter
Written By:
John Docherty
Written By:
John Sparkes
Producer:
Alan Nixon.

1.55 Listening Corner Let's Play it Again Presented by LOUIS ROBINSON Written and produced by MARY KALEMKERIAN (R)
2.5 Let's Join In Little Wild Rose by ANDREW LANG adapted by ANNE HOWSON Producer COLIN SMITH
2.25 Topic Songbook Producer PETER HUTCHUNGS Stereo (R)
2.30 Let's Make a Story! 1: On the Mountain Presented by LOUIS ROBINSON Written by RON JAMES Producer BRIAN SCOTT-HUGHES Stereo
2.40 New Series Listen! The new Decide-It- Yourself Cliffhanger serial Schools are invited to participate in creating a series drama Part 1 by VICKY IRELAND Producers DAN GARRETT and WARRILL GRINDROD. Stereo
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Contributors

Produced By:
Mary Kalemkerian
Unknown:
Andrew Lang
Adapted By:
Anne Howson
Producer:
Colin Smith
Written By:
Ron James
Producer:
Brian Scott-Hughes
Producers:
Dan Garrett

Introduced from Manchester by Judy Merry who meets the Yorkshire author Stan Barstow - 25 years on from A Kind of Loving.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
Serial: How Was It For You? (4) A Week in the Life

Contributors

Unknown:
Judy Merry
Producer:
Diana Stenson

by HENRY FIELDING dramatised in four parts by JOHN SCOTNEY with 3: 'A very learned Part in which Parson Adams meets a wise Judge and a virtuous Clergyman'
Music by VIC GAMMON
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHUN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Scotney
Unknown:
Parson Adams
Music By:
Vic Gammon
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughun
Joseph:
Cornelius Garrett
Parson Adams:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Fanny:
Jane Leonard
Henry Fielding:
John Rye
Justice:
Ronald Herdman
Parson Trulliber:
Peter Woodthorpe
Mrs Slipslop:
Anne Jameson
Lady Booby:
June Barrie
Squire Booby:
Geoffrey Bateman
Mr Wilson:
Paul Nicholson
Evil squire:
John Abineri
Pedlar:
Sean Barrett

The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke , qc. mp, Paymaster General
John Mortimer , qc, playwright General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley
Dick Taverne , qc, Chairman,
Public Policy Centre tackle the issues raised by the audience in Streatley on Thames, Berkshire.
Chairman John Timpson Producer ROBIN hicks BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Clarke
Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley
Unknown:
Dick Taverne
Unknown:
John Timpson
Producer:
Robin Hicks

Mr Wakefield 's Crusade by BERNICE RUBENS abridged in ten parts by JANE MAYS
Read by John Rowe (10) Producer CAROLINE RAPHAEL
(Starting on Monday: 'The Amateur Emigrant' by R. L. Stevenson )

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Wakefield
Unknown:
Jane Mays
Read By:
John Rowe
Producer:
Caroline Raphael
Unknown:
R. L. Stevenson

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Tate , Sally Grace Jon Glover and Jack Klaff Written by MARTIN BOOTH
PAUL B. DAVIES , RICHARD QUICK STUART SILVER, PETE SINCLAIR DAVID COHEN. PETER HICKEY STEVE PUNT. MIKE COLEMAN
ALISON RENSHAW , JOHN MORRISH and others
Producer JENNIE CAMPBELL. Stereo (Re-broadcast tomorrow at 5.25pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Unknown:
Jack Klaff
Written By:
Martin Booth
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Unknown:
David Cohen.
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Unknown:
Mike Coleman
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw
Unknown:
John Morrish
Producer:
Jennie Campbell.

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