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Bruno's World Title Tilt: can 'big Frank' power his way to a Heavyweight boxing crown at Wembley?
115th Open Golf Championship: who'll outswing the best in the world on the rich greens of Tumberry?
Davis Cup Tennis: will the presence of Andrew Castle be enough to stonewall the Aussies as they fire their big guns across the net at Wimbledon?
Tony Adamson looks on Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Adamson
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

Raymond Baxter presents a two-part examination of The Greatest Game on Earth with contributions from expert players Willie Rushton Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke -Taylor and Barry Cryer
1: The History of the Game
Producer PAUL MAYHEW ARCHER (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Producer:
Paul Mayhew Archer

unravelled, dangled or tied up by Ned Sherrin with Robert Elms
Victoria Mather , Stephen Fry Plus Nigel Farrell , who continues his Great Bus
Journeys of Our Time and the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE
SIMON SHAW and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Robert Elms
Unknown:
Victoria Mather
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Plus Nigel Farrell
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Simon Shaw
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

A look back at the week's news with a touch of patricide.
Punch's Fred Ingrams joins his boss Alan Coren on the other side of the fence, while his father Richard Ingrams of Private Eye teams up with the Telegraph's Gillian Reynolds to see who knows more about the last seven days.
Only chairman Barry Took stands between the two teams and a fair result.
Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and the producer HARRY THOMPSON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Ingrams
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds
Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
John Langdon
Producer:
Harry Thompson.

Naming the Names by ANNE DEVLIN
Finn, a young woman in her early 30s, is curiously withdrawn. Someone or something in her past has caused her to lock away her mind, to protect herself from pain.
When Henry Kirk , a beautiful, vulnerable young man, enters her life she finds that he has a strange power over her.... Directed by SUSAN HOGG

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Devlin
Unknown:
Henry Kirk
Directed By:
Susan Hogg

Shadows in the Sun by J. R. DEVLIN with Two weeks of pleasure in the foreign city of Athens are what Bob, Ada, Norman and Mavis are seeking from their package holiday.... But the young man travelling with them has a more sinister motive for returning to Greece.
Directed by PHILIP MARTIN BBC Birmingham. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
J. R. Devlin
Directed By:
Philip Martin
Alekos:
Michael Hadley
Bob/Yiannis:
Ronald Herdman
Ada:
Joyce Gibbs
Norman:
Dave Mitty
Mavis:
Barbara Atkinson
Mannos:
Terry Molloy
Zarkos:
Edwin Richfield
Costas:
Manning Wilson
Vassilis:
George Parsons
Demitrios:
Kim Durham
Andreas:
Jonathan Owen
Stefana/Tour guide:
Carina Wyeth

A Very Private Enterprise by ELIZABETH IRONSIDE abridged in seven parts by BRIAN GEAR
Read by Lewis Fiander
4: The Russian Counsellor Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Ironside
Read By:
Lewis Fiander
Producer:
Pamela Howe

Brian Redhead continues his investigation of the world's most misquoted book.
The Bridge between Dreams
In the third of 13 programmes, he follows Joseph, the master of dreams and granaries, into the land of Egypt and examines the story of Exodus. Did the plagues really happen and, if so, when? Was there ever a tongue-tied slave leader called Moses, who talked to God, got the better of the Pharaoh, and who had a bewilderingly bad sense of direction?
Reader TESSA WORSLEY
Researcher MICHAEL WAKELIN Producer FRANCES GUMLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Reader:
Tessa Worsley
Reader:
Researcher Michael Wakelin

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