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Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead in London with Sue MacGregor at the Liberal Party Assembly in Eastbourne
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With SIMON ROSE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Read By:
Bryan Martin

Madam Lonelyhearts by AUDREY EVANS
Read by Mary Riggans
'She confided in me because she thought I was a sophisticated woman of the world - because I had been divorced.' Producer BRUCE YOUNG BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Evans
Read By:
Mary Riggans

The last of seven programmes from Belfast in which
Paul Muldoon makes a personal choice reflecting the best of Irish poetry written over the last 20 years.
Readers STELLA MCCUSKER
KEVIN FLOOD and PETER QUIGLEY Producer CLIVE BRILL BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Muldoon
Readers:
Stella McCusker
Unknown:
Peter Quigley

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Mr Buzz the Beeman. Stereo
2.5 The Song Tree A Gaggle of Music Games (1) Presented by HILARY JONES and SIMON MAYOR With PYEWACKETT Written and produced by BARRY GIBSON. Stereo (E)
2.20 Living Language Booktime Compiled by JACKIE GRAYDON (E)
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series for schools and colleges Presented by RICHARD WACHMAN Producer MARY HAYDON (E)

Contributors

Presented By:
Hilary Jones
Presented By:
Simon Mayor
Produced By:
Barry Gibson.
Unknown:
Jackie Graydon
Presented By:
Richard Wachman
Producer:
Mary Haydon

Introduced by Sarah Dunant Whatever Turns You On
The men's cosmetics industry is worth £100 million a year.
In the first of two features Jean Snedegar reports on the grooming of the 1986 male.
Serial: Cold Heaven (7)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sarah Dunant
Unknown:
Jean Snedegar

Cow in a Cabbage Patch by JENNY SINCLAIR with Kate and Jane are cousins, meeting up after a long time during which their lives have followed very different paths. But both women have been hugely affected by their mothers - a topic that dominates the conversation as they re-live their early lives and the complexities of maternal 'love'. Directed by CHERCY COOKSON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Sinclair
Directed By:
Chercy Cookson.
Jane:
Jennie Linden
Kate:
Carole Boyd
Edie:
Pauline Letts
Avril:
Eva Stuart
the Vicar:
Manning Wilson

No Good News Is News -
Through a Camera Darkly
For over 100 years, the Hibbert Trust has sponsored the annual Hibbert Lecture. This year's speaker is The Rev Dr Colin Morris , the BBC's Head of Religious Broadcasting and Special Adviser to the Director-General. In his lecture he explores the theology of the newsroom. What does television news reveal about us, our world and our creator? After the lecture, Gerald Priestland invites comment from a panel of distinguished guests.
Producer BEVERLEY MCAINSH
0 HEAR THIS! page 22 and INFO: page 93

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Colin Morris
Unknown:
Gerald Priestland

Margaret Howard believes you can learn a great deal about a person if you meet them at home. When she visits the Baroness Phillips, she discovers why city dwellers love flowers, the secret of painless entertaining and what it's like to have an MP as a paying guest. Producer PETER HOARE. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Peter Hoare.

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