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Farming is usually regarded not just as a way of life but as a healthy way of life. In fact farmers and farm workers are exposed to all sorts of diseases and ailments.
Producer TIM FINNEY
(Revised re-broadcast Monday 7.20pm)

Contributors

Producer:
Tim Finney

Presented by Cliff Morgan Will there be good news of England's cricketers who are playing Australia in the Third Test in Adelaide?
When Olympia first opened its doors to the public in 1886, the horses stayed outside with the hansom-cabs. In 1986, the horses are allowed indoors - to compete in the International Horse Show.
Producer EMILY MCMAHON

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Emily McMahon

Presented by Bernard Falk with Susan Marling ,
Nigel Coombs and Patrick Stoddart. Producer HELEN ROBSON
For information on items in this week's programme, please send sae to: [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Nigel Coombs
Unknown:
Patrick Stoddart.
Producer:
Helen Robson

with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Victoria Mather, Stephen Fry, and Craig Charles. Plus Farrell's Travels, and Mat Coward's Occasional Diary.
Additional material by JAMES HENDRIE and IAN BROWN
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Craig Charles.
Unknown:
James Hendrie
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

'After you've met 150 lord mayors, they all begin to look the same.'
The quotations game with Nigel Rees in the Chair
Answering the questions this week:
Roy Kinnear , comedian Eleanor Bron , actress
Chantal Cuer , broadcaster and Auberon Waugh , the Editor of the Literary Review Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Devised by NIGEL REES
Producer HARRY THOMPSON. Stereo (Re-broadcast on Monday at 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Roy Kinnear
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Chantal Cuer
Unknown:
Auberon Waugh
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher
Producer:
Harry Thompson.

Mock Manoeuvres by DAVID MAIROWITZ
Soldiers are practising manoeuvres in a sleepy French village. A modem young wife, new to the village, challenges the menace she feels they represent.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY. Stereo
(Clive Merrison is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mairowitz
Directed By:
Richard Wortley.
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Odile Blanchard:
Judy Loe
Jean-Francois Blanchard:
Clive Merrison
Monsieur D'Arlon:
Geoffrey Matthews

Mary O'Hara , in company with Kate Binchy and Sion Probert , presents a selection of her favourite poetry and prose before an audience in the Theatre Royal, Winchester. Producer ALEC REID BBCBristol. Stereo
(Re-broadcast Wednesday 11.0am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary O'Hara
Unknown:
Kate Binchy
Unknown:
Sion Probert
Producer:
Alec Reid

The last of four programmes Wuthering Heights
William Wyler 's Wuthering
Heights is very different from
Emily Bronte's. So different that it has tended to be dismissed on the grounds that great books make bad movies.
Christopher Cook considers what happens when a literary classic is adapted for the cinema, with soundtrack illustrations and readings from the book by Penelope Wilton. Producer WENDY CLAY (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Wyler
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Book By:
Penelope Wilton.
Producer:
Wendy Clay

Billy Bunter 's Christmas Party by FRANK RICHARDS dramatised by ROB GITTINS
A holiday with Bunter's family? The Famous Five can think of nothing worse. But the fat owl's outflanked them once again and they're booked for Christmas at Tankerton Hall where a malevolent ghost is the least of their concerns.
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. 0pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Bunter
Unknown:
Frank Richards
Dramatised By:
Rob Gittins
Directed By:
Adrian Mourby
William George Bunter:
Hugh Thomas
Bessie:
Erica Eirian
Bob Cherry:
David Parfttt
Harry Wharton:
Simon Hewitt
Quelch/Brown:
Philip Bond
Uncle Carter:
Ivor Roberts
Squiff:
Lee Galpin
Nugent:
Paul Wilce
Bull/Smith:
Spencer Banks
Hurree Singh:
Sam Dastor
Hubert/Mauly:
Cornelius Garrett

Deep and Crisp and Even by PETER TURNBULL
The last of six parts abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON Read by Bill Paterson The Trap is Set
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBCBristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Turnbull
Abridged By:
Andrew Simpson
Read By:
Bill Paterson
Producer:
Pamela Howe.

Specialist reporters 'sound out' the religious and moral implications of current issues. Researcher AMANDA HANCOX Producer CAROLINE DONNE
Series editor BEVERLEY MCAINSH

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanda Hancox
Producer:
Caroline Donne
Editor:
Beverley McAinsh

The third of four reports: Food for Thought
'You are what you eat' goes the saying. If so, are we a nation of headless chickens with the giblets removed?
David Lander looks at food, and in particular an alarming new chemical additive - N7Q.
Studio production by STEPHEN FRY , assisted by JULIA HILLS
HARRY ENFIELD and JACK KLAFF Dramatic reconstructions by MARK ARDEN , ROBERT BATHURST and FELICITY MONTAGU
Researcher TONY SARCHET
Editor PAUL MAYHEW ARCHER (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lander
Production By:
Stephen Fry
Assisted By:
Julia Hills
Assisted By:
Harry Enfield
Assisted By:
Jack Klaff
Unknown:
Mark Arden
Unknown:
Robert Bathurst
Unknown:
Felicity Montagu
Unknown:
Tony Sarchet
Editor:
Paul Mayhew Archer

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