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Presented by John Humphrys and Jenni Murray
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.25* Sport with CLIFF MORGAN
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day with ROSEMARY HARTILL
8.25 The Weeklies with MARTIN WAINWRIGHT
8.40* Results of the Radio 4 Christmas competition

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Jenni Murray
Read By:
Eugene Fraser
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Martin Wainwright
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

Presented by Cliff Morgan A new time for Sport on 4, but the mixture of news, conversation and personalities from the sporting world remains the same.
In Perth there's no let-up for England's cricketers as they face the mighty West Indies in the Benson and Hedges Challenge.
Producer EMILY MCMAHON

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Emily McMahon

Bernard Falk reports on new and exciting holidays and tackles those trips that have not lived up to expectations. With Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs
Including Part 1 of the Breakaway competition
Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF (Competition answers after
17 January, on a postcard please, to: Breakaway Competition BBC, London WIA 4WW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Producer:
Jenny Mallinson Duff

with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Craig Charles
Carol Thatcher , Stephen Fry and Robert Elms.
Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward
Additional material by WOLFGANG PLOCKER
Producers LAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Robert Elms.
Unknown:
Wolfgang Plocker
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

A Question of Money (1)
This week's programme is devoted to questions on personal finance sent in by listeners.
The panel: Louise Botting Christopher Gilchrist and Philip Hardman
In the Chair Vincent Duggleby

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Botting
Unknown:
Christopher Gilchrist
Unknown:
Philip Hardman
Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby

Being the wife of a writer is never boring, but for some
'literary wives' the good times are few and far between.
Judith Elliott talks to three women who opted for life with a writer: Theodora Fitzgibbon , whose husband Constantine wrote the best-selling novel
When the Kissing Had to Stop; Beatrice Behan widow of playwright Brendan Behan ; and Patricia Cockburn , who was married to the distinguished political journalist and novelist Claud Cockburn.

Contributors

Talks:
Judith Elliott
Unknown:
Theodora Fitzgibbon
Unknown:
Beatrice Behan
Unknown:
Brendan Behan
Unknown:
Patricia Cockburn
Unknown:
Claud Cockburn.

Fly Away Home by WILLIAM HUMBLE with Tim is great to be with - funny, witty, attractive. But his wife sees him as an immature child - a man who has refused to grow up and accept his responsibilities.
Directed by PETER KING. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Humble
Directed By:
Peter King.
Tim:
Hywel Bennett
Anna:
Stephanie Turner
Robbie:
Trevor Nichols
Andy:
Simon Williams
Matthew:
Thomas King

A profile of Montgomery Clift written and presented by Terrence Pettigrew.
Susannah York and David Kossoff discuss their former friend, along with one of his greatest fans David Puttnam. Producer HARRY THOMPSON (R) revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Montgomery Clift
Presented By:
Terrence Pettigrew.
Presented By:
David Kossoff
Unknown:
David Puttnam.
Producer:
Harry Thompson

by CARYL BRAHMS and S. J. SIMON dramatised by PAT HOOKER

In the 1930s the Ballet Stroganoff opens its London season with Petrushka. But Petrushka is shot before he can take his curtain call.
Anyone in the company could have done the murder - all had motives and all are lying to Det Insp Quill of Scotland Yard.
With and
JOHN OWEN EDWARDS (piano)
Directed by IAN COTTERELL. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Caryl Brahms
Unknown:
S. J. Simon
Dramatised By:
Pat Hooker
Piano:
John Owen Edwards
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell.
Stroganoff:
Simon Callow
Nevajno:
Nickolas Grace
Det Insp Adam Quill:
Trevor Nichols
Arenskaya:
Sian Phillips
Serge Appelsime:
Vladek Sheybal
Puthyk:
Peter Woodthorpe
Balleto Medico:
Edward de Souza
Petunia Patch:
Sheila Grant
Sgt Banner:
Shaun Prendergast
Stanley Spencer:
Andrew Branch
Pavel Bunia:
Boris Isarov
Mme Rubinska:
Jennifer Piercey
Rubiriska:
Karen Ascoe
The Snarl:
John Church
Usher:
James Goode
Coroner:
Tim Reynolds

Bluebird, Campbell and Coniston On 4 January 1967
Donald Campbell 's Bluebird crashed as he made his attempt to break the 300 mph barrier.
Twenty years on, those close to him during the last project tell the story which ended on Coniston in tragedy.
Presented and produced by Rod Macrae

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Campbell
Produced By:
Rod MacRae

The Great British Enthusiast is alive and well and dotty as ever. Allan Smith visits five groups of assorted devotees. 1: Sailing Barges
It's cold and bleak on the Thames estuary, but the stalwarts are there, sprucing up the Centaur.
Producer SUSAN SNAILUM

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Smith
Producer:
Susan Snailum

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