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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With JEREMY BOWEN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by JENNY LANE 7-25*. 8.25* Sport it GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in ParUament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Jeremy Bowen
Read By:
Jenny Lane
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Presented by Fergus Keeling and Lionel Kelleway
Jane Goodall reports from the Chimpanzee Wars of Tanzania and tells how the great apes she studies began to show alarmingly human characteristics, when one tribe systematically destroyed another.
Producer GEORGE MONBIOT BBCBristol

Contributors

Presented By:
Fergus Keeling
Presented By:
Lionel Kelleway
Unknown:
Jane Goodall
Producer:
George Monbiot

How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect. Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery. Producer JENNY WALKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Jenny Walker

In the Spirit of Friendship by AUDREY EVANS
Read by Diana Olsson
A vase rose, turned upside down, spilling flowers and water, then replaced itself. Oh dear,' said Lucy. 'You shouldn't have said that about Oklahoma!...'
Producer ALISON BELL. BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Evans
Read By:
Diana Olsson
Producer:
Alison Bell.

'Come on, Ref.... '
What makes a chap spend his weekends standing around on a cold, muddy football pitch, the butt of lighthearted taunts as to his eyesight and judgment? It's certainly not because the pay is good. Lynn ten Kate has been talking to people who do things more for love than money. Producer SUSAN SNAILUM (R)

Contributors

Producer:
Susan Snailum

1.55 Listening Corner Today: Mr Buzz the Beeman Stereo (R)
2.5 The Song Tree The Music Menagerie (4) Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR With PYEWACKETT Written by BARRY GIBSON Stereo (e)
2.20 Living Language Dotting the Eyes on a Painted Dragon by TERRY JAMES (e)
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series for schools and colleges Presented by LIBBY FAWBERT (e)

Contributors

Presented By:
Hilary James
Written By:
Barry Gibson
Presented By:
Libby Fawbert

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Diamonds: a girl's best friend - but not until the rough stones have been transformed into glittering gems. Cindy Selby follows the intricate process of cutting, polishing and setting from Amsterdam to London and discovers that, traditionally, diamonds were worn by men!
Serial: The Diary of a Good Neighbour (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Cindy Selby

To Mine Own Self byPAM TICKELL
Constance idolises her husband and dreams of a perfect marriage, but one evening she witnesses an event which is to change her whole life.
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pam Tickell
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Constance:
Helena Breck
Edward:
Christopher Scott
Ellen:
Helen Worth
Mama:
Tessa Worsley
James:
Simon Hewitt
Emily:
Luclnda Smith
Clarence:
David Learner
Mary-Jane:
Karen Archer

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Writer:
James Pettifer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
Mark Hebden:
Richard Derrington
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Sophie Barlowe:
Moir Leslie
Mike Hodges:
Stuart Organ

A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by John Timpson Producer CAROLE STONE BBCBristol
Send your letters to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS82LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Producer:
Carole Stone

Thirty years ago, the Treaty of Rome 'determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe'.
A series of 11 programmes offering a perspective on the European Community today through portraits of Britain's fellow members.
4: The Netherlands - Kingdom of Democracy
Despite its size, Holland has produced some of the world's largest multinational companies. It is a respeiftable non-conformist society but now the demands of Dutch culture often clash with its policies of liberalism and democracy. BBC correspondent Stephen Jessel assesses the Dutch and their land of contrasts and contradictions.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Jessel

Fifty-three years ago, E. W. Swanton made his first broadcast on the BBC's Empire Service. For more than half a century his name has been synonymous with cricket; he reported 270 Test Matches. On his 80th birthday, he reflects on his life in journalism and broadcasting in conversation with Cliff Morgan.
Producer emily MCMAHON

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Morgan.

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: Does He Take Sugar?
BBC. London WIA 4WW Phone [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Kati Whitaker
Producer:
Marlene Pease

BBC Radio 4 FM

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