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Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday in London and John Humphrys in Moscow
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by charlotte GREEN 7 20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Charlotte Green
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

The Cafe of True Romance by CAROLYN SALLY JONES
Read by Valerie Windsor
'It was where all our schooldays had ended and begun. Over steaming blackcurrants or pale, frothy coffee we'd waited for someone like Billy Fury to walk through the door.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Carolyn Sally Jones
Read By:
Valerie Windsor
Unknown:
Billy Fury

Presented by Jeremy Cherfas A pot-poum of wildlife stories including: man's nearest relative - the pygmy chimpanzee - the 'real' Russian bear, dolphins that hear with their jawbones, and the horses, cattle and flamingos of the Carmargue.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBCBristol

Contributors

Presented By:
Jeremy Cherfas

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: The House on the Hill by P.C. ASBJORNSEN. Stereo (e)
2.5 History Long Ago The Romans are Here (RV) by ARTHUR SCHOLEY. Stereo (e)
2.25 Contact Yussuf Islam Story by DAVID SELF (e)
2.40 Listening to Music 1 (11-13) Tchaikovsky s 1812 Overture (Part 2). Stereo (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Scholey.
Story By:
David Self

Past Glories by nick MCCARTY
Peter left the Midlands to make a prosperous life in South East England. Now, years later, his son wishes to return and work in the Black Country. During a family funeral old conflicts surface to confront the father and test the illusions of the son.
Directed by phujp martin
BBC Pebble Mill Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick McCarty
Directed By:
Phujp Martin
the Grandmother:
Mary Wimbush
Peter:
Terry Molloy
Anne:
Gillian Goodman
Paul:
Andy Hockley
Paul:
Andy Hockley
Grandad/Old Jack:
Ronald Herdman
Mrs Alan:
Joyce Gibbs
Minister:
Eric Stovell

Presenters Neil Walker and David Clayton with the last in a series of weekly link-ups of BBC local radio stations.
An investigation of a grass roots issue using the combined reporting resources at BBC
Newsrooms around the country Producers GLYN JONES and NEIL WALKER. BBC North East (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Presenters:
Neil Walker
Presenters:
David Clayton
Producers:
Glyn Jones
Producers:
Neil Walker.

The Countryside in Spring Mollie Harris presents a seasonal look at the countryside. There's a visit to a self-sufficiency group in Hampshire to find out how they're improving crop growth; a trip along one of the busiest motorways to meet the contract shepherd working under the Heathrow flightpath; and an investigation into the declining population of Britain's smallest and most attractive rodent - the dormouse.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT

Contributors

Unknown:
Mollie Harris
Producer:
Caroline Elliot

For people with a visual handicap Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]Lines open from 8.30 to 10.15 pm The 'In Touch Handbook' in print, tape, moon and Braille, £4.95 including p and p, from [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White

BBC Radio 4 FM

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