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Presented by Peter Hobday and Jenni Murray
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25* Sport With ANDY SMITH
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with ROSEMARY HARTILL , the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent
8.25 The Weeklies with IAN HISLOP
Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Jenni Murray
Read By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Andy Smith
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

Presented by Cliff Morgan
It's bound to snow today: the First-class cricket season starts at Cambridge. A good excuse, perhaps, to stay indoors and concentrate on the World Professional Snooker
Championship from Sheffield. Producer JOANNE WATSON

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Joanne Watson

Bernard Falk reports on holidays and travel. In all four corners of the earth he leaves no stone unturned, discovering new and exciting holidays and tackling those trips that have not lived up to expectations. Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs make up the team that make sense of the world of travel.
Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF For details of items in this week 's programme please send sae to:
[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Nigel Coombs
Producer:
Jenny Mallinson

Unravelled, dangled or tied up by Ned Sherrin and the likes of Craig Charles , Carol Thatcher , Emma Freud and Jonathon Ross. Plus the Victor Lewis Smith Look at Life Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Emma Freud
Unknown:
Jonathon Ross.
Unknown:
Victor Lewis
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

How accurate are opinion polls? How much do they influence the tactics of the political parties? Do they help or hinder the democratic process?
Robert Carvel of the London
Standard discusses these issues with those who closely follow the pollsters' findings. Producer MARGARET HILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Carvel

Peter Jones , Derek Nimmo
Tim Rice and Kenneth Williams try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons Devised by IAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR Stereo
(Re-broadcast Easter Monday 6. 30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Edward Taylor

Incident at the Devil's Gate by BRUCE STEWART with and
Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot dead as he celebrated Mass on 25 March 1980. By some he was regarded as a conservative, by others he was branded a Marxist. But for him there was only his faith: faith at odds with the world.
Music arranged and played by PAUL BUCK
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Stewart
Unknown:
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Oscar Romero:
Alec McCowen
Colonel Carillo:
Ronald Lacey

Secret Forests and Crocodile Caves
In uncharted areas of northern Madagascar, a British expedition led by Jane Wilson and Phil Chapman discover rare lemurs and flightless birds, a new species of pink blind fish, large and very aggressive freshwater eels, and six-metre-long crocodiles that hide in caves.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Wilson
Unknown:
Phil Chapman

... with a reminiscence from his lifetime in show business. The TV Spectacular - a Contradiction in Terms
A story that will confirm what you'd always suspected and the place in show business history of the liver-sausage sandwich. Research PETER JONES
Producer PETE ATKIN (R)

Contributors

Producer:
Pete Atkin

The Seagull by ANTON CHEKHOV A version by THOMAS KILROY with and Chekhov's classic play is transposed to the West of Ireland in 1896. Social unrest and a crumbling society form the background to personal turmoil as Isobel Desmond , great actress of the London stage, returns to her Irish estate and a family trapped in a complex and vicious circle.
Directed by DAVID HITCHINSON
Radio 4/World Service production Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Unknown:
Thomas Kilroy
Unknown:
Isobel Desmond
Directed By:
David Hitchinson
Isobel Desmon:
Anna Massey
Aston:
Alan Rickman
Constantine:
Dominic Guard
Lily:
Fiona Victory
DrHickey:
T P McKenna
Pauline:
Kate Binchy
Peter:
Alan MacNaughtan
Mary:
Maggie McCarthy
James:
Sean Barret-R
Gregory:
Tony Doyle
Jack:
Breffn1 McKenna

The Possessors by JOHN CHRISTOPHER abridged in 12 parts by BRIAN GEAR
Read by Hywel Bennett 3: The Empty Room
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Christopher
Unknown:
Brian Gear
Read By:
Hywel Bennett
Producer:
Pamela Howe.

Resurgam ... I Will Rise Again William Scanlan Murphy tells the story of the tiny, steam-driven submarine which lies beneath Colwyn Bay and of its Victorian inventor, The Rev
George Garrett , a Manchester curate who became (among other things) a commander in the Turkish Navy. With and GEOFFREY BANKS
DAVID FLEESHMAN. JENNY HOWE and DAVID MICHAELS
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
0 INFO: page 91

Contributors

Unknown:
William Scanlan Murphy
Unknown:
George Garrett
Unknown:
Geoffrey Banks
Unknown:
David Fleeshman.
Unknown:
Jenny Howe
Unknown:
David Michaels
George Garrett:
Alan Rothwell

from St Anne's Basilica, Jerusalem
A celebration of Christ's resurrection. Worshippers gather to kindle the Paschal candle and to follow its light into the darkened church to greet the Risen Christ. Leader of the Schola Fr Luc Lefief
Mass Leader Fr Pierre Simson

Contributors

Leader:
Fr Pierre Simson

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