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Presented by John Humphrys and Jenni Murray
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by Brian Perkins
7.25* Sport
With Garry Richardson
7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective
with Rosemary Harthill, the BBC's Religious Affairs Correspondent
8.25 The Weeklies with Chris Dunkley
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Newsreader:
Brian Perkins
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

Presented by Cliff Morgan
Thousands of non-athletes of all shapes, sizes and ages have been miraculously transformed into finely-honed runners: there's just one day to go until the London Marathon. Plus news of the rest of the weekend's sport. Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

Bernard Falk reports on holidays and travel. Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs make up the team that will 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

Ned Sherrin with studio guests, and regular and irregular contributions from the likes of Robert Elms, Craig Charles Victoria Mather and Stephen Fry.
Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward.
Additional material by ALIST AIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Victoria Mather
Unknown:
Stephen Fry.
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

Clement Freud , Peter Jones Stanley Unwin 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 on Monday at 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Stanley Unwin
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

High Flight by CHRIS ALLEN with Named in the popular press as 'The Brightest Young Man in Britain', Jonathan's path to the very top looks assured. It's merely a question of choosing between politics, literature, the arts....and Jonathan can't wait to be rich and powerful.
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Allen
Directed By:
Matthew Walters
Jonathan Leigh:
Douglas Hodge

The Night they Stole the FA Cup by EDWIN PEARCE With
On the night of 11 September 1895, the FA Cup was stolen from a Birmingham shop window. In 1957 an old man confessed to his part in the robbery and told of the fate of the missing trophy.
Directed by PHILIP MARTIN BBC Pebble Mill Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. 0pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Edwin Pearce
Directed By:
Philip Martin
Wilf:
Neil Coker
Ramsay/Hipkiss:
Terry Molloy
Rinder:
Tim Brierley
darnley Shillcock:
Edwin Richfield
Joe:
Roger Rowland
Doris:
Joyce Gibbs
HodgettS:
Dave Mitty
Sargeant/ Rowbotham:
Geoff Searle
Cummings/Constable:
John Dixon
Cath:
Charlotte Martin
Nicker:
Mustlfa Dinson
Albert:
Richard Allenson

Home is a Castle
Scotland's only unique contribution to European architecture is the style of its small castles. There are about 600 of them and an increasing number are being restored from ruins to make striking and impressive homes - at a cost, after grant-aid, of no more than a family house in the south of England, plus a lot of dedication.
Maurice Lindsay talks to some of the new acquirers of castellated addresses. Producer JOHN ARNOTT BBC Scotland
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Contributors

Talks:
Maurice Lindsay
Producer:
John Arnott

by William Osborne and Richard Turner
Yes it's all in your throwaway Nineteen Ninety-Eight.
Am Jap: The Inside Story.... Plus!!!
Edward and Tabatha - the end of the line???
And: who is the mysterious Mrs Wigg?

(BBC Manchester)
(Stereo)
(Re-broadcast on Friday at 12.27pm)

Contributors

Writer:
William Osborne
Writer:
Richard Turner
Producer:
Nick Symons
Edward Wilson:
David Threlfall
[Actor]:
Pam Ferris
[Actor]:
Hugh Laurie
[Actor]:
Steve Steen
[Actor]:
Rebecca Stevens
[Actor]:
Richard Turner

A late-night sitcom starring Kit
Hollerbach Jeremy Hardy , Paul B. Davies and Caroline Leddy
6: Ill Met by Moonlight....
'The National Health Service is safe with us.'
But just who exactly are 'us'? When Kit has a little accident and Caroline gets fit for nothing, our friends uncover an unhealthy conspiracy.... Written by JEREMY HARDY. KIT HOLLERBACH and PAUL B. DAVIES with STEVE PUNT. CAROLINE LEDDY and PETE SINCLAIR
Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Hollerbach Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Caroline Leddy
Written By:
Jeremy Hardy.
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Caroline Leddy
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Producer:
David Tyler.

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