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Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.25* Sport with IAN BROWN
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 FRANCIS WHEEN
Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Brian Perkins
Unknown:
Ian Brown
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Francis Wheen
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

by Ned Sherrin and the likes of Craig Charles Carol Thatcher , Emma Freud and Jonathan Ross.
Plus Victor Lewis Smith 's 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:
Jonathan Ross.
Unknown:
Victor Lewis Smith
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Producers:
Cathie Mahoney

Alfred Marks, Peter Jones , Derek Nimmo ,
Kenneth Williams with subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons
Devised by IAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo

Contributors

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

In this four-part series, Laurie Taylor sets out to discover the qualities and convictions of those who speak, and the expectations and criticisms of those who go to hear.
Stafford Whiteaker faces an audience in Oxfordshire. Producer SHARON BANOFF (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Stafford Whiteaker
Producer:
Sharon Banoff

The Pass by GINNIE HOLE with As the final exams approach tension mounts among the students at an Architectural School, especially for Raul.
If he fails he will be sent back to Chile, from where he has fled to avoid arrest.
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS Stereo

Contributors

Directed By:
Matthew Walters
Raul:
Arturo Venegas
Chris:
Kim Wall
Tracey:
Elaine Claxton
Michael:
Steven Harrold
Geoff:
Paul Gregory
Stephen:
David Goodland
The Rev James Penfold:
Peter Howell
Elizabeth Penfold:
Diana Olsson
Sami Hassan:
Dhirendra
Carolina/Student:
Deborah Makepeace
Luis/Student:
Andrew Branch
Student:
Jonathan Tafler

Science on 4 What do you get if you encourage thousands of the best minds in the world to indulge their curiosity? The answer is a lot of discoveries and developments in science, medicine, and technology - some important, all of them interesting. Peter Evans selects highlights from recent research. With reports from Geoff Watts , Georgina Ferry and Alun Lewis Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Unknown:
Georgina Ferry
Unknown:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Geoff Deehan

Rivers by BRIAN THOMPSON with and Forty years ago Sammy Langton was top of the bill on the Number Three music-hall circuit. Now he's just a has-been. But a face from the past appears on his doorstep with a scheme that will rescue them both from penury and obscurity - if it doesn't land them in jail first.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Thompson
Directed By:
Robert Cooper
Sammy Langton:
James Garbutt
Hilton Tuckwell:
Graham Crowden
Bob Smith:
Malcolm Hebden
Vicki:
Jane Hazlegrove
Postmistress/Landlady:
Ann Rye
Barbara Smith:
Jane Lowe
Clive Reynolds:
Anthony Benson
Squaddie:
David Michaels
Nurse SALLY:
Eld Ridge
Tommy Buckle:
Robert Keegan
Vicar:
Randal Herley

Nestling between high-rise office blocks in Croydon is the Warehouse Theatre. For ten years this fringe theatre has found new plays and nurtured young playwrights.
Natalie Wheen reports on how the Warehouse Theatre manages on a shoestring budget and with a skeleton staff, while keeping a loyal audience. Producer JOHN BOUNDY
Editor ANNE WINDER (R) revised A Kaleidoscope production

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
John Boundy
Editor:
Anne Winder

Winifred at Home
Known for her paintings of flowers and rainbows,
Winifred Nicholson was as unconventional in her artistic ideas as she was in her attitudes and in her dress. Her story is told to Judith Collins by family, friends and fellow artists.
Producer JUDITH BUMPUS. Stereo
● INFO: page 77

Contributors

Unknown:
Winifred Nicholson
Unknown:
Judith Collins
Producer:
Judith Bumpus.

by MORAY HUNTER Episode Three starring Morwenna Banks Robin Driscoll
Robert Glenister
Hugh Laurie , Clive Mantle andRoryBremner
In which the Ministry for Honesty issues a series of no-nonsense commercials which alert the country to the danger of commercials, and Ali loses his footsteps somewhere in Microcosm. Does this mean that Ali can no longer run for
Parliament? Tune in to hear the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Action Man, mp, speaking on this and other minor issues. Producer JAMES rix. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Morwenna Banks
Unknown:
Robin Driscoll
Unknown:
Robert Glenister
Unknown:
Hugh Laurie
Unknown:
Clive Mantle
Producer:
James Rix.

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