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Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by SIMON VANCE
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport with GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Simon Vance
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Water and the Source by ANNA WHEATLEY
Two recently bereaved brothers, divided by time and temperament, reunite for a day's fishing. Looking into the waters of the river neither can escape the image of their drowned mother.
Directed by PENNY GOLD Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Wheatley
Directed By:
Penny Gold
the Younger brother:
Anton Lesser
the Older brother:
Christopher Fairbank

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain.
Chairman Robert Robinson First Round: North Alan Stewart
(retired architect)
Ian Sutton (accountant) Fred Booth
(retired schoolmaster) Christine Dacey
(care assistant for the elderly) The programme includes Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Ian Sutton
Unknown:
Christine Dacey
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Introduced by Dilly Barlow
Homework - the Way Forward? A recent report by HM
Inspectorate pinpointed homework - properly set and carefully marked - as the key to raising standards in schools. Penny Searley canvasses the views of parents, teachers and pupils.
Serial: No More than Human (8)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dilly Barlow

by Howard Wakeling
Man (pl. men): adult human being, heroic figure, gallant, virile, unshrinking, unshakeable... until the wife leaves home taking the cat and the instructions for the washing machine with her!
Stereo (R)

Contributors

Writer:
Howard Wakeling
Director:
Caroline Raphael
Oliver:
David Haig
Dan:
Tom Georgeson
Adrian:
Trevor Nichols
Warren:
Scott Cherry
Rex:
Garard Green
Hector:
Gordon Reid
Martin:
Jamie Roberts

The last programme in the series about what's new in the world of work and enterprise. Presented by Rodney Smith Business on the Line
The telephone and its associated gadgetry continues to revolutionise business, but what happens when the line goes down?
Series researcher SIAN JAR VIS Producer ANDREW VIVIAN

Contributors

Presented By:
Rodney Smith
Producer:
Andrew Vivian

In which Jeremy Siepmann recounts the adventures and reflections of musicians abroad. 7: Liszt the Man with John Shrapnel and Angela Down
Producer RAY ABBOTT. Stereo
(Angela Down is in 'Breaking the Code' at the Comedy Theatre. London; John Shrapnel is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Siepmann
Unknown:
John Shrapnel
Producer:
Ray Abbott.
Unknown:
Angela Down
Unknown:
John Shrapnel

News. views and information for people with a visual handicap Presented by Ian Macrae Producer SUSAN DENNY
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]Lines openfrom 8.30 to 10.15pm Details of the 'In Touch
Handbook' in print, tape, moon and Braille, from
Broadcasting Support Services, PO Box 7, London W36XJ

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian MacRae
Producer:
Susan Denny

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