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Presented by Chris Lowe and Peter Hobday
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
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 HARTILL , the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent
8.25 The Weeklies With DAVID WALKER
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Lowe
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Eugene Fraser
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
David Walker
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

Presented by Cliff Morgan
Aces and dinks, ball boys and girls, barley water, chalk-dust, queues and seeds, strawberries and cream, tantrums, thunderstorms: Wimbledon Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

direct from one of Yorkshire's 'Gold Coast' resorts, the delightful old spa town of Scarborough
Bernard Falk finds out what it has on offer for all types of holidaymakers heading for the golden sands.
Chris Hawksworth goes out into the countryside and on to the moors to discover villages and places of interest only minutes away from the sea.
Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF For details of items in this week programme please send sae to:
[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Hawksworth
Producer:
Jenny Mallinson

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

Contributors

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

Clement Freud , Peter Jones Derek Nimmo 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

Contributors

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

The Museum of the Year award to the Beamish North of England Open Air Museum crowned the professional career of its creator Frank Atkinson. Now it's hotly tipped for the European title. Graeme Aldous takes a tram ride to sample life in the 20s, including a coalmine, 'The World's First Egg and Bacon Factory' and the Co-op in the cornfield.
BBC North East. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Atkinson.
Unknown:
Graeme Aldous

Shades of Blue by LEIGH JACKSON with and It is the day of the wedding of the daughter of a wealthy dentist, Adrian, who is hoping to start a new career in politics. His only rival for the local seat is his best friend Tony. Adrian 's day gets off to a bad start when he discovers that his mistress is pregnant, his wife has fallen in love with Tony and a general election has been called.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Leigh Jackson
Unknown:
Tony. Adrian
Directed By:
Cherry Cookson
Adrian:
Bob Peck
Pauline:
Rosemary Martin
Virginia:
Juliet Stevenson
Tony:
Clive Merrison
Emma:
Clare Travers-Deacon
Hopkins:
Richard Wilson

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 JENNY WALKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Unknown:
Georgina Ferry
Unknown:
Alun Lewis
Producer:
Jenny Walker

by Bob Couttie
"Join Ellis Weston as he takes us on the first of his guided tours around Satan's Playground...." An award-winning radio programme, a disturbed family and an ambitious producer are irretrievably damaged as a sceptical scientist investigates a terrifying poltergeist.
BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Bob Couttie
Directed by:
Alec Reid
David Morris:
Frank Windsor
Ellis Weston:
Michael Drew
Justin Fawkes:
John Abineri
Donna Griggs:
Lisa Geoghan
Gary Griggs:
Nicholas Csergo
Mrs Griggs:
Jo Anderson
Professor Vecchi:
Geoff Serle
Christine Vecchi:
Kim Hicks
Dr Rowney:
Shireen Shah
Wendy:
Barbara MacNamara
Joan:
Deirdre Edwards
Studio manager:
Lin Sagovsky
Man:
Paul Gregory

A Fatal Inversion by RUTH RENDELL (writing as BARBARA VINE) abridged in 14 parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Lewis Fiander 1: The Woodland Grave
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
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Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Rendell
Unknown:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Lewis Fiander
Producer:
Pamela Howe.

An Everyday Story of Country Folk
Barry Norman explores 36 years of the world's most successful soap opera. 'What we want is a farming Dick Barton ,' they said. What they got was The Archers. Like nosey neighbours, farmers and townies alike have been eavesdropping on the villagers of Ambridge, their births, marriages, deaths, divorces, affairs, disasters and triumphs. Barry Norman goes behind the scenes to find out how this
'everyday story of country folk' has withstood the test of time. Producer HELEN ROBSON
* HEAR THIS! page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Dick Barton
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Producer:
Helen Robson

Seventh of eight programmes Alexandria: No Abiding City The wondrous city of Alexander, Antony, Cleopatra and the poet Cavafy:
Joseph Hone returns to the remains of this fabled world - his city for a short time, too.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Hone

by BOB SINFIELD
The Cambridge Footlights
Revue starring the Class of '33: Kim Philby. Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess with and they found superfluous
Music composed by GEOFFREY WRIGHT and played by JONATHAN GEE Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Sinfield
Unknown:
Kim Philby.
Unknown:
Donald MacLean
Unknown:
Guy Burgess
Composed By:
Geoffrey Wright
Played By:
Jonathan Gee
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Philby:
Richard Denning
Maclean:
David Gooderson
Burgess:
Richard Frost
the women:
Barbara Rosenblat

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