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Presented by Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys
6.30, 7.30.8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7 45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Clive Roslin

MCC - The Fully Harmonious and Totally Unauthorised History
The story the authorities did not want told. This year Lord's is 200 years old, but only now can it be revealed that there is something rotten at its heart. It is not a harmless and innocent institution dedicated to the playing of cricket. This is just a front.
Peter Tinniswood and his good friend from Witney Scrotum, the Brigadier, have obtained access to the highly classified MCC sound archive and at last are able to tell the full truth, about this unique establishment.
Producer ANDREW PARFITT Stereo
(Re-broadcast next Tuesday) 0 HEAR THISIpaffe 16and INFO: page 77

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Parfitt

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge
Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden
In the Chair Michael O'Donnell Questions compiled by PETER MOORE Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Antonia Fraser
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell
Unknown:
Peter Moore
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

Introduced from Manchester by Julie Carter who brings together two women who have launched their own newspapers in the north west: Annie Lowey , publisher of the Manx Post on the Isle of Man; and Margaret Loran who runs the Macclesfield Community News.
Woman's Hour also investigates sleeping in the sun. Are siestas just a Continental indulgence or the secret of eternal youth? Producer JENNIFER HOLDEN BBC Manchester
Serial: Just YouWait and See (5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Carter
Unknown:
Annie Lowey
Unknown:
Margaret Loran
Producer:
Jennifer Holden

by MRS HENRY WOOD dramatised in seven parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL with 6: An MPfor West Lynne
For Mr Carlyle and Barbara Hare marriage has brought domestic bliss. But for Lady Isabel there is only a misery deepened by her return to East Lynne in disguise to be governess to her own children.
MARTIN GOLDSTEIN (piano) Directed by DAVID JOHNSTON Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Henry Wood
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Unknown:
Mr Carlyle
Unknown:
Barbara Hare
Piano:
Martin Goldstein
Directed By:
David Johnston
Mrs Henry Wood:
Rosemary Leach
the Lady Isabel:
Moir Leslie
Mr Carlyle:
David Collings
Francis Levison:
Anthony Edridge
Miss Cornelia:
Maxine Audley
Barbara Hare:
And Julie Berry
Richard:
Kim Wall
Justice Hare:
Brian Hewlett
Lord Mount Severn:
Stephen Thorne
Joyce:
Jo Kendall
Dill:
Tim Reynolds
Little Isabel:
Bernadette Windsor
Little William:
Ben Robb
Young Lord Vane:
Sean Arnold
Pinner/Dobede:
Colin Starkey
Ball:
Peter Acre
Bethel:
Stephen Harrold
James:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Dr Martin:
Tim Munroe

Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with Local Radio stations around the country to find the best street musicians One Man.... Banned?
The Good Busking Guide
There has never been such a wealth and variety of music on the streets of Britain, from traditional tin whistlers and pianos on wheels to today's phenomenon - the techno-busker! They can bring life and colour to drab city centres, or be condemned as blatant evidence of a black economy. Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East

Contributors

Unknown:
David Clayton

The astronomer
Heather Couper presents, before an audience in the Octagon Room at the Old Royal Observatory, in Greenwich, a selection of her favourite poetry and prose. Readers TIMOTHY WEST and KIKA MARKHAM
Producer ALEC REID. BBC Bristol Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Couper
Producer:
Alec Reid.

Makers of law, legal practitioners and those who serve the administration of justice all contribute to this topical weekly magazine about issues thrown up by the Courts and by Parliament.
Presented by John Eidinow Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Presented By:
John Eidinow
Producer:
Anthony Moncrieff

One for the Road
From the earliest days of mule track and trireme to the age of jet flights and travellers' cheques, the experiences of a journey have proved fascinating reading. The travel writers of today are following in the footsteps of a long line of distinguished literary wanderers, from Pausanius to Boswell and Borrow. But what place does travel writing have in a world shrinking under the global scrutiny of a television lens?
Paul Vaughan investigates. Producer MIKE GREENWOOD (Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Mike Greenwood

A satirical view of the week's news with Bill Wallis ,
David Tate , Sally Grace and Jon Glover
Written by PAUL B. DAVIES RICHARD QUICK. STEVE PUNT
MIKE COLEMAN. ALISON RENSHAW PETE SINCLAIR. KEVIN MANDRY GED PARSONS. MAX HANDLEY
BILL MATTHEWS. MARK BURTON
JOHN OFARRELL . ROBERT LINFORD LES PETERS ROWLEY. PETER HICKEY and others
Producer ANDY WILSON. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow 5.25pm L W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Mike Coleman.
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair.
Unknown:
Kevin Mandry
Unknown:
Ged Parsons.
Unknown:
Max Handley
Unknown:
Bill Matthews.
Unknown:
Mark Burton
Unknown:
John Ofarrell
Unknown:
Robert Linford
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Andy Wilson.

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