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With THE REV DAVID LAPSLEY

Presented by Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe in London and Brian Redhead at the TUC in Blackpool
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today s News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Part 3

The pith of the week Producer ANGIE NEHRING Stereo

This summer, the regular team of Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Geoffrey Smith put up their tent at the Showground in Kendal,
Cumbria, to answer gardening queries from visitors to the Lakeland Rose Show. Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
Plant lists and topical tips from 'Gardeners' Question Time' are displayed on Ceefax page 287

Secrets and Belief by ROY KELLY
Read by Kim Wall Producer SHEILA FOX

nem, p 46; Glorious things of thee are spoken (BBC HB 176);
Psalm 126; John 2, vvl-12; 0 for a thousand tongues (BBC HB 278). Stereo

Forty Years of Indian Independence
The last of a five-part series in which the BBC's Delhi correspondent, MarkTully, charts India's progress over four decades. Fortress India
Can India, beset by regionalism, sectarian violence, economic and administrative lethargy, and political infighting, survive another 40 years as a democratic nation?
Series producer ZAREER MASANI
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 7. 40pm)

From the apparently obvious to the downright obscure,
Dilly Barlow attempts to answer your questions, with help from specialists, experts and the BBC Reference Library. Including, this week, the history of swaddling bands. Producer CATHY DRYSDALE
Questions, on postcards only, please, to: Enquire Within, BBC, London W1A 4WW

Presented by John Buckley

by Alexander Walker 9: Robert Redford
He takes the best close-ups of any star today; and although Redford excels at playing the flawed side of American heroes, what he probably grinds his teeth over in private is the fact that the public still insist on taking away an impression of perfection.
Producer WENDY CLAY

Presented by Gordon Clough

IRENE HANDL reads Grandma and Bopper at the Sports and Fun Day (R)

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the week: Dr Robert Runcie ,
The Archbishop of Canterbury Serial:
A Parents' Survival Guide (5)

The German by CHARLES JENNINGS
Jack, a married man, works for a successful British firm and knows that one way to personal success is to invite his German boss to dinner. They soon discover that it's a meal that leaves them both having bitten off more than they can chew.
Directed by GERRY JONES. Stereo

Dannie Abse presents seven programmes of poetry about music.
4: Public Performances Readers ANDREW SACHS and kim WALL
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo

Newcastle on Film
Stormy Monday has the biggest budget for any British film this year. It's being shot in Newcastle - the first film made there since Get Carter in 1971. And it not only has a local story about a jazz club owner fighting off American gangsters, but writer/director, Mike Figgis , and star, Sting, both come from Newcastle.
David Roper reports from the film set.
Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN

Presented by Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams continued on VHFIFM 5.50-5.55

With DAVID SYMONDS including Financial Report

Stereo

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)

John Waite returns with his team of investigators to peer under official carpets, behind company smoke-screens and through bureaucratic red tape. The programme sets out to pursue not only individual allegations of injustice, sharp practice and the abuse of authority, but also wider issues as a result of which the lives of ordinary people may be damaged by the actions -or complacency - of others. Producer GRAHAM ELLIS Editor CHRIS LONGLEY
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.05am) If you 've a case which you believe deserves investigation, write to: Face the Facts, BBC. London WIA 4WW

In the sixth of eight programmes, Fntz Spiegl continues his tours round British resorts.
Reader JOHN WESTBROOK
Producer RAY ABBOTT. Stereo

(Details tomorrow at 11. 00am)
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Brady Says by DAVE SHEASBY
Stereo

Last of four programmes
'Somebody once gave me a trumpet on an impulse of drug-induced generosity. I joined a band in Leeds that played a hard gutsy music which put smiles on the faces of the dead.' Adventures in the jazz trade by Jeff Nuttall.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

Presented by Natalie Wheen Producer WILL CANTOPHER
(Rev re-broadcast tomorrow at 4. 35pm)

The Moon and the Bonfire (8)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod including special coverage by Larry Harris from the TUC at Blackpool

followed by an interlude