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Presented by John Humphrys and Chris Lowe
6 30 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by SIMON VANCE 7 20* Your Letters 7J25*, 8.25* Sport with ANDY SMITH
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Chris Lowe
Read By:
Simon Vance
Unknown:
Andy Smith

Derek Jones goes to the Scilly Isles to join David Nichols on a Tresco beach to see what one of the lowest tides of the year has revealed.
Producer JOHN HARRISON. BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jones
Unknown:
David Nichols
Producer:
John Harrison.

Chairman Ned Sherrin First Round: Heat 5
John Napier (lecturer) Mark Radford
(warehouse clerk)
Susan Creasey (self-employed) Questions set by EDWARD COLE and ROBERT WALTON
Programme devised by EDWARD COLE Producer RICHARD EDIS. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 6.3Opm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
John Napier
Unknown:
Mark Radford
Unknown:
Susan Creasey
Unknown:
Edward Cole
Unknown:
Robert Walton
Unknown:
Edward Cole
Producer:
Richard Edis.

1.55 Listening Corner WENDY CRAIG reads Noisy Natalie Goes to the Theatre. Stereo
2.05 History Lost and Found This is Your Life-Line Producer ELIZABETH CLEAVER Stereo (e)
2.25 Mainstream GCSE Presented by SIMON MAYO and SUSIE GRANT A teenage resource magazine for GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Coursework and assessment; examiner phone-link; experimental design; issue for discussion; real world applications; career and course opportunities. 1: Biology Editor PETER WARD. Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast next Tuesday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Producer:
Elizabeth Cleaver
Presented By:
Simon Mayo
Editor:
Peter Ward.

Autumn Love by STEWART LOVE John is 50, and confronted with the possibility of having to compete for his own job as a teacher. This is a dispiriting experience, but his strength lies in his love for his family.
Directed by RONALD MASON
BBC Northern Ireland. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Love
Directed By:
Ronald Mason
John:
Denys Hawthorne
Mary:
Trudy Kelly
Tom:
Tom Cromie
Phillip:
Leanne Omalley
Alison:
Geraldine Hughes
optician/woman/girl:
Stella McKusker
Father/Cycle man:
Joe MacPartland
doctor/principal:
Anthony Finigan
orthodintist:
Maurice O'Callaghan
Teacher/Man:
Dan Gordon

by JEAN-PIERRE DE ROHAN
The last in a series of stories about four extinct birds
4: Swansong of the Trumpter
Thousands of these snow-white birds were slaughtered during the 19th century.
Narrated by Barry Paine Producer MILES BARTON BBC Bristol. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean-Pierre de Rohan
Unknown:
Barry Paine

starring in Wedding Bells
'Well, I think it's a mother's duty to keep a maternal eye on her daughter's emotional entanglements. That's what I always tried to do with you. You know, subtly. At a distance.'
Written by SIMON BRETT
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast Friday at 12.25pm)
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Contributors

Written By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Pete Atkin.
Sarah:
Prunella Scales
Eleanor:
Joan Sanderson
Russell:
Benjamin Whitrow
Clare:
Gerry Cowper

In the last of four family portraits, Michael O'Donnell explores how shifting social and moral attitudes in Britain have affected family life. The
Gittlesons Michael O'Donnell goes East - to Wapping - to meet a family of East Enders, the Gittlesons. Three generations, with community roots, would be the envy of many - and the fear of some. But the Gittlesons jolt many of our prejudices about 'relative values'.
Producer SHARON BANOFF
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.05pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell
Unknown:
Gittlesons Michael O'Donnell
Producer:
Sharon Banoff

Mollie Harris presents a seasonal selection from the countryside of Britain. There's a trip south to the Scilly Isles to discover how plant life was affected by last winter's bad weather and north to find out about life on a Scottish island. Also, a report on the movements of deer and songs from the Hampshire countryside.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mollie Harris

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