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Presented by Peter Hobday and Phil Longman
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*. 8.25* Sport With ANDY SMITH
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Phil Longman
Unknown:
Andy Smith

First of two programmes Flying with the Birds
What impulse makes man want to fly? At the age of 18, the . impulse was so strong for
Judy Leden that she gave up university to indulge her passion for hang-gliding. Now she is Women's World Hang-Gliding Champion.
She talks to Peter Stead about the magnificent obsession that sent her flying with the birds. Producer ELAINE WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Judy Leden
Unknown:
Peter Stead
Producer:
Elaine Williams

1.55 Listening Comer WENDY CRAIG reads Noisy Natalie Has a Quiet Afternoon. Stereo
2.05 Let's Join In with SOUNDBOX Tortoise's Dream by JOANNA TROUGHTON Producer COLIN SMITH (R) (e)
2.25 The Song Tree 1: Huff and Puff Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR with PYEWACKETT Written and produced by BARRY GIBSON. Stereo (e)
2.40 Country Dancing Stage 3 Presenter JOHN TETHER (1) Producer DOUGLAS COOMBES (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
Joanna Troughton
Producer:
Colin Smith
Presented By:
Hilary James
Produced By:
Barry Gibson.

Introduced from the North East by Julia Shaw
Sue Day has found a way to turn the beauty of the Yorkshire countryside into money. Her horse-drawn canal-boat trips attract the tourists. And they'll pay extra for the delight of a pie and peas supper. Jill Hopkins joins her for a journey along the Rochdale Canal near Halifax. Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
Serial: Prenez Garde (9)

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Shaw
Unknown:
Sue Day
Unknown:
Jill Hopkins

by ALEXANDRE DUMAS dramatised in seven parts by BARRY CAMPBELL starring and 5: The Dinner Party
Having successfully established himself in Paris,
Edmond Dantes , now the fabulously wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, has begun to plot the downfall of his enemies; Baron Danglars, the Comte de Morcerf and M de Villefort.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Barry Campbell
Unknown:
Edmond Dantes
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Edmond Dantes:
Andrew Sachs
Baron Danglars:
Geoffrey Matthews
Caderousse:
Paul Gregory
La Comtesse de Morcerf:
Melinda Walker
de Villefort:
Nigel Anthony
Mme St Meran:
Gladys Spencer
Maximillian Morrel:
David Goudge
Albert de Morcerf:
Jonathan Tafler
Franz d'Epinay:
Owen Scott
Lucien Debray:
Brian Hewlett
Chateau-Renaud:
Stuart Organ
Baroness Danglars:
Margaret Wolfit
Mme de Villefort:
Sheila Grant
Valentine de Villefort:
Deborah Makepeace
Bertuccio:
Stephen Thorne
Andrea:
David Goodland
Telegraph man:
John Hollis
Baptistin:
Kim Wall
Doctor:
Michael Deacon

A celebration of 'the cooked dinner'
No one enjoys a gravy dinner more than Ruth Parry but she's surprised to discover that sociologist Dr Anne Murcott sees it as a highly sophisticated ritual which reflects the woman's role at home and in the community.
Producer RICHARD THOMAS BBC Wales
(Re-broadcast next Monday)
0 INFO: page 91

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Parry
Unknown:
Dr Anne Murcott
Producer:
Richard Thomas

Written by SAM JACOBS
BBC Pebble Mill
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Written By:
Sam Jacobs
Cast for:
The Week:
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Walter Gabriel:
Chriss Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Lucy Perks:
Tracy Jane White
Martha Woodford:
Molue Harris
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Clarrie Grundy:
Fiona Mathieson
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Nigel Pargetter:
Nigel Caliburn
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Ruth Pritchard:
Felicity Finch

The Rt Hon George Younger , mp, Secretary of State for Defence,
Charles Kennedy , mp,
Margaret Ewing , mp, and Brian Wilson , mp tackle the issues raised by the audience at Selkirk in the Borders.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Younger
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
Margaret Ewing
Unknown:
Brian Wilson
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone.

It's Only a Story
Sid Chaplin wanted to be a scientist or a preacher.
He became a miner and a writer instead. As his native North East celebrates his memory with a new play based on his stories, Paul Allen reports on Sid Chaplin 's life and work, and the continuing regional story-telling tradition.
Producer DAVE SHEASBY BBC North East
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sid Chaplin
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Sid Chaplin
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Written By:
Richard Quick
Written By:
Steve Punt
Written By:
Mike Coleman
Written By:
Alison Renshaw.
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Unknown:
Kevin Mandry.
Unknown:
Ged Parsons
Unknown:
Bill Matthews.
Unknown:
Max Handley
Unknown:
Mark Burton.
Unknown:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Robert Unford
Unknown:
Lespetersrowley Peter Hickey
Producer:
Andy Wilson.

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