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Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by SIMON VANCE
7.25* Sport with JOHN INVERDALE
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with JOHN NEWBURY, the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent Editor JOLYON MONSON

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Simon Vance
Unknown:
John Inverdale
Editor:
Jolyon Monson

Presented by Cliff Morgan All eyes are on Muirfield
Village, Ohio, where the USA takes on Europe for golfs Ryder Cup. Europe are the holders, but the Americans have never lost in their own backyard. History could be in the making.
Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Peter Griffiths

with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Robert Elms,
Craig Charles , Victoria Mather and Stephen Fry.
Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward.
Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY
(Re-broadcast at 11. 00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Victoria Mather
Unknown:
Stephen Fry.
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

Mike says - 'Here 's a bit of talent'
Your chance to help Radio Active spot the stars of the future and wreck any career they might have had.
Previous winners include Douglas McAshe and his
Amazing Novelty Animal Act (contact: Pentonville Artists pic) and mime ventriloquist, The Great Baddo.
Other past winners: Ann
Written by GEOFFREY PERKINS and ANGUS DEAYTON with additional material by MICHAEL FENTON-STEVENS Music by PHILIP POPE and ANGUS DEAYTON and special guest Kate Robbins
Producer THE GREAT TYLER-0 (Radio Active is available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and funerals, c/o Honest Ron Management plc) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas McAshe
Written By:
Geoffrey Perkins
Written By:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music By:
Philip Pope
Music By:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Kate Robbins
a Daptor:
(helen Atkinson Wood)
Mike Channel:
(angus Deayton)
Martin Brown:
(michael Fenton-Stevens)
Oivind Vinstra:
(geoffrey Perkins)
Dick Wrong:
(philip Pope)

The Kite Flyer by ROSE TREMAIN
Anthony is the vicar of a country parish. 'If he had never discovered God, none of the events I shall relate to you would have happened.
Although it is a strange way of expressing it, you could almost say that God was an accessory to the crime he was eventually to commit.'
Directed by PENNY GOLD . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rose Tremain
Directed By:
Penny Gold
Anthony:
Joe Melia
Olivia:
Rosemary Leach
the Narrator:
John Rye
the Psychiatrist:
Kenneth Cranham

Kathleen Frenchman pieces together what little is known about The Rev Henry Hunnings , an obscure Victorian clergyman, who played an important part in the development of the telephone. Reader David Mahlowe Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Frenchman
Unknown:
Henry Hunnings
Reader:
David Mahlowe
Producer:
Gillian Hush

My baby mine by PAUL ANGELIS
Jake had a reputation as a great womaniser - so much so that there weren't many women who'd go out with him, and those who would he didn't fancy. But Jake had plenty of soft spots, and was as capable of being hurt as the next person.
Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3.00pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Angelis
Directed By:
Jane Morgan.
Jake Bartlett:
James Laurenson
Anne-Marie:
Zelah Clarke
Hogg:
Anthony Jackson
George michael:
Graham Cox
Francis:
Tim Reynolds
Paulo/Ramsey:
Ian Thompson
Purdon:
James Snell
Mac:
David Sinclair
Matthew:
Paul Gregory
Zondra:
Deborah Makepeace
Ed:
Jonathan Tafler
Haws/Samir:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Flower girl:
Victoria Carling
Joanie:
Helen Cotterill
Waitress:
Susie Brann
Doctor:
Julie Berry
Barman:
Simon Cuff
Morris:
David Goodland

A Fatal Inversion by RUTH RENDELL writing as BARBARA VINE abridged in 14 parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Lewis Fiander 14: Dig a Little Deeper
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBCBristol

Contributors

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

The people of Castle Carrock in Cumbria help David Bean to put together a picture of life in their village.
6: Mozart and Maggie Baggs Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bean
Unknown:
Maggie Baggs
Producer:
Gillian Hush

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius by SUE UMB
The final episode of a soap opera in four parts, set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century.
Cholericke is indisposed.
William attempts to recollect an emotion. The Lumps arrive.
Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes mad....
Music by STEPHEN OLIVER SungbyCANTABILE Producer
JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Lump
Music By:
Stephen Oliver
Unknown:
Jonathan James-Moore
Dorothy Wordsmith:
Coffey Coffey
William Wordsmith:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke:
Simon Callow
Charles Lump:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Mary Lump:
Julia Hills
Stinking Iris:
Miriam Margolyes
Leechpedlar:
Chris Emmett

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