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Presented by Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Chris Lowe
Unknown:
Bob Finigan
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

written and read by John Cornwell (1) abridged in nine parts by MICHAEL BOWEN
In September 1975, the bodies of two brothers and their sister were found shot dead on a remote farm in mid-Devon.
Behind the tragedy lay a grim and poignant family history. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Read By:
John Cornwell
Unknown:
Michael Bowen

Presented by Louise Botting. The programme dedicated to helping you get the most out of your money.
Mystified by your mortgage? Puzzled over pensions? Tied up in tax knots?
Money Box gets the answers from the people in the know.

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Botting.

from St George 's Parish Church, Belfast
With The Rev Dr Bert Tosh
Morning has broken; Lift thine eyes; All creatures of our God and King with the Mossgrove Singers conducted by Olive Watson
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
St George
Conducted By:
Olive Watson

Presented by Anne Stevenson Readers PETER JEFFREY and LIN SAGOVSKY
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol
Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Presented By:
Anne Stevenson
Presented By:
Readers Peter Jeffrey
Producer:
Margaret Bradley

Presented by Susan Rae Editor KEN VASS
If you are concerned about health, education, housing or financial matters or, if you are the victim of incompetent or unhelpful traders or authorities, write to: You and Yours, BBC. London W1A 4WW

Contributors

Presented By:
Susan Rae
Editor:
Ken Vass

To celebrate the close of the cricket season the team play the West Indies.
Barry 'Googly' Cryer, Willie 'Stumps' Rushton, Graeme 'Whip Off His Bails' Garden, Tim 'Oh What a Glorious Stroke' Brooke-Taylor, Bob Table
Umpire: Humphrey Lyttelton
Tea interval music: Colin Sell
Bats: Paul Spencer
(Stereo)
(Re-broadcast Wednesday at 6.30pm)

Contributors

Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Panellist:
Willie Rushton
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Music:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Paul Spencer

1.55 Listening Corner This week: Mending, Mixing and Fixing Presented by SANDRA KERR and TONY AITKEN BILL PATERSON reads Andrew McAndrew and Grandad's 's Bluebells by BERNARD MACLAVERTY Script written by LEE PRESSMAN Stereo (R)
2.05 Playtime Let's Go to the Supermarket Presented by MEGG NICOL and BEN THOMAS. Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast on Friday at
11.20amVHFIFM)
2.20 Science Scope
3: How Far Can You Grow? Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 Whirligig Unit 1: Animal Corner TERRY NUTKINS shows how to care for pets at school and at home. 3: Reptiles (e)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandra Kerr
Presented By:
Tony Aitken
Unknown:
Bill Paterson
Unknown:
Andrew McAndrew
Written By:
Lee Pressman
Presented By:
Megg Nicol
Unknown:
Ben Thomas.

Introduced by Jenni Murray From Goat to Coat
Jenny Stuart , herself a goat farmer, follows the production of cashmere from goat to the finished product, with the aid of breeders, fibre processors, spinners and designers.
Serial: The Fashion in Shrouds by MARGERY ALLINGHAM abridged in 13 episodes by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
Read by Jeremy Nicholas (1) Georgina Wells , a theatrical star and member of 'the smart set' in 1930s society, attracts men like a magnet. The trouble is they have a nasty habit of ending up dead - and that well-known and well-bred amateur sleuth, Albert Campion , has another case on his hands. (Music: Poulenc's 'Aubade') Editor CLARE SELERIE-GREY

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Jenny Stuart
Unknown:
Margery Allingham
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
Jeremy Nicholas
Read By:
Georgina Wells
Unknown:
Albert Campion

Self-Exposure
Why do artists paint self-portraits? What do they uncover in the process - is it painful or enjoyable?
A new touring exhibition of self-portraits shows the work. John Spurling talks to the artists.

Contributors

Talks:
John Spurling

Written and presented by Dave Sheasby
Rock climbing continues to be popular with its growing and dedicated band of practitioners, but as Dave Sheasby finds out, there is sometimes more than a clash of opinion about how it should be done and why. Producers DAVE SHEASBY and ED THOMASON. BBC North East

Contributors

Presented By:
Dave Sheasby
Unknown:
Dave Sheasby
Producers:
Dave Sheasby

The Tower of Constance by ELLEN DRYDEN with and Tourists now visit the Tower of Constance in the Carmargue, but in the 18th century, scores of French Protestant women were imprisoned there for their religious beliefs.
Catherine Bousset was born there. At the age of 16 she finds herself suddenly taken away from her mother and thrust into a world she never knew, disrupting both inside and outside the tower.
Directed by NED CHAILLET . Stereo (Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ellen Dryden
Unknown:
Catherine Bousset
Directed By:
Ned Chaillet
Marie Durand:
Pauline Letts
Anne Bousset:
Meg Davies
Catherine:
Victoria Carling
Guide/Marie Claire:
Elaine Claxton
Marian:
Maggie McCarthy
Harriet:
Victoria Carling
Pierre:
Stephen Tompkinson
Laurence:
Antony Howes
Jacques/Soldier:
Stephen Rashbrook
Marie Beraud:
Edna Doré
De Combelles:
Michael Deacon
Saint-Priest:
John Samson
Jeanne Auquier:
Helena McCarthy
Paul:
Johnathan Cullen
Thérèse:
Deborah Makepeace
Robert Bousset:
Simon Cuff
Suzanne Bousset:
Karen Archer
Matthieu:
Michael Tudor Barnes

Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer SALLY MARMION Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Sally Marmion
Editor:
Anne Winder

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