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Presented by Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe in London with Brian Redhead at the Conservative Party Conference 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 20* Your Letters 7 25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Chris Lowe
Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Bryan Martin

The Dunes of Ynyslas
Sands may shift, suffer extreme temperatures and be low in nutrients, yet a range of dune toadstools thrive. Roy Waiting shows Derek Jones how these fungi overcome the problems. Producer JOHN HARRISON BBCBristol
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Waiting
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

A general musical knowledge quiz in three movements. Chairman Ned Sherrin
Second Round: First Semi-final Paul Campion
(department store executive) Hampton Oates (lecturer)
Ralph Stone (product manager) Questions set by EDWARD COLE and ROBERT WALTON
Programme devised by EDWARD COLE Producer RICHARD EDIS Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Paul Campion
Unknown:
Hampton Oates
Unknown:
Ralph Stone
Unknown:
Edward Cole
Unknown:
Robert Walton
Unknown:
Edward Cole
Producer:
Richard Edis

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Andrew McAndrew and Grandad's Fiddle Stereo (R)
2.05 History Lost and Found Before My Time Stereo (e)
2.25 Mainstream GCSE Presented by SIMON MAYO and SUSIE GRANT A teenage resource magazine for GCSE students with reports from schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2: Science Reporting team PAUL CLARK , JUDITH BURNS LYNN DAVIES and ROD MACRAE Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast next Tuesday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McAndrew
Presented By:
Simon Mayo
Unknown:
Paul Clark
Unknown:
Judith Burns
Unknown:
Lynn Davies

Introduced by Jenni Murray Black Boys Are Born of Heroes ... sing the Boys Choir of Harlem, drawn from the most disadvantaged children in New York. Lynn ten Kate meets them as they sing a repertoire ranging from classical music to gospel and jazz. Serial:
The Fashion in Shrouds (2)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray

A farcical comedy by Glyn Dearman
with Timothy West as Charles Dunwoody, a tycoon, Jenny Funnell as his wife, Mandy, David Lerner as Robert Westerby, a TV researcher and Timothy Bateson as Dermot Flash, a detective

 When a young television researcher calls on a newly married ex-model, to interview her in utmost secrecy for a television programme about her business tycoon husband, he has no idea of the chaos he is going to create....
(Stereo)
Hear This! page 25

Contributors

Writer:
Glyn Dearman
Director:
John Tydeman
Charles Dunwoody, a tycoon:
Timothy West
His wife, Mandy:
Jenny Funnell
Robert Westerby, a TV researcher:
David Lerner
Dermot Flash, a detective:
Timothy Bateson
Arthur Henderson, a business associate:
Edward de Souza
Maggie, Mandy's best friend:
Frances Jeater
Lawrence Hadingsby, a TV producer:
Alan Dudley
Elaine Court, Robert's girlfriend:
Elaine Claxton
Photographer:
James Goode

The programme for blind and partially-sighted people, or anyone who wears spectacles or contact lenses and wants to know what's new in hi-tech or low-vision aids, and the latest research and ideas about eyes and eyesight.
Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]Lines open from 8.30 to 10. 15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian MacRae
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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