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Presented by John Humphrys and Brian Redhead
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 GARRY RICHARDSON
7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

by JOHN LE CARRE adapted in six parts by RENE BASILICO starring with and 2: After his abrupt departure from British Intelligence,
Alec Leamas tries desperately to cope with life outside the Service.
Theme music by MAX HARRIS Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carre
Unknown:
Alec Leamas
Music By:
Max Harris
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Alec Leamas:
Colin Blakely
Liz Gold:
Janet Maw
Miss Crail:
Dilys Laye
Publican:
Ron Pember
Tart:
Helen Keating
Peter GuiUam:
Douglas Blackwell
Pitt:
Keith Smith
Greengrocer:
Brian Smith
Doctor:
Peter Howell
Grocer/Delaney:
Peter Childs

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Patrick by QUENTIN BLAKE. Stereo
2.05 History Lost and Found Two Country Families Stereo (e)
2.25 Mainstream GCSE Presented by SIMON MAYO and SUSIE GRANT 6: Maths Stereo (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Blake.
Presented By:
Simon Mayo

Introduced by Jenni Murray In the programme no woman can afford to miss, Jenny Cuffe reports on the secret tests which turn patients into guinea pigs without their consent. Serial: Fiela's Child (12)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe

by PETER MYERS with Alan takes his son Ken out camping on the Yorkshire moors to make a man of him. But courage is a quality of manhood which Ken has to learn for himself....
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Myers
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Alan:
Brian Glover
Ken:
David Bartlett
Roger:
James Snell
Dave:
Rex Holdsworth
George:
Tom Karol

From military tattoos to the concert platform, and brass band championships to the dance hall, brass players have a special place in Britain's musical culture.
Richard Baker talks to trombonist Don Lusher and trumpeter Philip Jones , two of the leading figures in the brass world for the best part of 40 years.
Producer NIGEL WILKINSON Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
Don Lusher
Unknown:
Philip Jones
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson

Reporters Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with BBC Local Radio stations to discover what links Whitby with Tonga, Devon with Brittany and Manchester with Leningrad.
International Alignment - a Tale of Two Cities
Twinning enthusiasts claim they promote international friendship and British exports. But the critics say international links are often just an excuse for civic junketing. They argue twinning towns within Britain would offer more benefits... and could help overcome the North-South divide. Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
0 YOURS LOCALLY: pages 74-75

Contributors

Unknown:
David Clayton

... My Reason for Living? An inquiry conducted by Richard Anthony Baker with Rosalyn Elvin
Witnesses BARBARA CARTLAND
MARTY FELDMAN. BEATRICE LILLIE LEE REMICK and NELLIE WALLACE Adjudicator ALAN OWEN Stereo

Contributors

Conducted By:
Richard Anthony Baker
Unknown:
Rosalyn Elvin
Unknown:
Witnesses Barbara Cartland
Unknown:
Marty Feldman.
Unknown:
Beatrice Lillie
Unknown:
Lee Remick
Unknown:
Nellie Wallace
Unknown:
Adjudicator Alan Owen

For people with a visual handicap Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL
Questions and comments relating to the programme can be phoned through this evening on [number removed]between 8.30 and 10. 15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian MacRae
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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