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Presented by Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With RICHARD QUEST
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP s surgery.
Producer JACKIE LUNN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at & 15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Jackie Lunn

A musical panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Pete Atkin

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Parly Huggett and the Knobbly Parcel Stereo
2.05 History Lost and Found Australia Project Sydney Cove Adventurers The First Fleet by NANCE IRVINE Stereo (R) (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. Coursework and assessment; examiner phone-link; experimental design; issue for discussion; real world applications; career and course opportunities. 8: Chemistry Stereo (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Parly Huggett
Presented By:
Simon Mayo

In the programme where you can meet heroines and history-makers, Jenni Murray talks to Joan Baez , whose songs of freedom and peace gave folk music a political voice. Serial: Corporal Jack by MARJORIE QUARTON abridged in 12 episodes by DOREEN ESTALL
Read by Nigel Anthony (12)

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Joan Baez
Unknown:
Marjorie Quarton
Read By:
Nigel Anthony

A comedy by OWEN HOLDER with the BBC Radio Drama Company
A cynical male 'romance' writer and an austere female academic form an unlikely liaison when they both get writer's block.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL. Stereo

Contributors

Comedy By:
Owen Holder
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell.
Bill:
Anthony Jackson
Sybil:
Polly James
Kay:
Caroline Gruber
Martin:
Tim Reynolds
Mac:
Sheila Grant

The life of an orchestral percussionist might appear to be full of rests, frantic counting and noisy outbursts, but that's only part of the story. This afternoon Richard Baker talks to Michael Frye , principal percussionist of the London
Symphony Orchestra, who was for four years Mike Oldfield 's drummer, and Evelyn Glennie , who at 22 is the most successful percussionist of her generation. ProducerJUDITH ROLES . Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
Michael Frye
Unknown:
Mike Oldfield
Unknown:
Evelyn Glennie
Producer:
Judith Roles

Reporters Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with BBC Local Radio stations around the country, and dream of eight score draws.
It's 's Not Going to Change My Life Do football pools winners end up as losers?
Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Clayton
Producer:
Glyn Jones

The Love of Money
For over 100 years, the Hibbert Trust has sponsored the annual Hibbert Lecture. This year's speaker is Andrew Phillips , a City solicitor for 22 years, who observes an era of unparalleled affluence exacting a price of moral schizophrenia. Can
Christian values, he asks, be lived out any longer in the world of money-making?
Libby Purves introduces the lecture, and chairs a live studio discussion. Andrew Phillips is joined by a panel including
Patrick Coldstream , Director of the Council for Industry and Higher Education, and Professor Jack Mahoney ,
Director of the Business Ethics Research Centre at King's College, London.
Producer NORMAN WINTER
0 INFO: page 94

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Phillips
Introduces:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Andrew Phillips
Unknown:
Patrick Coldstream
Unknown:
Professor Jack Mahoney

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap
Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Questions and comments regarding the programme can be phoned through to the 'In Touch' team tonight between
8.30 and 10.15pm on [number removed]A free quarterly bulletin, summarising broadcast information, is available from: In Touch, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW(sendfour large saesfor a year's supply)

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White

Christopher Bigsby presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer EDWINA WOLSTENCROFT

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Bigsby
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

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