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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday
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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Presented by Susan Rae Editor PAT TAYLOR
If you are concerned about health, education, housing or financial matters, or if you are the victim of incompeten t or unhelpful traders or authorities, write to: You and Yours, BBC, London WIA IAA

Contributors

Presented By:
Susan Rae
Editor:
Pat Taylor

by JIM ELDRIDGE
3: The Spirit of Christmas
'Christmas comes but once a year . . .' which is once too often for a harassed Mr Beeston - or so he says. And Mr Sims comes face to face with 'child-power'.
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
Stereo (Re-broadcast tomorrow 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Unknown:
Mr Beeston
Unknown:
Mr Sims
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Philip Sims:
Karl Howman
Mr Beeston, the Headmaster:
James Grout
Mr Holliday, the Deputy Head:
Tom Watson
Mrs Stone,the school secretary:
Margaret John
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Mrs Patterson:
Deirdre Costello
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Daryl:
Danlel Everett
Subi:
Freya Shepherd
Sundar:
Nicholas Gatt
Jennie:
Natalie Brown

1.55 Listening Corner This week: A House is a Home for Me Presented by LAIN LAUCHLAN and SANDRA KERR Today's story: Sally's 's Secret by SHIRLEY HUGHES ScriptbyJENNYBA1ED Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN Stereo (R)
2.05 Playtime Wheels Presented by SHIREEN SHAH and NIGEL MAKIN. Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast Friday 11.20am FM)
2.20 Science Scope Bridge that Gap by FRED HARRIS with FRED HARRIS JUUE RICHMOND and CLIFFORD NORGATE. Stereo (e)
2.40 Whirligig Where We Live by JILL BRAND
2: A Victorian Household Presented by JOE HALL . Stereo (e)

Contributors

Presented By:
Lain Lauchlan
Unknown:
Sandra Kerr
Unknown:
Shirley Hughes
Presented By:
Shireen Shah
Unknown:
Nigel Makin.
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate.
Presented By:
Joe Hall

Introduced by the playwright
Willy Russell
It's Leap Day, so the programme offers women a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on what men talk about and laugh about together, including:
Shaving - do men need lessons? And sex Shere Hite spills the beans.
Serial: Smile and Other Stories by DEBORAH MOGGACH Five stories abridged by MEG CLARKE
4: Vacant Possession
Read by Deborah Maclaren Editor CLARE SELERIE-GREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Willy Russell
Unknown:
Shere Hite
Stories By:
Deborah Moggach
Abridged By:
Meg Clarke
Read By:
Deborah MacLaren
Editor:
Clare Selerie-Grey

Presented by Valerie Singleton and Gordon Clough
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News
Editor ROGER MOSEY continued on FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Valerie Singleton
Presented By:
Gordon Clough

Clement Freud
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint and Donald Sinden tell the stories.
Tim Brooke-Taylor , you and the studio audience try to spot the lie.
Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer EDWARD TAYLOR Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint
Unknown:
Donald Sinden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Edward Taylor

by ALAN BERRIE
'It's incredible to be here in this room - I mean not many girls get the opportunity to see where their own mothers grew up ... to really experience history, their own history.'
The history that the American granddaughter experiences on her first trip to Dublin is neither what she expected nor anything less than horrible....
Directed by JEREMY HOWE
BBC Northern Ireland. Stereo (Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Berrie
Directed By:
Jeremy Howe
Libby Molloy:
Andrea Browne
Elizabeth Gregg:
Doreen Hepburn
Lucy Gregg:
Maggie Shevun
May Byrne:
Anna Manahan

Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man by THOMAS MANN translated by DENVER LINDLEY abridged in 16 episodes by KEITH DARVILL
Read by Hywel Bennett (16) Producer MAURICE LEITCH (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Felix Krull
Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Translated By:
Denver Lindley
Unknown:
Keith Darvill
Read By:
Hywel Bennett
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

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