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Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
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:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after you? Is your money being spent to best effect?
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 a 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: The House on the Hill by ASBJORNSEN Stereo (R)
2.05 History Lost and Found Life in the Past Burrum and the Blind Ghosts.... by KATH WALKER and VIVIAN WALKER Traditional Aboriginal life. 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 application; career and course opportunities. 9: Geography Reporting team ASTLEY JONES PAUL CLARK and LAIKA BISHAY Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast next Tuesday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kath Walker
Unknown:
Vivian Walker
Presented By:
Simon Mayo
Unknown:
Astley Jones
Unknown:
Paul Clark

from Cardiff
You've heard of St David, but how about his mother? Professor Gwyn Alf Williams celebrates the women of Celtic legends in a special programme devoted to Wales and the Welsh.

Serial: Smile and Other Stories by DEBORAH MOGGACH
Five stories abridged by MEG CLARKE
5: Some Day My Prince Will Come
Read by Caroline John
(Music: Milne's Guitar Concerto)

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Gwyn Alf Williams
Stories By:
Deborah Moggach
Abridged By:
Meg Clarke
Read By:
Caroline John

by Rob Gittins

Mr George and Mr Bradley had sat in seats 16 and 17E South Stand at Shagston FC for 34 years. But on one particular evening Mr Bradley's wife Alice had something special in store for him ...
BBC Bristol
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Rob Gittins
Director:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Adrian Cairns
Mr Bradley:
Brian Glover
Mr George:
Howard Goorney
Alice:
Margaret Ward
Archie:
Steve Hodson

Amateur choral societies make up one of the strongest musical traditions in the country, drawing dedicated singers from all walks of life. So what's the attraction? How high are the standards? And what is the professional's view of their achievements?
Richard Baker talks to writer Paul Jennings , a long-serving member of the Philharmonia
Chorus, and Brian Kay , former King's Singer and now chorusmaster of the Huddersfield Choral Society. Producer NIGEL WILKINSON. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
Paul Jennings
Unknown:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson.

Last programme in the series. Reporters David Clayton and Neil Walker link up with BBC
Local Radio stations around the country to find out....
Watts Around the Coast? The future of Britain's lighthouses is under threat from modem technology.
Shipping experts argue small radio beacons are cheaper and more reliable ... but others will be sad to see the lights go out. Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Reporters:
David Clayton
Reporters:
Neil Walker

Presented by Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5. 50-5. 55

Contributors

Presented By:
Valerie Singleton
Presented By:
Robert Williams

The National Health
Nurses' strikes, empty beds, sick children queuing for treatment have all promoted the most radical review of the NHS since it was launched 40 years ago. In the first of two special reports, Michael Robinson examines the key policy options, and ideas from Europe, and what they might mean for the future of health in Britain. Producer VICKY WHITFIELD Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.05pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Robinson
Producer:
Vicky Whitfield
Editor:
Brian Walker

From the noisy cobbled streets of 19th-century Montmartre to the traffic of London's Marble Arch today, a religious community has maintained a life of Benedictine prayer and silent worship. Julie Jones visited the nuns to find out the qualities required in a young woman considering the contemplative life, and why they consider it not only attractive but also important in the modern world. Producer ALEC REID BBCBristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Jones
Producer:
Alec Reid

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]

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White

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