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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 BRIAN PERKINS
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:
Brian Perkins
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

This week the team visit Bolton where members of the Bolton and District Horticultural Society put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
Plant lists and topical tips are displayed on Ceefax page 188

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward
Producer:
Diana Stenson

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Oscar Mouse Finds a Home by MOIRA MILLER Stereo (R)
2.05 WPFM Radical youth radio with a live mix of music, opinion, youth politics and training schemes. Presented by TERRY CHRISTIAN Stereo (e) Call [number removed] from 2.15 to 3.15pm for more information on programme items

Contributors

Unknown:
Moira Miller
Presented By:
Terry Christian

If women have equality, why do they still need their own programme? Find out with Jenni Murray and guests. Serial: Home Life by AUCE THOMAS ELLIS abridged in six episodes by PAT MCLOUGHUN
Read by Sheila Steafel (1)
Alice Thomas Ellis 's Home Life has graced the pages of the Spectator since 1985.
Rarely, according to one source, has the 'minefield of domestic life been charted so accurately'! The funniest anthology I have read in years TIMES (Music: Bridge's Miniatures Set 1)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Auce Thomas Ellis
Unknown:
Pat McLoughun
Read By:
Sheila Steafel
Read By:
Alice Thomas Ellis

by CHRIS THOMPSON
When Billy James was too pickled to make the pigeon fanciers' do at the Miners'
Welfare and Arthur Appleyard sank without trace standing in for him, Dave Nelson 's Allstar Agency was obviously in trouble. But Dave believed in the legends of show business....
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Thompson
Unknown:
Billy James
Unknown:
Arthur Appleyard
Unknown:
Dave Nelson
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Dave:
Struan Rodger
Tommy:
Roy Barraclough
Arthur:
Laurence Kenny
Billy:
Colin Edwynn
Cath:
Daryl Fishwick
Mary:
Ann Aris

Inside Stories
Geese Theatre Company perform literally for a captive audience. They give workshops and plays in prison all round the country specifically designed to address the problems of life inside.
Impressive claims have been made to show how drama programming helps rehabilitation and combats recidivism.
Nick Baker joins the company in Holloway to follow the story from inside out.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Producer:
Simon Broughton

Presented by Robert Williams and Frances Coverdale
5,00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Presented By:
Frances Coverdale

A series of 12 horror and suspense plays, introduced by Edward de Souza , the Man in Black
9: Mind Well the Tree by WILLIAM INGRAM
Aunt Hestor 's bequest of an old border mansion worries David Hollis , but his wife is captivated by the spirit of their new home. Literally.
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Edward de Souza
Unknown:
William Ingram
Unknown:
Aunt Hestor
Unknown:
David Hollis
Directed By:
Adrian Mourby
Helen Hollis:
Nicola Pagett
David:
Philip Bond
Gwen:
Myfanwy Talog
Shwn/Wainscott:
Dillwyn Owen

The ripping story of Britain's first communist football club. 3: 'If we succeed, then the revolutionary conflagration will spread. The revolutionary wave will convert an epoch of a few revolutionary years into an epoch of several revolutionary decades.'
Senior Praecucumber
Written by MARCUS BERKMANN and the producer HARRY THOMPSON Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Marcus Berkmann
Producer:
Harry Thompson
Ricky Lenin:
Alexei Sayle
the Colonel:
Donald Hewlett
Frank Lee Brian:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Stevie Stalin:
Andrew McClean
Terry Trotsky:
Jonathan Kydd
Julian Frankly:
John Wells

In 1818 a group of Yorkshire
Quakers, led by Daniel Wheeler , embarked for St Petersburg at the invitation of Tsar Alexander I. Their task was to drain 100,000 acres of marshland around the city. Barry Carman has compiled the human story of this undertaking from the letters sent home over the next 23 years.
Narrator VALERIE WINDSOR Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Wheeler
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Narrator:
Valerie Windsor
Wheeler:
David Horovitch
his wife Jane:
Jenny Howe
George Edmondson:
David Fleeshman

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