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Presented by Peter Hobday and John Humphrys
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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Dinner at 80
What are the most nourishing foods to eat if you are elderly?
How easy is it to cook fresh food for one? Do you need extra vitamins and minerals? Do supermarkets and the food industry cater for the older shopper?
Derek Cooper finds out. Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Monday)
0 RECIPE TIMES: page 78

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Captain Crab's Treasure. Stereo (R)
2.05 Let's Join In: Mohammed, the Son of the Widow. Stereo (e)
2.25 The Song Tree The Amazing Secret Music- Maze (9) by BARRY GIBSON Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR with PYEWACKETT Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 Scottish Traditional Dancing with BILL TORRANCE Raising the Roof, Cape Breton BBC Scotland. Stereo (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Gibson
Presented By:
Hilary James

by DAVID BUCK Five English Mystery plays withand
2: Sacrifice
In which Abraham obeys God, Joseph disbelieves the Virgin birth, Mak steals a lamb, and Jesus is born.
Musical composition by JOHN BULL and DANNY SCHILLER
Choral composition DAVID TIMSON Directed by MARTIN JENKINS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Buck
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Danny Schiller
Unknown:
David Timson
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins.
God:
Denis Quilley
Jesus:
John Rowe
Lucifer:
Peter Jeffrey
Mary:
Sue Jones-Davies
Abraham:
Stephen Murray
the Epilogue:
Timothy West
Isaac:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Sarah:
Eva Stuart
Angel:
John Church
Gabriel:
John Rye
Elizabeth:
Eve Karpf
Joseph:
Denys Hawthorne
Shepherds:
Cyril Luckham
Shepherds:
Gordon Reid
Shepherds:
Andrew Branch
Mak:
Tim Wylton
Gill:
Norma Ronald

Written by TONY BAGLEY
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Written By:
Tony Bagley
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Martha Woodford:
Molue Harris
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Dorothy Adamson:
Heather Barrett
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Nigel Pargetter:
Nigel Caliburn
Matthew Thorogood:
Crawford Logan
Ruth Pritchard:
Felicity Finch
Mrs Walker:
Gillian Goodman
Bishop Cyril:
Peter Howell

Peter Lilley , Economic Secretary, the Treasury
The Rt Hon Shirley Williams , President SDP
Gordon Brown , Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Trevor Clay , General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing From Oxford
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Lilley
Unknown:
Shirley Williams
Unknown:
Gordon Brown
Unknown:
Trevor Clay
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone.

The pop music market is at a crucial period. It's the job of the record companies' A and R men and women to discover new talent, the Artists and Repertoire. They sift through demo tapes sent in by the hopeful and by the sackful, setting off most nights in search of the band or soloist that might make their day. David Roper goes with them.

Contributors

Reporter:
David Roper
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

with Bill Wallis , David Tate Sally Grace and Royce Mills. Written by MARK BURTON
JOHN O'FARRELL , PAUL B. DAVIES STEVE PUNT. MIKE COLEMAN
BILL MATTHEWS , ROBERT UNFORD MAX HANDLEY. GED PARSONS PETER HICKEY , DAVID BADDIEL ROB NEWMAN. ALISON RENSHAW and others
Producer BILL DARE. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
Royce Mills.
Written By:
Mark Burton
Written By:
John O'Farrell
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Mike Coleman
Unknown:
Bill Matthews
Unknown:
Robert Unford
Unknown:
Max Handley.
Unknown:
Parsons Peter Hickey
Unknown:
David Baddiel
Unknown:
Rob Newman.
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw

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