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Presented by Brian Redhead 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 LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLV1LE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

From the apparently obvious to the downright obscure, Dilly Barlow attempts to answer your questions, with advice from experts.
Producer CATHY DRYSDALE
Questions to: Enquire Within, BBC. London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Producer:
Cathy Drysdale

A thriller serial in five parts by R. D. WINGFIELD withand
2: The Second Body
No sooner has
Richard Aldridge 's body turned up than another one is found on the cliffs: Harry Day - now almost unrecognisable ...
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
R. D. Wingfield
Unknown:
Richard Aldridge
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Sergeant Fowler:
Leslie Sands
Constable Roy Beaumont:
Nick Orchard
Dave Clark:
Cornelius Garrret
Doctor:
Paul Nicholson
Pete Carter:
Derek Graham
Chadwick:
Nicholas Courtney
Joe Hardy:
John Gabriel
Radio DJ:
Jim Reid
Miss Reed:
Ann Morrish
Vicar:
Ronald Russell

by SUE ASHBY with Pearce Quigley as Robert and Joan Campion as Nellie
A young boy and an old woman, both outcasts in a closed society, manage to create a warm friendship built on mutual respect and trust. But there is also danger. Robert and Nellie desperately need each other to survive in the present, but can society forgive the past?
Directed by SUSAN HOGG BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Pearce Quigley
Unknown:
Joan Campion
Directed By:
Susan Hogg
Mrs Winters:
Barbara Marten
Lorry driver:
Malcolm Hebden

Some notes from the seashore with Florence Brockman
Raymond Morse , Austin Moore and the dancing ladies of Birchington on Sea
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Florence Brockman
Unknown:
Raymond Morse
Unknown:
Austin Moore

Presented by Frances Coverdale and Robert Williams
5.00, 5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5. 50-5. 55 Letters to:
PM. BBC. London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Presented By:
Frances Coverdale
Presented By:
Robert Williams

The Speciality of the House by STANLEY ELLIN dramatised by COLIN HAYDN EVANS
The last in a series of 12 horror and suspense plays introduced by Edward de Souza , the Man in Black
When Costain is introduced to Sbirro's restaurant, he quickly becomes addicted to the very special food on offer. The yearning for it. however, can bring about a terrible fate.
Directed by GERRY JONES Stereo

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Colin Haydn Evans
Introduced By:
Edward de Souza
Directed By:
Gerry Jones
Laffler:
Timothy West
Costain:
Paul Gregory
Sbirro:
David March
Markus:
Tim Reynolds

contains the following items, guaranteed: one selection of the finest young stand-up comedy; one dollop of atmosphere from the Comedy Store, Leicester Square; and one finely-tuned Clive Anderson and a compere's microphone.
Plus a light crispy coating of production from DAVID TYLER. Stereo (re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Unknown:
David Tyler.

Breaking their silence, six judges from different levels of the court system talk to Hugo Young about their lives. 3: Mrs Justice Booth in the Family Division of the High Court
Producer ANNE SLOMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugo Young
Producer:
Anne Sloman

Ellesmere is a local authority home for the elderly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. During the last two years its staff have been taking a fresh look at every aspect of its organisation - at the way, for instance, the accommodation is arranged, the daily routines are carried out and decisions are taken. Harry Thompson reports on how far they have succeeded in turning an institution for 95 senior citizens into a place like home. and examines the dilemmas facing people dedicated to maximising the comfort and contentment of the aged in their care.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Thompson
Producer:
Sally Thompson.

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