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Presented by John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Chris Dunkley of the Financial Times is back to air your views on BBC policy and to call the programme-makers to account. Producer JOY HATWOOD
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Send your comments to: Feedback BBC, Broadcasting House London WIA 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley

Domestic Service between the Wars
Two months after my 14th birthday, I was put on a train and off I went to work in Cadogan Square. I was under the impression that this was a privilege.
Between the wars, well over a million people in Britain were still employed as servants. David Wade talks to some of this army of housemaids, kitchenmaids, laundrymaids and butlers - as well as to their employers - in an attempt to re-create a world which has now vanished.
Producer ELIZABETH BURKE
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Contributors

Talks:
David Wade
Producer:
Elizabeth Burke

The children's book programme introduced by Penelope Lively. They went to market and they built their houses, but these days you're more likely to find them rounding up sheep or buying ice-cream ...
Jill Burridge examines the fat and grunting role of the pig in children's books, with the help of Susanna Gretz , Dick King-Smith and Mary Rayner.
Producer SALLY FELDMAN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 2.47pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Penelope Lively.
Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Unknown:
Susanna Gretz
Unknown:
Dick King-Smith
Unknown:
Mary Rayner.
Producer:
Sally Feldman

Derek Cooper tackles the farmer, the manufacturer, the politician, the scientist, the caterer and the customer in his weekly defence of pure food at a fair price.
Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

by GEORGE EUOT dramatised in six parts by ALAN ENGLAND with and 2: Meetings
After the death of his father, family responsibilities weigh heavily on Adam's shoulders. Meanwhile, Hetty has fallen in love with Arthur Donnithorne and Dinah has told Seth that she cannot marry him.
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Pebble Mill Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
George Euot
Unknown:
Arthur Donnithorne
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn
Adam Bede:
Terry Molloy
Arthur Donnithorne:
Tim Brierley
Dinah Morris:
Ellie Haddington
Hetty Sorrel:
Sally Eldridge
George Eliot:
Gillian Goodman
Seth Bede:
Paul Gregory
Lisbeth Bede:
Carole Boyd
The Rev Irwine:
Paul Webster
Mrs Poyser:
Karen Archer
Mr Poyser:
Emrys James
Totty:
Alice Clark
Pym:
Geoff Serle
John:
Edwin Richfield

The British have always been 'game for a game' - an excuse to let down their hair, unloose their egos, indulge their fantasies, or simply do well. In a series of four diverse features, Nick Baker infiltrates the games world, assuming the role of all-purpose player. This week: an examination of the phenomenon of general knowledge.
What is it? What use is it? Why are we so fascinated by other people's knowledge?
The General Knowledge Game is a panel quiz with a difference, with contributions from
Magnus Magnusson , Nicholas Parsons , Professor Ted Wragg and Trivial Pursuit's Ray Loud. Producer ANDREW PARFITT Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Professor Ted Wragg
Unknown:
Ray Loud.
Producer:
Andrew Parfitt

Written by SIMON FRITH
BBC Pebble Mill
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
Mark Hebden:
Richard Derrington
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Walter Gabriel:
Chriss Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Lucy Perks:
Tracy-Jane White
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
ClarrieGrundy:
Rosalind Adams
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Nigel Pargetter:
Nigel Carrington
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd

The Rt Hon Kenneth Baker , mp, Secretary of State for Education and Science
Baroness Seear Jack Straw , mp and Germaine Greer tackle the issues raised in Gloucester.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Baker
Unknown:
Baroness Seear Jack Straw
Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone.

The Write Stuff
Writing a successful film script is an ambition held by many, but how does one acquire the tricks of the trade?
Christopher Cook talks to those who teach the skills and to those who have mastered the art. He also investigates the reasons why so many of today's films start off between hard covers, and finds out how they are transformed from the printed page to the wide screen Producer SALLY MARMION
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
Sally Marmion

The weekly satire show that's performed before the ink dries on the script. With Bill Wallis David Tate and Sally Grace Written by MARK BURTON
JOHN OFARRELL , PAUL B. DAVIES MIKE COLEMAN. BILL MATTHEWS ROBERT LINFORD , MAX HANDLEY GED PARSONS , PETER HICKEY DAVID BADDIEL , ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW. SIMON BULUV ANT MARK BRISENDEN and others Producer BILL DARE. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow 5.25pm L W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Written By:
Mark Burton
Written By:
John Ofarrell
Written By:
Paul B. Davies
Written By:
Mike Coleman.
Unknown:
Bill Matthews
Unknown:
Robert Linford
Unknown:
Max Handley
Unknown:
Ged Parsons
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Unknown:
David Baddiel
Unknown:
Rob Newman
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw.
Unknown:
Simon Buluv

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