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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective
With THE REV ROY JENKINS
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament Editor PHILIP HARDING

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Roy Jenkins
Editor:
Philip Harding

The holiday programme presented by Bernard Falk with travel expert Nigel Coombs Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF For details of items in this week's programme please send sae to:
[address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Nigel Coombs
Producer:
Jenny Mallinson

With Ned Sherrin and the likes of Stephen Fry , Carol Thatcher and Emma Freud. Plus more of Victor Lewis Smith 's slices from a York ham. Additional material by AUSTAIR BEATON , PAUL SPARKS Producers IAN GARDHOUSE
CATHIE MAHONEY , JAN ARKWRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Emma Freud.
Unknown:
Victor Lewis Smith
Unknown:
Austair Beaton
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney
Unknown:
Jan Arkwright

More ribaldry at the expense of the week's news with Barry Took in the chair. The ex-editor of Private Eye, Richard Ingrams , and the editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop , confront the ex-editor of Punch, Alan Coren , and the editor of the Listener, Alan Coren.
Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and producer HARRY THOMPSON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Alan Coren.
Unknown:
John Langdon
Producer:
Harry Thompson.

What's happened to country music since the yuppies got their hands on it? Is the mighty Conran furnishings empire threatened by a Swedish invader from Warrington?
Sarah Dunant delves deep into the world of the pastel blouson and the velour jogging suit in the first edition of the programme that casts an analytic eye on all aspects of style and design.
Producer JANICE HADLOW
0 HEAR THIS! page 13 and WODDIS ON: page 81

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Dunant
Producer:
Janice Hadlow

by CHRISTOPHER DENYS with The setting.... 1484, Alderley Edge , the Magpie - a place for assignations, robbery, murder and noisome cooking. Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Denys
Unknown:
Alderley Edge
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Tom:
Maurice Denham
Lady Margaret:
Fiona Walker
Caxton:
John Rowe
old Joan:
Mary Wimbush

'He was a lonely young man.Then came the war and he did a job that absolutely fitted him.... He was a loner and only loners survived in that sort of work.'
1944: James Harmer is parachuted into France on a secret mission, but its real purpose is concealed from him.

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Allbeury
Director:
Matthew Walters
James Harmer:
Christian Rodska
Jane Fraser:
Kim Thomson
Carter/Patron:
John Baddeley
Mr Fraser:
Iain Cuthbertson
Klugman:
Carl Duering
Pierre:
Steven Harrold
Albert/Defence QC:
Simon Cuff
Martin/Prosecution QC:
Stephen Rashbrook
Hayles:
Laurence Payne
Chief Constable:
Alan Dudley
Penny Watkins:
Caroline Gruber
Phillips:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Dr Keating:
John Samson
Judge:
Norman Bird
Grover/Clerk:
William Simons

Soays and Saddlebacks
Soay sheep were domesticated at the dawn of agriculture and saddleback pigs were once leaders in their class. Now they are historical curiosities.
Colin Tudge discovers how these, and a distinguished cast of other domestic animals, were almost lost in the face of commercial pressure, and considers whether such breeds may not still have a role to play. Producer AUSON RICHARDS

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Tudge
Producer:
Auson Richards

The second in the series of six programmes in which Stephen Fry pointlessly compares the lives of famous people whose names rhyme. This week: Rasputin and Dorothy Tutin
Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and Robert Bathurst supply their own unique blend of coffee.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Comedian:
Stephen Fry
[Actress]:
Emma Thompson
[Actor]:
Jim Broadbent
[Actor]:
Robert Bathurst
Writer:
Stephen Fry
Additional Material:
Ian Brown
Additional Material:
James Hendrie
Producer:
Dan Patterson

Episode 2, part B - the second instalment of the show that combines satire, sketches, stand-up and songs, and also some other things which don't begin with S, but are just as good.
Performed by Flip Webster Hugh Dennis. Steve Punt and Guy Jackson
Songs and music by GUY JACKSON Written by STEVE PUNT with additional material by HUGH DENNIS GUY JACKSON. FLIP WEBSTER and DAVID TYLER
Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Webster Hugh Dennis.
Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Guy Jackson
Written By:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Guy Jackson.
Unknown:
David Tyler
Producer:
David Tyler.

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