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Presented by John Humphrys and Brian Redhead
6.30.7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by SIMON VANCE 7 20* Your Letters Write to: Today Letters BBC, London WIA 1AA
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Simon Vance
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after you? Is your money being spent to best effect?
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer JACKIE LUNN

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Jackie Lunn

It's My Party (1) by MARCIA KAHAN
Cast for the week:
Directed by A. J. QUINN. Stereo
(Part 2 on Thursday at 11. 00am) A synopsis of current events in

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcia Kahan
Directed By:
A. J. Quinn.
Michael Brennan:
Russell Boulter
Alex Parker:
Kate Duchéne
Julia Brennan:
Beverley Hills
Anita Sharma:
Seeta Indrani
Hugh Hamilton:
James MacPherson
Melissa:
Karen Ascoe
Suzi Bryant:
Hetty Baynes
Eleanor:
Zelahclarke
Italian woman:
Caroline Gruber
Terry Pratley:
Anthony Jackson
Jim Hamilton:
Stuart McGugan
Dan:
Stuart Milligan
Ernest Bond:
Brian Murphy

The 1988 world tour continues at the Long Parish Village Hall. Brian Johnston umpires the proceedings and captains
Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are ably assisted by Gerald Harper and Bernard Cribbins Written by PETER HICKEY and MALCOLM WILLIAMSON Producer PAUL SPENCER Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Assisted By:
Gerald Harper
Assisted By:
Bernard Cribbins
Written By:
Peter Hickey
Written By:
Malcolm Williamson
Producer:
Paul Spencer

In the programme that celebrates the achievements of women, Jenni Murray meets the actress Patricia Neal , once dubbed 'the next Garbo'. She talks about her fight back to health and an Oscar after being paralysed by a stroke.
Serial: The Phoenix Tree by JON CLEARY abridged in 15 episodes by DELIA PATON
Read by William Roberts (15)
(Music: Ginastera's Concerto for harp and orchestra)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Patricia Neal
Unknown:
Jon Cleary
Unknown:
Delia Paton
Read By:
William Roberts

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

How do you make the pages of an opera score come alive on the stage? And who is responsible for coaching the singers, commissioning the costumes and sets, and rehearsing the moves?
Richard Baker is joined by two of English National Opera's successful team, Mark Elder, its Music Director, and David Pountney ,
Director of Productions.
Producer JUDITH ROLES. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
David Pountney

Patently Obvious
A crazy idea, but will it work? Reporters Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with BBC Local Radio stations in search of Britain's inventors, and the ultimate money-making idea.
Inventions that could change the world.... from a digital tenderometer to newspaper adverts you can eat. But why does the man who invented the hovercraft still feel frustrated? Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
0 YOURS LOCALLY: page 72

Contributors

Reporters:
Neil Walker
Reporters:
David Clayton

Presented by Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.20* Test Match and Wimbledon Report
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Presented By:
Valerie Singleton

An eight-part comedy by ALEX SHEARER 6: Political Flu starring with featuring and The political climate in the People's Republic is milder than it used to be, but political sickness can still strike unexpectedly, and earthworm tablets are not always the answer.
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Alex Shearer
Producer:
Pete Atkin.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie:
Dinsdale Landen
William Frost:
Peter Acre
Helen:
Moir Leslie
Nesterov:
Peter Craze
Brodsky:
And Paul Gregory
the US Ambassador:
Stephen Greif
Col Surikov:
Christopher Benjamin

As the liturgical splendours of the Orthodox Church mark 1,000 years of Christianity in Russia, Bernard Jackson explores the day-to-day life and ministry of the church in and around Moscow and asks how the climate of glasnost is likely to affect parish life at its grassroots level.
Producer RONALD FARROW

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Jackson

All radio is for the blind, so why do they need a special programme? Tune in to Peter White to find out. Producer THENA HESHEL
Questions and comments regarding the programme can be phoned through to the 'In Touch' team tonight between 8.30and
10.15pm on [number removed]. A free quarterly bulletin summarising broadcast information is available from: In Touch, BBC, London WIA 1AA (send four large saesfor a year's supply)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White

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