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Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS 7 25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Brian Perkins

John Waite and his team tackle another case from their postbag of your complaints about injustice, sharp practice and the abuse of power. Producer GRAHAM ELLIS
If you have come across an issue which deserves investigation, write to: Face the Facts
BBC. London WIA 4WW

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite
Producer:
Graham Ellis

Nods and Winks and Wreathed Smiles
Three programmes in which Peter Evans looks on as scientists examine that most precious thing, the human face.
1: The face as protagonist in the epic of human life
Producer NICHOLAS MORGAN (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Nicholas Morgan

In the grounds of a Cambridge college thrives a small herb garden with more than 60 species known to have been popular with the Anglo-Saxons.
But what were they all used for? Jessica Holm and Fergus Keeling delve deep into the wildlife world.
Producer HELEN ODAMS. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast next Sunday) 0 INFO: page 74

Contributors

Unknown:
Jessica Holm
Unknown:
Fergus Keeling
Producer:
Helen Odams.

Clement Freud Peter Jones
Derek Nimmo and Kenneth Williams try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons. Devised by IAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

In the programme where you meet women of distinction
Jenni Murray talks to The Rev Elsie Chamberlain , the first woman to have conducted the BBC's Daily Service, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this month.
Serial: Of Flowers and a Village (2)

Contributors

Talks:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Elsie Chamberlain

by MARTYN READ with and In rural Berkshire during the Second World War, the actual fighting seems a long way away. But for a teenage girl nicknamed Spitfire, its reality is brought closer by a series of poignant experiences of life, love and death. with the children of TRINITY SCHOOL. HENLEY-ON-THAMES Directed by CHERRY COOKSON . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Read
Directed By:
Cherry Cookson
Spitfire:
Clare Travers-Deacon
Miss Primrose:
Joanna David
Billy:
Richard Pearce
Arthur:
Norman Bird
Edie:
Edie Stuart
Shirley:
Zelah Clarke
Glenn:
William Hope
George:
David Learner
Pauline:
Jill Lidstone
Sgt Bailey:
Anthony Jackson
Bertha:
Polly James
Madam:
Barbara Atkinson

with Nigel Forde
Any biographer presented with these formerly inaccessible letters would feel rich indeed Margaret Foster reflects on Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Producer HELEN FRY
(Re-broadcast next Sunday) Book details available on Ceefax page 266

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Presented by Robert Williams and Hugh Sykes
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.20 Wimbledon Report
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News contmuedon FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Presented By:
Hugh Sykes

Written by CLAIRE DEAN Cast for the week:
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Written By:
Claire Dean
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colinskipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Rosalind Adams
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
NigelPargetter:
Nigelcarrington
Ruth Pritchard:
Feucity Finch
Mrs Walker:
Gillian Goodman
Bert Fry:
Roger Hume
Consultant:
Laurence Payne
Midwife:
Caroline Gruber

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: Does He Take Sugar?
BBC. London W1A 1AA Phone [number removed]
Lines open from 10. 00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday

Contributors

Presented By:
Kati Whitaker
Producer:
Marlene Pease

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