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Presented by Peter Hobday and David Lomax
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
David Lomax
Read By:
Harriet Cass
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

Six programmes in which Kerry Shale performs selections from WOODY ALLEN 'S three volumes of thoughts on love, sex, death and pretending to be an artichoke. 5: My Apology
'Of all the famous men who ever lived, the one I would most like to have been was Socrates. For does not the eternal "form" mean that each object exists in perpetuity, and there is no death? Or does that just go for heavy objects... ?'
Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Woody Allen
Producer:
David Tyler.

How can you have a secret service ifit has to tell its secrets to a parliamentary committee? It's easy to call for MI5 and MI6 to be made accountable - but the reality is more complex.
In the second of this three-part series, Paul Barker talks both to former spies and to present politicians about the dilemmas they face and asks what Britain can learn from countries such as the United States, West Germany and Israel. Producers SHEILA COOK and DENNIS SEWELL
Editor ANNE SLOMAN (R)

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Barker
Producers:
Sheila Cook
Producers:
Dennis Sewell
Editor:
Anne Sloman

Peter White concludes his series of autobiographical talks with reflections on his experiences in pubs, where he used to play the piano, and developed an effective technique for attracting the barman's attention. Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Thena Heshel

from Birmingham
How long will it be before Liverpool is led by a lady, or Spurs spurred on by a superwoman? The programme that keeps the score in the match between the sexes investigates how far girls are being included in football training.
Serial: The Healing Art (12) Presenter Sally Jones

Contributors

Presenter:
Sally Jones

by ANTHONY TROLLOPE dramatised in eight parts by DAVID SPENSER
6: It is the day of the dinner being given by Augustus Melmotte in honour of the Emperor of China. Horrid rumours have swept through the City, linking the great financier's name with such unpleasant words as 'swindler' and 'fraud'. Many of those invited have to decide whether to go or stay away.
Narrator ALAN DUDLEY
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
Augustus Melmotte
Narrator:
Alan Dudley
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Lady Carbury:
Rosalind Shanks
Sir Felix:
Stephen Rashbrook
Hetta Carbury:
Debby Cumming
Melmotte:
David March
Madame Melmotte:
Diana Olsson
Marie Melmotte:
Emily Richard
Mr Longstaffe:
John Westbrook
Lady Pomona Longstaffe:
Joan Matheson
Adolphus Longstaffe:
Steve Hodson
Sophia Longstaffe:
Zelah Clarke
Georgiana Longstaffe:
Caroline Gruber
Paul Montague:
John Levitt
Lord Nidderdale:
Andrew Branch
Lord Alfred Grendall:
Michael Deacon
Miles Grendall:
Richard Pearce
Lord Grasslough:
John Baddeley
Mr Alf:
Peter Craze
Mr Broune:
John Samson
Sir Damask Monogram:
Norman Bird
Lady Monogram:
Liza Flanagan
Croll:
Jonathan Scott
Speaker of the House:
Edmund Dehn
Beauchamp Beauclerk:
William Simons

Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.20 Golf: The Open
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Clough
Presented By:
Frances Coverdale

The weekend starts here with Barry Norman.
Mike Dicken is on his portable phone with the Code Cracker clues. 'Known for its mills, valleys and canals, Bradford is my destination this week and in the park where all three come together I shall be.'
This week's Code Cracker symbol: - X
And, from Code Crackerto 'It's a cracker!', Frank Carson takes a wander through his old haunts in Belfast.
Producer IRENE MALLIS
INFO: page 77

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman.
Unknown:
Mike Dicken
Unknown:
Frank Carson
Producer:
Irene Mallis

Brenda Dean , General Secretary, SOGAT
Louis Blom-Cooper , qc Lord Marsh, Chairman, Newspaper Publishers Association and Jill Knight , mp tackle the issues raised in Brownhills, West Midlands. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Brenda Dean
Unknown:
Louis Blom-Cooper
Unknown:
Jill Knight
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone

Makers of the law, legal practitioners and those who serve the administration of justice all contribute to this topical weekly magazine about issues thrown up by the courts and by Parliament.
Presented by John Eidinow Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

Contributors

Presented By:
John Eidinow
Producer:
Anthony Moncrieff

Hong Kong: Golden Harvest and Young Shoots
Christopher Cook explores two contrasting areas of Hong Kong arts - Kung Fu movies and political theatre. As the colony prepares to revert back to China in 1997, the avant-garde Zuni
Theatre is one of the few trying to raise political consciousness. Meanwhile down at the docks, it's flying kicks inducing unconsciousness. Kaleidoscope goes on location with the film company, Golden Harvest, and its star Jackie Chan - Kung Fu's biggest movie phenomenon. Producer SIMON BROUGHTON (Re-broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Young Shoots
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Jackie Chan
Producer:
Simon Broughton

A satirical view of the week's news with Sally Grace
David Tate and Bill Wallis Written by MIKE COLEMAN
MARK BURTON and JOHN O'FARRELL BILL MATTHEWS , ROBERT UNFORD MAX HANDLEY , GED
PARSONS DAVID BADDIEL and ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW. SIMON BULLIVANT and MARK BRISENDEN , PAUL B. DAVIES BARRY ATKINS. MICHAEL DINES PETER HICKEY and others
Producer PAUL SPENCER. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 5.25pm LW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Grace
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Written By:
Mike Coleman
Written By:
Mark Burton
Written By:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Bill Matthews
Unknown:
Robert Unford
Unknown:
Max Handley
Unknown:
Parsons David Baddiel
Unknown:
Rob Newman
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw.
Unknown:
Simon Bullivant
Unknown:
Mark Brisenden
Unknown:
Paul B. Davies
Unknown:
Barry Atkins.
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Paul Spencer.

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