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Carter Brandon was given a week off work. So he decided he would spend the time taking day trips in his car. Uncle Mort went with him.
1: Par for the Course
Narrator Christian Rodska Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo (R)
Few can resist the sight of a helpless baby seal. But what should be done with an apparently abandoned animal? Jessica Holm visits Europe's leading seal sanctuary in Holland while Fergus Keeling and Lionel Kelleway look at the situation in Britain. Producer miles BARTON BBC Bristol
Introduced from Broadcasting House, London. Stereo
End of Term (2)
'Hold the front page' was doubtless uttered on 6 October 1910, but for what great story? In the second of four programmes, Larry Harris invites The Rt Hon
Barbara Castle , MEP, to look back to the newspapers from the day that she was born, eking out the traumatic, the trivial and'the titanic'.
Producer KATHRYN MOORE BBC Pebble Mill
Third of six programmes
Bruce Sandison talks with Christopher Lowell about Loch Brora in Sutherland.
Presented by John Howard
Heavy Weather by P.G. WODEHOUSE (2) Stereo
Presented by Nick Worrall
Come Along on a Caribbean Cruise with Me! Today: Yellow Bird Stereo
A few wanted death to all men. Others predicted a world without them. In the programme that measures women's aims and achievements and follows their movements, Jenny Cuffe asks today's radical feminists to describe their views, their values and their vision.
Serial: The Oaken Heart (3) Presenter Dilly Barlow
by Rodney Clark
with Jeremy Kemp as Bill Knightley and Ralph Nossek as Wally Dokes
Whittom and Knightley, an old established British company making water sensors, approach a Japanese firm who can make parts for a fraction of the cost back home. East meets West in the world of big business and the West has much to learn. Is it too late for an old dog to learn new tricks?
(Stereo)
Brian Gear invites Andrew Davies and Lynne Truss to pick some paperbacks. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
(Revised re-broadcast of yesterday 's programme at 9. 45pm)
Presented by Frances Coverdale and Hugh Sykes
5.00,5.30 News Summary
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BBC Pebble Mill
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by Caroline Parsons Producer LAURIE MASON. BBC Bristol
At the turn of the century, 80 per cent of all medicines came from plants. Has green medicine today been overtaken by synthetic drugs?
Recorded at Wellcome,
Dartford; the Pharmacy Dept, London University; King's
College Hospital; and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Reader
MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES Compiled by JOHN SCOTNEY and BOB BOOTH
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS Stereo (R)
Social Insecurities
'The most substantial examination of the social security system since the Beveridge Report' is how Norman Fowler described the process which culminated in April's package of welfare reforms.
But is it a settlement or a stopgap? Does it strike a stable balance between effectiveness and cost? And will it weaken or entrench the 'dependency culture'?
David Walker explores the questions emerging from the new shape of social security. Producer FRASER STEEL
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Nigel Andrews presents the arts magazine, which tonight previews the Radio 4 adaptation of Farewell, My Lovely and rounds up the new films. Producer CARROLL MOORE
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