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Presented by Peter Hobday and John Humphrys
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 JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Brian Perkins

The last of six programmes in which Kerry Shale performs selections from WOODY ALLEN 'S three volumes of thoughts on love, sex, death and sitting up to your waist in gravy. Count Dracula
Deep in the heart of Transylvania, Dracula has risen from the grave. There is a meeting of old Romanian counts across town. and he's responsible for the cold cuts.... Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Woody Allen
Producer:
David Tyler.

Is a secret service compatible with an open society? Former MIS, MI6 and CIA officers, together with editors
Ben Bradley of the Washington Post, Max Hastings of the Daily
Telegraph and Donald Trelford of the Observer, are among those who talk to Paul Barker in the final programme of this series. Producers SHEILA COOK and DENNIS SEWELL
Editor ANNE SLOMAN (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Bradley
Unknown:
Max Hastings
Unknown:
Donald Trelford
Unknown:
Paul Barker
Producers:
Sheila Cook
Producers:
Dennis Sewell
Editor:
Anne Sloman

It takes up to four hours to turn an actor into a Cenobyte, one of the monsters in CLIVE BARKER 'S horror film Hellraiser II. Jayne Roscoe discovers it takes even longer for some of the actors to feel themselves again when the make-up is peeled off.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Barker
Unknown:
Jayne Roscoe
Producer:
Sally Thompson

Presented by John Howard
Does your local library rank as one of the best in the country?
Authors Jeffrey Archer , Monica Dickens and Raymond Briggs announce the winners of the You and Yours Library
Competition, held in conjunction with the Library Association and book supplier T.C. Farries. Producer BRIDGET OSBORNE

Contributors

Presented By:
John Howard
Unknown:
Jeffrey Archer
Unknown:
Monica Dickens
Unknown:
Raymond Briggs
Unknown:
T.C. Farries.
Producer:
Bridget Osborne

from Belfast
In the programme where men and women share their experiences and disclose their secrets, Wendy Austin meets
Sister Genevieve , who has just retired as head of Europe's largest single-sex school, St Louise 's in West Belfast.
Serial: The Oaken Heart (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Austin
Unknown:
Sister Genevieve
Unknown:
St Louise

by ANTHONY TROLLOPE dramatised in eight parts by DAVID SPENSER
7: Augustus Melmotte has been elected Member of Parliament for Westminster, but his first appearance in the House caused embarrassment for everyone present. His daughter, Marie, realises that Sir Felix will never marry her. Henrietta and Mrs Hurtle are confused about Paul's intentions.
Narrator ALAN DUDLEY
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
Augustus Melmotte
Unknown:
Mrs Hurtle
Narrator:
Alan Dudley
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Lady Carbury:
Rosalind Shanks
Sir Felix Carbury:
Stephen Rashbrook
Hetta Carbury:
Debby Cumming
Roger Carbury:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Melmotte:
David March
Madame Melmotte:
Diana Olsson
Marie Melmotte:
Emily Richard
Paul Montague:
John Levitt
Mrs Hurtle:
Jane Knowles
Mr Longstaffe:
John Westbrook
Adolphus Longstaffe:
Steve Hodson
Lord Nidderdale:
Andrew Branch
Ruby Ruggles:
Christine MacKie
Mrs Pipkin:
Chrys Salt
John Crumb:
Spencer Banks
Croll:
Jonathan Scott
MrSquercum:
Anthony Jackson

Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale
5.00, 5.30* News Summary
5.20 Test Match Report
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 Susan Marling.
This week all the Code Cracker
5 clues are repeated, so if you missed a clue, you don't have to 5 miss out. Listen carefully! Producer IRENE MALLIS " INFO: page 93

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling.
Producer:
Irene Mallis

Judge James Pickles Austin Mitchell , mp
Ken Blakeson , writer and Joan Hall , University of Buckingham fund-raiser tackle the issues raised in Northallerton, North Yorks
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm) Send your letters to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Judge James Pickles
Unknown:
Austin Mitchell
Unknown:
Ken Blakeson
Unknown:
Joan Hall
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

Blowing Your Own Horn
Barry Tuckwell is the only horn player in the world to pursue an exclusively solo career.
A soloist for 20 years, many composers have written works for him: Thea Musgrave ,
Richard Rodney Bennett , Robin Holloway and lain Hamilton. His influences range from
Dennis Brain to Tommy Dorsey and his teaching career includes his own horn method. Recently he has taken up the baton both in America and at home, where he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra of which he was principal horn for 13 years. Barry Tuckwell talks to Michael Berkeley Producer JOHN BOUNDY

Contributors

Horn:
Barry Tuckwell
Unknown:
Thea Musgrave
Unknown:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Unknown:
Robin Holloway
Unknown:
Dennis Brain
Unknown:
Tommy Dorsey
Talks:
Barry Tuckwell
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Producer:
John Boundy

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

Contributors

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

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