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Presented by Sue MacGregor 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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Simon Vance
Unknown:
John Inverdale

The second of five recollections by DENIS CONSTANDUROS 'As time goes by the accumulation of mental bric-a-brac fills the mind with a rich and varied store of junk which can yield unlimited wealth to the careful scavenger. I make no claim that these memories of my grandfather are in any way accurate. I merely state that they are as I found them.
Read by Benjamin Whitrow Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Constanduros
Read By:
Benjamin Whitrow
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

The last of four conversations in which Derek Cooper hears from people whose theories about food were ahead of their time.
Professor Philip James ,
Director of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen and pioneer of the first national nutrition centre.
Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Professor Philip James
Producer:
Vanessa Harrison

In the programme that salutes women of distinction Maureen Lipman discusses her new role as the nation's favourite great-aunt: Joyce Grenfell. Serial: Jane Eyre (3)
Presenter Jenni Murray

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell.
Unknown:
Jane Eyre
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

by NEIL RHODES with and Morris can do almost anything. He can travel anywhere; he can meet anyone; he can find excitement in any place. But he can't dance - until he again meets Geraldine in a South
American city, home of a great writer who will give him the answer to the question he keeps asking - when you have been everywhere, where can you go next?
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Rhodes
Directed By:
Richard Wortley
Morris:
Struan Rodger
Geraldine:
Janet Maw
Barclay:
Michael Deacon

A re-creation by MURRAY WATTS of The Pilgrim 's Progress, set in the present day to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of John Bunyan. With plus Willie Rushton Pat Coombs and Nigel Forde
The success of The Pilgrim's 's Progress was an astonishing achievement for the poorly-educated labourer who spent much of his life in gaol, battling with the authorities over the right to express beliefs in public. Bunyan had two dreams, Part I and Part II of The Pilgrim 's
Progress. Today, 300 years on, he dreams again.
Researcher BERYL HODA Producer CHRIS REES
0 HEAR THIS! page 15and WODDIS ON: page 81

Contributors

Unknown:
Murray Watts
Unknown:
John Bunyan.
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Pat Coombs
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Producer:
Chris Rees
Bunyan:
Brian Glover
Christian:
Robert Duncan

Ferdi Dennis goes on a six-part journey into Afro-Britain. 4: The Domino Players
Dominoes, a popular game in the Caribbean, has become one of the main male pastimes in Black community centres in Britain, though there are more secret places where it's played.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ferdi Dennis

Natalie Wheen presents the arts magazine, which today includes a review of Andrew Sinclair 's novel King Ludd, the final novel in his 'Albion Triptych', and a festival featuring the diverse creative talents of women. Producer LIS EDWARDS
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Andrew Sinclair
Producer:
Lis Edwards

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