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The third 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: the junk in my own personal boxroom.' Read by Benjamin Whitrow Producer PETE ATKIN Stereo
It's not every day that your intended supper turns out to be a species of monkey new to science.
Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm talk to
Michael Harrison about the sun-tailed guenon, which he recently discovered in the rainforest of Gabon. Producer MILES BARTON BBC Bristol
reflecting the issues of the day Introduced from Broadcasting House, London. Stereo
/ Wanna Be Bobby's Girl (2) by RONA MUNRO
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(Omnibus edition on Saturday) A synopsis of current events in 'Citizens on Ceefax page 144
Television pictures of semi-recumbent figures slumped on red leather benches have done little to help the House of Lords shed the image of an elderly gentlemen's club, but in this series of six conversations John Timpson proves that there really is life after elevation to the peerage.
1: Lord Glenarthur (fourth baron): educated Eton; 10th
Royal Hussars: helicopter pilot; and now, at 43, Minister of State at the Foreign Office
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Pebble Mill
In the fourth of six talks,
Martin Wainwright explains what it is he likes about the North.
Forging, Carving, Weaving, Building....
Making and mending remain sources oflocal pride
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Presented by James Naughtie Including reports from the TUC in Bournemouth
The Lions Meet the Ostriches Stereo (R)
If Oedipus had been a regular listener he'd have known what his mother really wanted. Serial: Jane Eyre (8)
Presenter Jenni Murray
by ANDREW TYRRELL with andOlga is the offspring of an unhappy marriage, for her mother has always shown more interest in her own mother than in her immediate family.
In order to try and escape, Olga goes away on a tour with two itinerant musicians, but her mother comes after her in an attempt to try and explain herself. Olga is forced to realise that her mother's life has been more complex than she thought. Directed by CHERRY COOKSON . Stereo
Brian Gear invites
John Letts and Libby Spurrier to pick some paperbacks. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBCBristol
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'... the difficulty is to keep smiling, of course. I always remember at the end of a long shift somebody saying to me, "Smile", you know. and you just feel like saying, "No. you smile - now hold it for eight hours.'"
Part-time waitresses talk about the job and why they do it.
With Pippa Bates. Bernadette Geifer , Anne Koval
Eva Milenska and Sheila Cole who performed the songs Producer ED THOMASON. Stereo
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Michael Holroyd talks to
Eleanor Bron about how he began as a biographer and in particular about Part 1 of his three-volume life of Bernard Shaw which is published in September.
Producer ED THOMASON. Stereo
In a series of six talks,
Ferdi Dennis goes on another journey into Afro-Britain. 5: Black Is Beautiful
Once, black people in Britain had to rely only on their natural good looks for there were no beauty aids. but the demands of the young have changed things. Today they show off their new-found glamour at beauty contests.
5: Vita Sackville-West
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New education laws aim to introduce testing for 7-, 11-and 14-year-olds. But what do children of these age groups think of themselves, their lives and the world around them? With children so much in the public eye, Nick Baker decided to travel the country and listen to what some of them have to say - on a surprising variety of subjects.
Prabhu Guptara presents the arts magazine which includes biographies of Jane Bowles and Jean Stafford - two celebrated women writers whose careers were tragically eclipsed by their more famous husbands - reviewed by Anthony Storr and Margaret Drabble ; and a report from the Venice Film Festival. Producer CARROLL MOORE
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