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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Chris Lowe in London
John Humphrys reports from the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25* Sport With JULIAN TUTT
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Chris Lowe
Unknown:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Julian Tutt

In a series of six programmes
Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for 15 minutes.

'People remember Valerie Singleton - they don't remember me!'
Leila Williams, Miss Great Britain 1957, was the first female presenter on Blue Peter.

BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Mills
Guest:
Leila Williams
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

The children's book programme introduced by Penelope Lively Avast, me hearties, and splice the mainbrace! Jenny Cuffe sails the seven seas to plunder literary pirates in the company of John Ryan , creator of Captain Pugwash,
Colin MacNaughton , author of Jolly Roger , and Margaret Mahy , writer of buccaneer tales galore. Producer SALLY FELDMAN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Penelope Lively
Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Unknown:
John Ryan
Unknown:
Colin MacNaughton
Unknown:
Jolly Roger
Unknown:
Margaret Mahy
Producer:
Sally Feldman

The Story of Radio Comedy In the last programme of the series Russell Davies brings the story up to 1988, and peers into the mists of radio's uncharted comedy territory.
Written by RUSSELL DAVIES Producer NEIL CARGILL
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Written By:
Russell Davies

1.55 Listening Corner Auntie Aggie Makes a Clootie Dumpling by DORRITH M. SIM. Stereo
2.05 Let's Join In with Soundbox Farmer George and the Boggart A Lancashire folktale retold by JEAN MCKENZIE (R) (e)
2.25 The Song Tree A Gaggle of Music Games (4) by BARRY GIBSON Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR with PYEWACKETT Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 The Friday Serial The Treehom Stories Read by ALAN BENNETT 2: Treehorn's Treasure by FLORENCE PARRY HEIDE. Stereo (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorrith M. Sim.
Unknown:
Jean McKenzie
Unknown:
Barry Gibson
Presented By:
Hilary James
Presented By:
Simon Mayor
Read By:
Alan Bennett

A 12-part series by Don Taylor
2: The Soldiers' Voice
1647: Cromwell seems to be about to betray his old comrades in the New Model
Army to the strict Presbyterian leaders in Parliament. When Captain Francis White decides to take the soldiers' side and present their petition, his masters promptly accuse him of inciting mutiny.
Director Shaun Macloughlin BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Don Taylor
Director:
Shaun Macloughlin
Oliver Cromwell:
Bernard Hepton
Gen Fairfax:
Nigel Anthony
Commissary Ireton:
Bill Wallis
Elizabeth Lilburne:
Maureen O'Brien
Captain Francis White:
Graham Blockey
Capt Reynolds:
Kim Wall
John Church:
Eric Allan
Stephen White:
David March
Penelope:
Deborah Makepeace
Col Jackson:
William Eedle
Silent soldier:
Steve Hodson
James Thompson:
Simon Cuff
Lockyer:
Peter Craze
Miles Sindercombe:
John Baddeley
Sexby:
John Hartoch
Edmund:
Cornelius Garrett
Lady Anne Fairfax:
Lin Sagovsky
William Thompson:
Anthony Jackson

The property boom in one of Birmingham's richest suburbs is at its peak. The Sutton
Coldfield News has turned its front office into an estate agency. Meanwhile, the local estate agents have put their money into a rival free paper, the Sutton Coldfield Observer. But what's news?
Miss Sutton Coldfield News tells the secrets of Sutton's most pampered women. 4: Sutton Coldfield
Rival papers desperate for news. Written and presented by Tony Wilkinson
Producer JULIAN HALE

Contributors

Presented By:
Tony Wilkinson
Producer:
Julian Hale

Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale including reports from the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton.
Introducing PM World Watch, a weekly series about the world, its ecology and the politics of the environment. Every Friday, a special report from a BBC correspondent at home or abroad.
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters; 5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Clough
Presented By:
Frances Coverdale

Clive Jacobs is in the driving seat, with Tom Boswell firing on all cylinders, and Alanah Martin signals extra directions as they consider transport on land, sea and air.
Producer MOLLY PRICE-OWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Tom Boswell
Unknown:
Alanah Martin
Producer:
Molly Price-Owen

Fortieth Anniversary Edition from the Grand Committee Room in the Palace of Westminster, before an invited audience of past panel members. On the panel:
The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke , mp, Secretary of State for Health Bryan Gould , mp
Baroness Seear. Bernard Levin Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol
0 FEATURE: page 17 and WODDIS ON: page 97

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Clarke
Unknown:
Bryan Gould
Unknown:
Baroness Seear.
Unknown:
Bernard Levin
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone.

Marcel Berlins takes a weekly look at events in the courts and what the lawyers are up to.
He talks to judges, barristers, solicitors and members of the public who come into contact with the legal system - both civil and criminal.
Producer GARETH BUTLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Berlins
Producer:
Gareth Butler

The Singing Man: Charles Causley
The song unended he had brought from field
Andfolkofchildhood.... Lines from a poem in his forthcoming collection which could describe Charles Causley himself. Now 71 and one of Britain's finest poets, he has published 30 books, yet there is no sign of his song ending.
The landscape and history of Cornwall figure strongly in his work and it is peopled with characters remembered from his early days.
He talks to Damien Grant about his life and work. Producer JULIAN MAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Damien Grant

with Sally Grace , David Tate Bill Wallis and Royce Mills Written by MIKE COLEMAN
MARK BURTON and JOHN O'FARRELL BILL MATTHEWS. ROBERT LINFORD MAX HANDLEY , GED
PARSONS DAVID BADDIEL and ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW. SIMON BULLIVANT and MARK BRISENDEN. BARRY ATKINS MICHAEL DINES. PETER HICKEY , etc Producer PAUL SPENCER. Stereo

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 Linford
Unknown:
Max Handley
Unknown:
Parsons David Baddiel
Unknown:
Rob Newman
Unknown:
Alison Renshaw.
Unknown:
Simon Bullivant
Unknown:
Mark Brisenden.
Unknown:
Barry Atkins
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Paul Spencer.

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