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Presented by Peter Hobday andSueMacGregor in London and John Humphrys in New York with the latest news of and reaction to the new team in the White House.
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport With ANDY SMITH
7 45* Thought for the Day
8 35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Peter Donaldson
Unknown:
Andy Smith

visits Cornwall, where members of the St Minver Garden Society put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward.
Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

2: The Priest 's Tale
Fr Peter Lemass gave up his Dublin parish to be with the poor in Chile but, while there, was stricken with an incurable brain tumour.
He talks to Trevor Williams.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Peter Lemass
Unknown:
Trevor Williams.

A serial in eight episodes by PETER LING and JULIET ACE with Gayle Hunnicutt ,
Barbara Leigh-Hunt , Margaret Rawlings , Dinah Sheridan ,
Martin Jarvis , Richard Pasco and Dominic Rickhards
2: The new Lord Minster and his family have moved into Crown House. Jenny Webster , the housekeeper's daughter, has known them since she was a child; now they are all growing up she hopes to get to know them again -- especially
Richard, Viscount Ebony. Minster Family:
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ling
Unknown:
Juliet Ace
Unknown:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Margaret Rawlings
Unknown:
Dinah Sheridan
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Richard Pasco
Unknown:
Dominic Rickhards
Unknown:
Jenny Webster
Unknown:
Viscount Ebony.
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Jenny:
Jane Asher
Old Bea:
Margaret Rawlings
William:
Richard Pasco
Alice:
Dinah Sheridan
Richard:
Martin Jarvis
Nicholas:
Dominic Rickhards
Caroline:
Cara Kelly
Edith:
Barbara Atkinson
Gina:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Grace Duncan:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Sir Charles Bowyer:
Geoffrey Matthews
Lady Flora Kelso:
Margaret Ward
Charles Lindbergh:
Ed Bishop
Telephone operator:
Caroline Gruber
Radio announcer:
Michael Tudor Barnes

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Morgan the Milkman's Monsters. Stereo
2.05 WPFM The weekly live radio magazine for the under-20s. Presented by JO WHILEY. Stereo (e) Phone [number removed] (free) Lines open from 2.15-3.15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Jo Whiley.

Jenni Murray meets Stephanie Alexander , whose blend of Australian and European cooking has put Australia on the good food map. Serial: Memory by MARGARET MAHY abridged in 11 episodes by PAT MCLOUGHUN
Read by Peter Wickham (1)
Jonny is a young man haunted by the death of his sister Janine. Sophie is an old woman
'damaged beyond mending' -she has Alzheimer's disease and remembers nothing. They meet on a city street, and Jonny begins a voyage of discovery. (Music: Rachmaninov's Vocalise)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Stephanie Alexander
Unknown:
Margaret Mahy
Unknown:
Pat McLoughun
Read By:
Peter Wickham
Unknown:
Janine. Sophie

A romantic comedy by Aubrey Woods

Florence is upset to discover her husband Philip is having an affair with the ironmonger's wife. Equally upset are Spook, the General and the other birds who live in Florence's garden. They decide to take Florence's future under their wing and engineer for her a romance that will benefit everyone.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Aubrey Woods
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Spook:
Jane Wenham
The General:
Garard Green
Florence:
Kate Binchy
Philip:
Richard Tate
Deirdre:
Zelah Clarke
Frank:
Christopher Scott
Eric:
Simon Cuff
Janet:
Diana Olsson
Mike:
Ken Cumberlidge

Not About Heroes
'This book is not about heroes,' wrote Wilfred Owen in his last collection of poems. 'Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything about glory, honour, might, majesty, dominion or power, except war.' In the light of the current Armistice
Festival, Michael Berkeley discusses how after the First
World War the arts were never the same again.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Producer:
Simon Broughton

Presented by Frances Coverdale and Robert Williams
5.00, 5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5. 50-5. 55

Contributors

Presented By:
Frances Coverdale
Presented By:
Robert Williams

Clement Freud , Derek Nimmo , Wendy Richard and Kenneth Williams have subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons. Devised by LAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

by SUE LIMB. An eight-part sequel to her novel starring Imelda Staunton as Izzy 4: The View from the Bridge
Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE

Contributors

Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Charles:
David Robb
Bill:
Neil McCaul
Gwyn:
Dafyd Dhywel
Maria:
Marty Cruickshank
Sharon:
Melissa Wilson
Lorraine:
Catherine Clarke

Hall of Mirrors
Last of a reflected history in seven reels
With the opinions of John Kobal and Brian Neave and the voices of Oliver STONE
MICHAEL CIMINO , JOHN MILIUS
JODIE FOSTER , FRANCIS COPPOLA
WALTER CRONKITE. MARTIN SCORSESE TIM PAGE and RONALD REAGAN Script and narration by Christopher Frayling Compiled and researched by PAUL WELLS
Technical presentation by ROBIN CHERRY and MARTIN HOLUSTER with DAVID HALL and MARVIN WARE Directed by JOHN POWELL. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Kobal
Unknown:
Brian Neave
Unknown:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
Michael Cimino
Unknown:
John Milius
Unknown:
Jodie Foster
Unknown:
Francis Coppola
Unknown:
Walter Cronkite.
Unknown:
Martin Scorsese
Unknown:
Christopher Frayling
Unknown:
Martin Holuster
Unknown:
David Hall
Directed By:
John Powell.

Dominic Hibberd traces the development of Wilfred Owen 's attitudes to the First World War and to his poetry of the period. With David Michaels as Wilfred Owen
Producer FRASER STEEL (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominic Hibberd
Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Unknown:
David Michaels
Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Producer:
Fraser Steel (r)

The dancers of La La La Human Steps arrive in London as part of Dance Umbrella, and Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins star in The Lonely Passion of Miss Judith Hearne.
Presenter Mark Steyn Producer CARROLL MOORE

Contributors

Unknown:
Maggie Smith
Unknown:
Bob Hoskins
Unknown:
Judith Hearne.
Presenter:
Mark Steyn
Producer:
Carroll Moore

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