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Presented by John Humphrys and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Letters

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Peter Donaldson
Unknown:
Garry Richardson

A serial in eight episodes by PETER LING and JULIET ACE starring Jane Asher
Gayle Hunnicutt , Polly James , Barbara Leigh-Hunt , Margaret Rawlings , Dinah Sheridan ,
Martin Jarvis , Richard Pasco and Dominic Rickhards
4: When Nicholas came home on leave he realised that Jenny and Richard were having an affair, although Old Bea had done her best to put a stop to it. Lady
Edith discovered unexpected happiness; Alice went night-clubbing, and Jenny was shocked to learn that Richard was engaged to be married.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ling
Unknown:
Jane Asher
Unknown:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Unknown:
Polly James
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Margaret Rawlings
Unknown:
Dinah Sheridan
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Richard Pasco
Unknown:
Dominic Rickhards
Unknown:
Old Bea
Directed By:
Graham Gauld.
Jenny:
Jane Asher
Minster Family Old Bea:
Margaret Rawungs
William:
Richard Pasco
Alice:
Dinah Sheridan
Richard:
Martin Jarvis
Nicholas:
Dominic Rickhards
Edith:
Barbara Atkinson
Gina:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Grace:
Barbara Lelgh-Hunt
Polly Harvey:
Polly James
Sir Charles Bowyer:
Geoffrey Matthews
Paul Weyman:
John Pullen
Scott Hanson:
Ian Michie
Mrs Webster:
Eva Stuart
Landlady:
Zelah Clarke

1.55 Listening Corner The Hungry Crows
(Stereo) (R)

2.05 WPFM
The weekly live radio magazine for the under-20s. Presented by Jo Whiley.
(Stereo) (e)

Use the helpline to access database information on all available courses and training options throughout the UK. Phone [number removed] (free) Lines open from 2.15-3.15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Jo Whlley.

If Shakespeare had been a regular listener, he'd have known why the Wives of Windsor were really so merry. Serial: Memory by MARGARET MAHY , abridged in 11 episodes by PAT MCLOUGHLIN Read by Peter Wickham (11) (Music: Rachmaninov's Vocalise) Presenter Jenni Murray

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Mahy
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
Peter Wickham
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

by KEVIN ELYOT with Marian Diamond as Molly and Betty Marsden as Muriel
A weekend in the West Country would seem to be the ideal way to celebrate an engagement, but staying in a hotel can present problems - tables are not always as separate as they might be.
COLIN SELL (piano)
PERRY MONTAGUE MASON (violin) Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Elyot
Unknown:
Marian Diamond
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Violin:
Perry Montague Mason
Directed By:
Jane Morgan.
Derek:
Rlchard Durden
Waiter:
Steve Hodson
Violinist:
Richard Tate

The first of five programmes in which George MacBeth talks with Liz Lochhead about her life and poetry.
Reader JANETTE FOGGO Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
George MacBeth
Unknown:
Liz Lochhead
Reader:
Janette Foggo
Producer:
Alec Reid

Nigel Lawson says that interest rates will stay as high as it takes for as long as it takes.
Felicity Goodey reports from the Chancellor's own Midlands constituency on the effects of his policy.
Producer COLIN PHILPOTT Editor GERRY NORTHAM BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Lawson
Unknown:
Felicity Goodey
Producer:
Colin Philpott
Editor:
Gerry Northam

Shooting Pictures
British film director Derek Jarman 's latest project is a visualisation of Britten's
War Requiem. The film is part diatribe against war, part biography of Wilfred Owen , whose poems figure within it. Mark Steyn visits the set in a disused hospital and talks to Jarman, the producer
Don Boyd , and actors Tilda Swinton , Owen Teale and Nathaniel Parker who plays the poet. Producer JOHN BOUNDY

Contributors

Director:
Derek Jarman
Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Unknown:
Mark Steyn
Unknown:
Don Boyd
Unknown:
Tilda Swinton
Unknown:
Owen Teale
Unknown:
Nathaniel Parker
Producer:
John Boundy

Iain Johnstone hosts the celebrity panel show that brings you magic movie moments.
This week's panel are Dick Vosburgh, Liz Fraser, Angela Douglas and Bernard Cribbins
(Stereo) (R)

Contributors

Chairman:
Iain Johnstone
Panellist:
Dick Vosburgh
Panellist:
Liz Fraser
Panellist:
Angela Douglas
Panellist:
Bernard Cribbins
Written and researched by:
Jeremy Pascall
Written and researched by:
Phil Swern
Producer:
Andy Aliffe

A series of four programmes about Antarctica with Bernard Jackson. 1: The Shadow of Heroes
It's 80 years or so since the great days of Scott and Shackleton, and 30 since the crossing of the Antarctic continent by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Although today's Antarctic visitors are more likely to be concerned with the hole in the ozone layer, the temperature of the ice cap or the breeding habits of seals and albatrosses than with exploration and discovery they are constantly in the debt of the earlier pioneers.
Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Jackson.
Unknown:
Sir Vivian Fuchs.
Producer:
Daniel Snowman.

by SUE LIMB. An eight-part sequel to her novel starring Imelda Staunton as Izzy
6: You Shall Go to the Ball
Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore
Charles:
David Robb
Dick:
Mike Grady
Maria:
Marty Crulckshank
Actor:
Gwyn Dafyddhywel
Michael:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Actor:
Louise Phyllidanash

A play which caught the anger and despair of the young unemployed opens at the Royal Court Theatre in London this week, after making its initial impact at the Edinburgh Fringe - it's The Conquest of the South Pole by East German playwright Manfred Karge.
Presenter Christopher Bigsby Producer NOAH RICHLER
(Revised repeat tomorrow at 4.35pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Manfred Karge.
Presenter:
Christopher Bigsby

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