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Presented by John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by JOHN HEDGES
7.25*, 8.25* Sport With ANDY SMITH
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Read By:
John Hedges
Unknown:
Andy Smith

The last programme in the series in which Chris Dunkley , of the Financial Times, airs your comments on BBC programmes and policy, and puts your questions to the people responsible.
Producer JOHN WATKINS
Send your comments to: Feedback BBC. London WIA 4WW

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
John Watkins

Eastward Ho?
Chancellor Kohl's visit to
Moscow revived fears among Germany's allies about the implications of the Federal
Republic's renewed Ostpolitik. Are we witnessing a German drift away from its familiar
Western moorings? What does the changing climate of opinion in Germany mean for the ' relationships inside NATO? How should the Federal Republic's allies react? Presenter Stuart Simon Producer DAVID HABAKKUK Editor CAROLINE ANSTEY

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Simon
Producer:
David Habakkuk
Editor:
Caroline Anstey

The children's book programme introduced by Penelope Lively. Poetry for children is enormously popular - both in books and in performance.
Jill Burridge visits schools with James Berry , Anne Harvey and John Mole.
Producer SALLY FELDMAN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Penelope Lively.
Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Unknown:
James Berry
Unknown:
Anne Harvey
Unknown:
John Mole.
Producer:
Sally Feldman

from Glasgow
From the poor house to the European Court, from
Marshalsea to Holloway - at the Heatherbank Museum of Social Work in Glasgow you can trace the fascinating evolution of a new profession.
Eleanor Ironside meets the museum's curator, Rosemary Harvey. Five Short Stories by RONALD BLYTHE
2: The Shadows of the Living Presenter Mary Marquis

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Ironside
Unknown:
Rosemary Harvey.
Stories By:
Ronald Blythe
Presenter:
Mary Marquis

A 12-part series by Don Taylor
11: The Sea-Green Banner
1649: Gerard Winstanley takes his followers up St George's
Hill, Weybridge, to found a new order of equality and love, and William Thompson prepares to leave London at the head of a new revolutionary army. Meanwhile the women of London march on Parliament to protest at the radical leaders' imprisonment in the Tower.
Directed by Shaun Macloughlin BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Don Taylor
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Oliver Cromwell:
Bernard Hepton
Fairfax:
Nigel Anthony
Francis White:
Graham Blockey
John Lilburne:
Christian Rodska
William Thompson:
Anthony Jackson
John Church:
Eric Allan
Stephen White:
David March
Mrs Chidley:
Ellen Dryden
Elizabeth Lilburne:
Maureen O'Brien
Penelope:
Deborah Makepeace
Col Scroop:
Cornelius Garrett
Ireton:
Bill Wallis
Winstanley:
Steve Hodson
Martha:
June Barrie
Everard:
Jonathan Nibbs
Sindercombe:
John Baddeley
James Thompson:
Simon Cuff
Denne:
William Eedle
Lockyer:
Peter Craze
Reynolds:
Kim Wall
Col Whalley:
John Hartoch
Betty:
Zelah Clarke

Professor Anthony Clare presents a weekly magazine devoted to matters of psychology, normal and abnormal, as reflected in events, books, films, plays as well as in the work of psychologists and psychiatrists. Researcher RONNI DA vis
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Anthony Clare
Producer:
Michael Ember.

Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale including PM World Watch: reports about environmental issues of today - and tomorrow.
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, Tom Boswell is 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

Tonight's panel includes Ludovic Kennedy Jim Sillars , mp
The Rt Hon Barbara Castle , mep. They tackle issues raised by an audience in Urchfont, Wiltshire
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE BBCBristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Jim Sillars
Unknown:
Barbara Castle
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone

Frankie Goes to Liverpool
Frank Clarke , writer of Letter to Brezhnev and The Fruit
Machine, takes Paul Allen on a cultural tour of his home city. Where once the Beatles were idols, now Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell are the local boys made good. As Clarke sees it, the working class are fighting for their voice. His itinerary ranges from a theatre group struggling on the dole, to the bingo on a Saturday night. Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Clarke
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Alan Bleasdale
Unknown:
Willy Russell
Producer:
Simon Broughton

Satire so sharp you can eat soup with it.
With Sally Grace, David Tate Bill Wallis and Royce Mills Written by MIKE COLEMAN
MARK BURTON. JOHN OFARRELL BILL MATTHEWS. ROBERT UNFORD MAX HANDLEY , GED PARSONS DAVID BADDIEL. ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW , SIMON BULLIVANT MARK BRISENDEN. BARRY ATKINS MICHAEL DINES. PETER HICKEY and others.
Producer HARRY THOMPSON Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Written By:
Mike Coleman
Written By:
Mark Burton.
Written By:
John Ofarrell
Written By:
Bill Matthews.
Written By:
Robert Unford
Written By:
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:
Harry Thompson

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