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Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday
7.00, 8.00 Today's News
7.20* Letters
7.25* Sport
With DAVID MERCER
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45* In Perspective Editor PHILIP HARDING

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
David Mercer
Editor:
Philip Harding

Presented by Cliff Morgan.
The stage is set for Act 3 of the FA Cup. The giant-killers wait in the wings.
Plus a look behind the scenes at the rest of the weekend sporting action.
Producer GORDON TURNBULL

Contributors

Presented By:
Cliff Morgan.

In this second New Zealand special, Bernard Falk lands on a glacier, shoots rapidly down white-water rivers, and talks to gold diggers.
Writer and traveller
Paul Theroux and his wife
Anne navigate their own way around Fjordland, finding exotic birds of flight out in the wilderness. Plus there are the dreaming spires of Christchurch to be visited.... New Zealand's South Island is explored. Producer CAROLINE DALY
For details of items in this week's programme, please send sae to:
[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Paul Theroux
Producer:
Caroline Daly

Ned Sherrin , live studio guests, and regular and irregular contributions from the likes of Robert Elms, Craig Charles and Victoria Mather. Additional material from
STEVE PUNT and PETE SINCLAIR Producers LAN
GARDHOUSE JANE BERTHOUD and CHARLIE BUNCE
* VOICE OVER: page 95

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Victoria Mather.
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Unknown:
Gardhouse Jane Berthoud
Unknown:
Charlie Bunce

by TONY BILBOW based on the novel Girl, 20 by KINGSLEY AMIS . With and 'As you get older you'll find that absolutely straightdownthemiddle sex doesn't strike you in quite the way it did.'
Sir Roy's pursuit of something more stimulating wreaks havoc in his own and everyone else's life, in this comic observation of the late 1960s.
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bilbow
Unknown:
Kingsley Amis
Directed By:
Matthew Walters
Sir Roy Vandervane:
Robert Stephens
Douglas Yandell:
Christopher Timothy

The programme where the past speaks to the present.
Derek Wilson looks at the happenings of today in the light of the events of yesterday. Researcher FELICITY GOODALL Producers KATE WHITEHEAD and JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Wilson
Unknown:
Felicity Goodall
Producers:
Kate Whitehead

4.30 New Series The Roads to Munich Six programmes in which MICHAEL BARBER looks at British attitudes between the wars.
1: Never Again - the Legacy of 1914-18 Producer GORDON HUTCHINGS (e)
0 FEATURE: page 92
5.00 Actors' Workshop With SHEILA HANCOCK. A six-part series in which Sheila and Guildhall students XANTHE GRESHAM and PETER WINGFIELD explore the craft of the actor. 1: Voice With CICELY BERRY of the RSC. Producer MERILYN HARRIS (R) (e)
5.30 New Series Paso doble Following Espana viva, a new ten-part course in Spanish. JEN SUTTON and MIGUEL PEÑARANDA guide you through interviews with just a few of the world's 320-million Spanish-speakers.
1: iQuien eres? A group of neighbours living in the heart of Madrid talk about themselves, and there's also a taste of the accent of Argentina. Written and produced by CAROL STANLEY (e) Book, £6.95; pack of two cassettes, £9.95, from booksellers.
0 FEATURE: page 92
4.30pm L W Science Now Presented by Alun Lewis. What is happening in science? Producer JULIAN BROWN
NEW SERIES
5.00pm LW Family Footsteps Jackie Stewart is helping his son Paul to launch his career in the dangerous and exciting world of motor sport. In the first of six programmes Gerald Williams talks with sporting families about sporting influences.
5.25 -5.50pm LW Week Ending with Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Barber
Producer:
Gordon Hutchings
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock.
Unknown:
Peter Wingfield
Unknown:
Cicely Berry
Producer:
Merilyn Harris
Produced By:
Carol Stanley
Presented By:
Alun Lewis.
Producer:
Julian Brown
Unknown:
Jackie Stewart
Talks:
Gerald Williams
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace.

Our Family
A trilogy by VICTOR PEMBERTON 1: The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
A love story with Nerys Hughes Nigel Anthony , Wendy Richard and Sheila Grant. 1916-30
Letty is a determined young girl. When she marries Oliver against the wishes of her family, she is convinced that her love can help him overcome the disabilities of his war-wounds and restore his faith in himself and the world about him.
Pianist MARY NASH
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Pemberton
Unknown:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Sheila Grant.
Pianist:
Mary Nash
Directed By:
John Tydeman
Letty Edginton:
Nerys Hughes
Beatrice, her mother:
Sheila Grant
William, her father:
Malcolm Hayes
Nicky, her younger brother:
Adam Godley
Tom, her elder brother:
Derek Seaton
Oliver Hobbs:
Nigel Anthony
Violet, his sister:
Wendy Richard
Bill Brooks:
Kenneth Shanley
Mr Cotton:
Eric Allan
Frank O'Malley:
Bill Monks
Amy Lyall:
Eve Karpf
Mr Pearson:
Robert Trotter

Excess Baggage by KEN BLAKESON. and Cyn, Dawn and Myra fight their own private battle against an institution which doesn't seem to care, tolerating loneliness, boredom and poverty to help their husbands 'get on'. Ken Blakeson 's blistering new drama
THE LISTENER
Directed by SUSAN HOGG
BBC Manchester. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson.
Directed By:
Susan Hogg
Cyn:
With Samantha Bond
Myra:
Barbara Marten
Dawn:
Sharon Muircroft
Cpl Whittaker:
Christopher Quinn
QM Sergeant:
Colin Meredith
Denny Dennison:
Stephen Tompkinson
Col EUesworth:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Bill Burridge:
Christian Rodska
Marjorie EUesworth:
Diana Olsson
Watson:
Kim Wall
Johnson:
Paul Codman
Capt Cranham:
Paul Sirr
Rebecca:
Victoria Carling
Colour Sgt Brown:
Chris Larner
Eddie:
Richard Henders
Wendy:
Rachel Griffiths
Corporal:
Simon Morley
Military adviser:
David Hounslow

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