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Presented by Brian Redhead 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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor

Four programmes searching for the roots of creativity 3: The Creative Toolkit What do you need to be creative? Must you be driven by fears doubts, anxieties? Must you always work in a certain way? Or is there no set pattern?
Peter Evans lays out the contents of the creative toolkit. Producer GEOFF DEEHAN (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Geoff Deehan

Sharron Davies and her father Terry made a winning team as swimmer and coach. But the relationship between father and daughter was often turbulent. Gerald Williams discovers what made this combination so successful.
Producer CAROLINE ELUOT

Contributors

Unknown:
Sharron Davies
Unknown:
Gerald Williams
Producer:
Caroline Eluot

1.55 Listening Comer PB Takes a Holiday by GERALD ROSE . Stereo (R)
2.05 Looking at Nature Classroom Creatures by MIKE HOWARTH. TMMY MALLETT and ROBIN ROBBINS help you make a cage for your pet. Stereo (e)
2.20 GCSE: Real Maths
3: Starter File. Presented by FRANK PARTRIDGE Stereo (e)
2.40 Quest. 3: The Bible The Old Testament.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Rose
Unknown:
Mike Howarth.
Unknown:
Tmmy Mallett
Unknown:
Robin Robbins
Presented By:
Frank Partridge

A comedy by JOHN GRAHAM with and In 1871, Queen Victoria was a 51-year-old widow, at her happiest at Balmoral with her beloved John Brown and taking little interest in affairs of state.
This could not be allowed to continue. Somehow Brown must be removed!
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN. Stereo

Contributors

Comedy By:
John Graham
Unknown:
John Brown
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman.
John Brown:
Donald McKillop
Queen Victoria:
Hilda Schroder
William Gladstone:
David March
Lord Charles Fitzroy:
Lewis Fiander
Sir William Jenner.:
Manning Wilson
Jessie:
Susie Brann
The Rev Dr Darling:
Ian Thompson

Daughters of Captain Cook is the first novel from Canadian writer Linda Spalding. Nigel Forde talks to her about the conflicting cultures of modern America and ancient Hawaii which her book explores.
Kingsley Amis describes his working day, while
Willie Rushton reveals the best-loved volumes on his bookshelf. Producer SALLY MARMION
0 CEEFAX: book details are on page 266

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Spalding.
Talks:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Producer:
Sally Marmion

A series of ten programmes. 2: Schoolfor Fools
The circus is coming; but minus lions and elephants, tights and sequins. 'New Circus' is non-sexist, animal-free, without the rule of the ringmaster.
Phil Korbel watched agog as the Snapdragon Circus honed their skills at a special school. Producer PETER EVERETT BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Korbel
Producer:
Peter Everett

A series of six programmes. 4: W.A. Baxter and Sons Ltd have been making preserves and marmalades for 110 years, plus recently a range of tinned foods. Since Gordon Baxter , the present managing director, has been involved, there have been more than 130 take-over bids. Producer JANE MARSHALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Baxter
Producer:
Jane Marshall

American writer David Mamet 's new play opens at the National Theatre. Called Speed the Plow, it looks at life in Hollywood. Presenter Paul Allen
Producer NOAH RICHLER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mamet
Presenter:
Paul Allen
Producer:
Noah Richler.

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