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6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with PETER DAY
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7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor

1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: The Home-Made Bobby-Dazzler by PAM AYRES. Stereo (R)
2.05 Let's Join In with SOUNDBOX The King of the Mushrooms An Estonian folk tale. Stereo (e)
2.25 The Song Tree The Music Menagerie (4) by BARRY GIBSON. Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR with PYEWACKETT. Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 The Friday Serial Erik the Viking (4) Read by TERRY JONES. Stereo (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pam Ayres.
Unknown:
Barry Gibson.
Presented By:
Hilary James
Presented By:
Simon Mayor
Read By:
Terry Jones.

by VICTOR HUGO.
The last of a five-part dramatisation by CATHERINE LUCY CZERKAWSKA. With and The Little Shoe
'Once I saw how the whole business of the gypsy was turning out and that there would be ropes and hangings,
I wasn't anxious to be mixed up in any of it.'
Music by PHILIP PICKETT
TOM FINUCANE , STEPHEN HENDERSON Directed by MARILYN IMRIE Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Hugo.
Unknown:
Catherine Lucy Czerkawska.
Music By:
Philip Pickett
Music By:
Tom Finucane
Music By:
Stephen Henderson
Directed By:
Marilyn Imrie
Phoebus:
Christopher Bowen
Pierre Gringoire:
Dermot Crowley
Quasimodo:
Jack Klaff
Esmeralda:
Emily Morgan
Dom Claude Frollo:
Nigel Terry
Jehan Frollo:
Ian Michie
Clopin:
Joe Dunlop
Recluse:
Joan Matheson
Hangman:
Simon Cuff
Sergeant:
Peter Craze
Soldier:
Ian Targett
Commander:
Ken Cumberlidge

Humphrey Carpenter presents the third in his series of sixprogrammes on the members and activities of flourishing literary societies in Britain. The Edgar Wallace Society
Wallace may be out of fashion now and much of what he wrote dated, but Society members are still making exciting discoveries of lost works by this prolific author - and his daughter recalls the unusual way in which the Society was founded. Producer NICK UTECHIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Wallace Society
Producer:
Nick Utechin

written by SIMON FRITH.
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith.
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Jill Archer:
Patricia Green
Kenton Archer:
Graeme Kirk
Shula Hebden:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth Archer:
Alison Dowling
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Lucy Perks:
Tracy Jane White
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Nigel Pargetter:
Nigel Carrington
Matthew Thorogood:
Crawford Logan
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd

David Mellor , qc, mp, Minister of State for Health
Harriet Harman , mp Charles Kennedy , mp and Rebecca Malby , Senior Sister. Waltham Forest Health Authority.
From Whitchurch, Shropshire Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mellor
Unknown:
Harriet Harman
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
Rebecca Malby
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producer:
Carole Stone

Marcel Berlins takes a weekly look at events in the Courts and what the lawyers are up to.
He talks to judges, barristers, solicitors and members of the public who come into contact with the legal system - both civil and criminal.
Producer GARETH BUTLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Berlins
Producer:
Gareth Butler

Casting Lines
Actors animate their characters and hold you with their performances, but before they appear on stage or screen they have to be chosen. Paul Allen talks to those who do the choosing, including theatre casting director
Gillian Diamond , and Mary Selway , who has found actors for more than 80 feature films.
Producer JULIAN MAY. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Gillian Diamond
Unknown:
Mary Selway

with Bill Wallis
David Tate and Sally Grace. Written by MIKE COLEMAN
BILL MATTHEWS. ROBERT UNFORD MAX HANDLEY. GED
PARSONS SIMON BULLTVANT. MARK BRISENDEN DAVID BADDIEL. ROB NEWMAN BARRY ATKINS. MICHAEL DINES PETER HICKEY and others.
Producer USSA EVANS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sally Grace.
Written By:
Mike Coleman
Written By:
Bill Matthews.
Written By:
Robert Unford
Unknown:
Max Handley.
Unknown:
Parsons Simon Bulltvant.
Unknown:
Brisenden David Baddiel.
Unknown:
Rob Newman
Unknown:
Barry Atkins.
Unknown:
Peter Hickey
Producer:
Ussa Evans.

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