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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
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7.00,8.00 Today's News
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

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Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys

The memoirs of Dr Henry Shinglewood Taylor edited by PETER HADLEY. Read in three parts by Graeme Garden
1: Medical Student at Guy's Hospital, 1862
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Henry Shinglewood Taylor
Edited By:
Peter Hadley.
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Producer:
Pamela Howe.

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON.
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden.
In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason.
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden.
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry at the Library Stereo (R)
2.05 History Lost and Found Henry Mayhem London Stereo (R)(e)
2.25 Mainstream GCSE Presented by SIMON MAYO and SUSIE GRANT.
8: Chemistry. Stereo (e)

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Unknown:
Bad Harry
Presented By:
Simon Mayo

They are devoted, loyal, wait patiently for hours in the rain, scream in ecstasy, and travel the country in eternal hope.
Sara Parker meets teenage pop fans and some of their idols, including Rick Astley and Phillip Schofield.
Serial: The Honey Ant (4) Presenter Jenni Murray

Contributors

Unknown:
Sara Parker
Unknown:
Rick Astley
Unknown:
Phillip Schofield.
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

by DAVID LUCK.
Dick is a disaster-prone adolescent who has discovered girls and would like to kiss one - Rosemary Pierce in particular. Even when his friend Roger tries to help things along by bringing the couple together at a local community dance, events continue to go embarrassingly wrong, and it is Dick's parents who always seem to suffer most.
Directed by DAVE SHEASBY BBC North East. Stereo

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Unknown:
Rosemary Pierce
Directed By:
Dave Sheasby
Dick:
Neil Gore
Roger:
Jonathan Spyve
Mum:
Maureen Douglass
Dad:
Gerry Kersey

Opera singers are traditionally noted for their stolid, wooden acting, but nowadays the reality can often be quite different. As Director of the National Opera Studio,
Richard van Allan prepares young singers for the varied demands of their profession. He discusses the studio's work in the light of his own extensive operatic experiences.
Producer NIGEL WILKINSON Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard van Allan
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson

No donkey too sick, no dog too old.... no wolf ever turned away from the door. Reporters
Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with BBC Local Radio to visit Britain's animal sanctuaries, and meet the extraordinary people who run them.
A Breed Apart
Racing to save the tortoise; a seal's fate in Northumberland; and the life-saving qualities of rice pudding.
Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Walker
Unknown:
David Clayton

The Matinee
Paul Allen meets the artists who paint flowers and visits an exhibition in Sheffield which looks at the history of botanical illustration, and Sheridan Morley casts his eye over what's new in the theatre. Producer JOHN BOUNDY Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Producer:
John Boundy

A series of eight programmes. Starring with and 4: Sunday Lunch
'Steaming them? You don't steam potatoes. Sarah. In certain circumstances you steam fish.... when someone's ill or something.... You don't steam potatoes.'
Written by SIMON BRETT
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Pete Atkin.
Sarah:
Prunella Scales
Eleanor:
Joan Sanderson
Russell:
Benjamin Whitrow
Clare:
Gerry Cowper

Moscow-born violinist Shlomo Mintz talks to
June Knox-Mawer about his life as an international soloist, and introduces his records of a Paganini caprice, part of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and the whole of Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A minor with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine. Producer DEREK DRESCHER. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Shlomo Mintz
Conducted By:
James Levine.
Producer:
Derek Drescher.

Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL
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Contributors

Presented By:
Ian MacRae
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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