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with Ned Sherrin ,
Carol Thatcher , Richard Jobson and Emma Freud.
Additional material from
PETE SINCLAIR and STEVE PUNT Producers IAN GARDHOUSE JANE BERTHOUD and CHARLIE BUNCE

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Richard Jobson
Unknown:
Emma Freud.
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Producers:
Jane Berthoud
Producers:
Charlie Bunce

Chair Barry Took Team captains Alan Coren and Richard Ingrams. Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and producer HARRY THOMPSON Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams.
Unknown:
John Langdon
Producer:
Harry Thompson

The panel includes
Christopher Patten. MP, and Dennis Skinner. MP. Charles Wilson and Roger Graef.
From Reading, Berkshire. Chair Jonathan Dimbleby. and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Call Jonathan Dimbleby with your views.
Producers JOHN HOLMES and JOHN WATKINS. BBC Bristol
0 LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Patten.
Unknown:
Dennis Skinner.
Unknown:
Charles Wilson
Unknown:
Roger Graef.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
John Holmes
Producers:
John Watkins.

by BASIL ASHMORE based on an original plot by MIKHAIL SEBASTIAN. With Hannah Gordon as the Lady and Nigel Anthony as the Schoolmaster.
A bittersweet love story set in a remote corner of Romania in the 1930s.
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mikhail Sebastian.
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins

The Flow Country
Best known for the rows over forestry schemes. The Flows is a huge expanse of blanket bog not far from
John O'Groats which rings with the calls of greenshanks and red-throated divers. Presenter Michael Scott Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John O'Groats
Presenter:
Michael Scott
Producer:
John Harrison

by Brian Freemantle. Dramatised by Geoffrey M. Matthews.
With Philip Jackson as Charlie Muffin

When MI5 decides Charlie is expendable, he takes the chance to abscond with a million dollars.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Brian Freemantle
Dramatised by:
Geoffrey M. Matthews
Director:
Matthew Walters
Charlie Muffin:
Philip Jackson
Edith:
Jennifer Piercey
Berenkov:
Peter Woodthorpe
Kalenin:
Sandor Eles
Wilberforce:
Barrie Cookson
Onslow Smith:
Kerry Shale
Ruttgers:
Don Fellows
Willoughby:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Snare:
Philip Sully
Law:
Brian Miller
Hardiman:
Ken Cumberlidge
Packer:
Vincent Brimble
Brayley:
Ian Michie

Hair Today
Often described as the naked ape. man has developed a preoccupation with hair ... or, in some cases, the lack of it. From earliest times it has been used to indicate creed, culture, mood and fashion. But how, and why? Chris Serle combs through the fascinating fabrications to find the bald facts about what is often seen as our crowning glory. Producer
MARJORIE LOFTHOUSE BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Serle
Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse

Abandoning conventional road maps.
Christina Hardyment took her four children on a grand tour of Europe, using the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and other children's authors as their guides.
1: It All Began with Toad.... Producer ANNE HINDS BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Christina Hardyment
Unknown:
Hans Christian
Producer:
Anne Hinds

An eight-part series with Robert Cushman. 4: If Love Were All
'Night after night, have to look bright,
Whether you're well or ill People must laugh their fill
You mustn't sleep Till dawn comes creeping'
NOEL COWARD. 1929
The great cabaret performers in their prime. With singers Fred Astaire , Alberta Hunter, Johnny Mercer , Mabel Mercer , Bobby Short ,
Frank Sinatra and Margaret Whiting and additional comments from Whitney Balliett , Greg Dawson , Gary Giddins , Jonathan Schwartz , Joel Siegel ,
Sylvia Syms , Jan Wallman. Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Cushman.
Singers:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Johnny Mercer
Unknown:
Mabel Mercer
Unknown:
Bobby Short
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Margaret Whiting
Unknown:
Whitney Balliett
Unknown:
Greg Dawson
Unknown:
Gary Giddins
Unknown:
Jonathan Schwartz
Unknown:
Joel Siegel
Unknown:
Sylvia Syms
Unknown:
Jan Wallman.
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore

Famous actor Nicholas Craig came up with this idea: 'Why don't I just stand in front of a microphone and talk about myself for three hours?'
With less successful performances from Nigel Planer,
Christopher Douglas , Christopher Ryan Chrissy Roberts.
Written by nigel PLANER and CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS Producer BILL DARE . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Craig
Unknown:
Christopher Douglas
Unknown:
Christopher Ryan Chrissy Roberts.
Written By:
Nigel Planer
Written By:
Christopher Douglas
Producer:
Bill Dare

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