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Chris Hawksworth brings a special programme live from Windermere, where he's joined by writer and Lakes expert
Hunter Davies. Cindy Selby walks the Fells, reports live from a steamer on the lake, and finds some comfortable hotels.
Producer CHRIS HIPWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Hawksworth
Unknown:
Hunter Davies.
Unknown:
Cindy Selby
Producer:
Chris Hipwell

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

A Question of Money As part of 'BBC Radio
Goes to Town', the team answers questions on personal finance put by listeners at the Co-op Education Centre in Nottingham.
The panel: Louise Botting , Vincent Duggleby ,
Christopher Gilchrist and Philip Hardman (More questions answered on Monday at 10.00am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Botting
Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby
Unknown:
Christopher Gilchrist
Unknown:
Philip Hardman

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

Contributors

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

Beatrix Campbell , Sir Cyril Smith , MP, Ken Maginnis , MP, and Jean Denton.
Chair Jonathan Dimbleby and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Call Jonathan Dimbleby with views on the issues raised in Any Questions? Producers JOHN HOLMES and CHRIS BURNS. BBC Bristol
0 LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Beatrix Campbell
Unknown:
Sir Cyril Smith
Unknown:
Ken Maginnis
Unknown:
Jean Denton.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
John Holmes
Producers:
Chris Burns.

by JONATHAN SMITH. With Bill Paterson as Robert Louis Stevenson John Franklyn-Robbins as W.E. Henley and Maureen O'Brien as Fanny.
W.E. Henley, the one-legged poet, struck up a friendship with Stevenson which led to Stevenson's thinly-disguised portrait of Henley as Long
John Silver in Treasure Island. Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Smith.
Unknown:
Bill Paterson
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Unknown:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Maureen O'Brien
Unknown:
John Silver
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin

Barry Cunliffe presents the programme where the past speaks to the present. In the years immediately following the Second
World War, high-ranking Nazis and Axis government officials were recruited by American secret services and smuggled into the United States. Ann Tusa uncovers a controversial collaboration that many would like forgotten.
Researcher FELICITY GOODALL Producer KATE MCALL and JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe
Unknown:
Ann Tusa
Unknown:
Felicity Goodall
Producer:
Kate McAll

Phoenix England by Shaun Prendergast , who also plays Bernie Brooks with and Bemie's fame as a country and western star is on the wane. So he takes a rigging job in Rutherford.
Musicians MARK DOFFMAN. PAUL GAMBLIN.
STEPHEN WARBECK and TREVOR ALLAN
Music by TREVOR ALLAN Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Shaun Prendergast
Unknown:
Bernie Brooks
Musicians:
Mark Doffman.
Unknown:
Stephen Warbeck
Unknown:
Trevor Allan
Music By:
Trevor Allan
Directed By:
Jeremy Mortimer.
Ewan:
Gareth Tudor Price
Charlotte:
Janet Kay
Maureen/Vera:
Janet Jefferies
Ken:
Thomas Baptiste
Jimmy:
Jimmy Yuill
Richie:
David Whitaker
Bones:
Trevor Allan
Rosie:
Gillian Tompkins
Amanda:
Elaine Claxton
Tina:
Marcia King
Mike:
Christopher Scott
Driver/Policeman:
Geoffrey Whitehead

To Be a Farmer's Boy In the years before the First World War, the Northern farm worker could earn twice as much as his Southern colleagues and large numbers of lads came North to seek work. Folk historian
Charles Kightly hears tales of life on the farms of Yorkshire. Producer GRAHAM HENDERSON BBC North East

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Kightly
Producer:
Graham Henderson

An eight-part series in which Robert Cushman gives a personal view of New York cabaret.
6: Too Old to Die Young A look at one of Manhattan cabaret's most hallowed traditions, the piano bar.
With singers
Buddy Barnes , Richard Rodney Bennett, Cy Coleman , Murray Grand ,
Mabel Mercer , Hugh Shannon , John Wallowitch and Ronny Whyte , and comments from Blossom Dearie and Jane Harvey. Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Cushman
Singers:
Buddy Barnes
Singers:
Richard Rodney
Unknown:
Cy Coleman
Unknown:
Murray Grand
Unknown:
Mabel Mercer
Unknown:
Hugh Shannon
Unknown:
John Wallowitch
Unknown:
Ronny Whyte
Unknown:
Jane Harvey.
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore

Actor Nicholas Craig concludes his autobiography, which has sent the theatrical establishment reeling, and slightly irritated many other people. With Nigel Planer ,
Christopher Douglas , Christopher Ryan and Chrissy Roberts. Written by MGEL PLANER and CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS Producer BILL DARE. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Craig
Unknown:
Nigel Planer
Unknown:
Christopher Douglas
Unknown:
Christopher Ryan
Unknown:
Chrissy Roberts.
Written By:
Mgel Planer
Unknown:
Christopher Douglas

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