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In a special programme from the Balearic Islands, Bernard Falk explores Majorca, while
Chris Hawksworth samples the delights of Ibiza. Producer
JENNY MALLINSON DUFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Chris Hawksworth
Unknown:
Jenny Mallinson Duff

live from the Edinburgh Festival.
Ned McSherrin introduces surprise guests, along with regular and irregular contributions from Richard McJobson Arthur McSmith and Emma McFreud. With intrusions from
Victor MacLewis-Smith . Additional material from PETE MCSINCLAIR and STEVE MCPUNT
Additional additional material from PAUL MCSPARKS Producers IAN MCGARDHOUSE JANET MCLEE and CHARLIE MCBUNCE

Contributors

Introduces:
Ned McSherrin
Unknown:
Richard McJobson
Unknown:
Arthur McSmith
Unknown:
Emma McFreud.
Unknown:
Victor MacLewis-Smith
Unknown:
Pete McSinclair
Unknown:
Steve McPunt
Producers:
Ian McGardhouse
Producers:
Janet McLee
Producers:
Charlie McBunce

David Walter talks with the Home Secretary, The Rt Hon Douglas Hurd , mp, about his tastes in literature and the books that have influenced him.
ANDREW SACHS , JULIE HILLS and SUSAN SHERIDAN read extracts from his favourite books.
Producer MARGARET HILL

Contributors

Talks:
David Walter
Unknown:
Douglas Hurd
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
Julie Hills
Unknown:
Susan Sheridan

An elephant is playing the mouth-organ - it's a wine promotion in California's Napa Valley. Down the road, Mexican immigrants are pledging allegiance to the American flag
- and a fundamentalist pastor has offended his flock.
3: The St Helena Star-
Rich and Poor in Paradise Compiled and presented by Tony WiUdnson. Producer JULIAN HALE

Contributors

Presented By:
Tony Wiudnson.
Producer:
Julian Hale

The second of eight political dramas by CHRISTOPHER LEE. Starring and with and 'Mr Speaker, will the Home Secretary give the House his assurance that no member, nor potential member, of the Select Committee on Defence will be investigated by MI5, MI6, the Special
Branch, nor by any other agency of the Government?' Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee.
Producer:
Pete Atkin.
Charles Bannister:
Julian Glover
Dougal Baxter:
Timothy West
Mary Bannister:
Sarah Badel
Denis Wigton:
David Ryall
Henry Colville:
Christopher Benjamin
Juliet Cameron:
Siobhan Redmond
Rose:
Sheila Reid
the Speaker:
David McAlister
Michael Friend:
Stuart Organ
Keith Chadwick:
Graham Blockey
Nick Beresford:
Rupert Baker
Grace:
Joan Matheson
Polly Bannister:
Ruth Gemmell

A two-part look at the world of auctions.
1: A Question of Breeding
Two auctions, each selling horses, but with little in common. On Dartmoor, the ponies go for meat. At Tattersalls in Suffolk, the brood mares are sold for thousands. Eve Bonham investigates breeding as an arbiter of price.
Researcher KATE CHANEY Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Chaney

Four plays by Alan Ayckbourn adapted by Richard Wigmore.
With Lavinia Bertram as Celia Teasdale, Sylvie Bell, Rowena Coombes and sundry other ladies and Robin Herford as Toby Teasdale, Lionel Hepplewick, Miles Coombes and sundry other men

School caretaker Lionel Hepplewick conceives a fierce passion for his headmaster's wife.
(Stereo)
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)
(All four plays first produced by Alan Ayckbourn for the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough)
(Next play: tonight at 7.45pm)

See David Gillard, page 65

Contributors

Author:
Alan Ayckbourn
Adapted by:
Richard Wigmore
Producer:
Gordon House
Celia Teasdale/Sylvie Bell/Rowena Coombes/Sundry other ladies:
Lavinia Bertram
Toby Teasdale/Lionel Hepplewick/Miles Coombes/Sundry other men:
Robin Herford

with Irene Thomas and Norman Painting.
Guests: Michael Denison , Dulcie Gray , Molly Weir and Thomas Hinde. Questionmaster
Dr Stefan Buczacki Producer IAN STRACHAN
BBC Manchester. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Norman Painting.
Unknown:
Michael Denison
Unknown:
Dulcie Gray
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Thomas Hinde.
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Producer:
Ian Strachan

Four plays by ALAN AYCKBOURN.
With Lavinia Bertram and Robin Herford. 2: A Game of Golf
Miles Coombes is anxious that his friend Toby Teasdale should stop drinking and patch up his marriage.
Producer GORDON HOUSE Stereo (First broadcast on BBC World Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Ayckbourn.
Unknown:
Lavinia Bertram
Unknown:
Robin Herford.
Unknown:
Miles Coombes
Unknown:
Toby Teasdale

Living Stones With
A new apprentice stonemason, the foreman mason and the architect at Worcester Cathedral introduce you to their work and take you back to meet Abraham Perkins , the cathedral architect during the great Victorian restoration. Researcher
ANDREW WHITTAKER
Producer SHIRLEY SCOTT BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Abraham Perkins
Unknown:
Andrew Whittaker
Producer:
Shirley Scott
Abraham Perkins:
Jeffery Dench

In the last of the series,
John Timpson talks with John Alston - landowner, farmer and leader of Norfolk County Council. Producer
MARJORIE LOFTHOUSE
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
John Timpson
Unknown:
John Alston
Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse

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