Stereo
with Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor in London and John Humphrys at the Labour Party
Conference in Brighton.
by THOMAS HARDY abridged by NEVILLE TELLER.
Read by George Raistrick.
William Scanlan Murphy , who is both a naval historian and a composer, finds himself in good company as a musician captivated by the sea. Producer GILLIAN HUSH - BBC Manchester
Producers CAROLE LACEY and ADAM RAPHAEL
The Only Child
Written and read by Yvonne Gilan
Producer BRUCE YOUNG BBC Scotland
Reading: Revelation 21, vv 1-7; 22, w 1-5
Director of Music
NOEL TREDINNICK. Stereo
with Michael Rosen. A burglar who gives things back; the postman who delivers promotional material to witches:
Janet and Allan Ahlberg describe how they work together to create characters like these. Producer JILL BURRIDGE
0 See panel, right
Presenter John Waite
with Derek Cooper
Producer VANESSA HARRISON
Nick Clarke in London and James Naughtie at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
My Naughty Little Sister Is a Curly Girl. Stereo
from Cardiff.
Introduced by Gail Foley. Short story: Life with the Finch Family
2: A View of Exmoor
FMonly. See panel page 78
by WILKIE COLLINS adapted in six episodes by RAY JENKINS. With and Narrator Philip Sully. 3: June 1847
Magdalen, with the aid of the swindler Captain
Wragge, is determined to get back her inheritance from her cousin Noel.
Music by PETER BREWIS played by MAURICE CAMBRIDGE Directed by JANET WHITAKER Stereo
Patrick Hannan and his guests take a final look at the events of the week. Producer RICHARD THOMAS BBC Wales
with Robert Williams and Frances Coverdale
and Financial Report
Clive Jacobs discovers what's new and what's happening in the world of transport.
Producer JILL THOMAS
with Margaret Howard Producer BEATY RUBENS Stereo
The Rt Hon Paddy Ashdown , MP
The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke , QC. mp
Bryan Gould , mp
Ron Todd , General Secretary, TGWU from Hove, Sussex. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer ANNA CARRAGHER BBC Bristol
with Nick Clarke
Producer GARETH BUTLER
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Emission controls in California
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The adoption of emission controls in California, and Senator Jesse Helms' objection to the work of Robert Mapplethorpe being funded by the National Endowment for Art.
'You feel very small, rather humble and you feel an absolute pawn.' Producer CATHY DRYSDALE
by Alistair Cooke
The American writer Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple, which was then filmed by Steven Spielberg. Her writing often reflects the struggles and joys of black women in America, and Christopher Bigsby talks to her on the publication of her latest novel.
Producer KATHY WATSON Stereo
The Human Factor (3)
with David Sells , plus Sally Hardcastle at the Labour Party Conference.
With Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace. Written by BARRY ATKINS. MARK BRISENDEN.
SIMON BULLIVANT , MIKE COLEMAN.
MICHAEL DINES. MAX HAMDLEY, ROBERT LINFORD.
BILL MATTHEWS. GED PARSONS.
OLEH STEPANIUK, PETER HICKEY and others.
Producer BILL DARE. Stereo