Stereo
with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday in London and Brian Redhead at the Conservative Party
Conference in Blackpool.
'I discovered that I had two half-brothers and two half-sisters of whom I had never heard.'
Barrister and historian Charles Arnold-Baker , born Wolfgang Werner
Von Blumenthal , reports back from the most recent meeting of his Prussian relatives' triennial family council.
Producers CAROLE LACEY and ADAM RAPHAEL
10.30am Morning Story Why I Keep Pigeons by LUCY GANNON.
Read by Peter Meakin. followed by 10.45am Daily Service from The Crypt,
Canterbury Cathedral. I will lift mine eyes unto the hills (Psalm 122); Lord of all good, our gifts we bring to thee (Julius)
(bp 56); Anthem: May the eternal God bless us and keep us (Alan Ridout );
Forth in thy name 0 Lord (Song 34) (BBC HB 406) Director of Music
DAVID FLOOD. Stereo
Introduced by Michael Rosen.
The Mother Goose Award for illustration is ten years old. Karen Deco meets some winners, including Charles Fuge , Jan Ormerod and Emma Chichester-Clark . Producer JILL BURRIDGE
Presenter John Waite
with Derek Cooper
Producer SHEILA DILLON
Presenter Nick Clarke with James Naughtie at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.
Farmyard Fun. Stereo
from Newcastle.
From salt over the shoulder eating fried mice to cure whooping cough: Jean Snedegar discovers how far the superstitious will go.
Presented by Rosemary Hartill.
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by WILKIE COLLINS adapted in six episodes by RAY JENKINS. With and 4: July 1847
In her attempt to regain her inheritance from her cousin Noel, Magdalen has disguised herself as Miss Susan Bygrave and gone to stay near Noel in Aldeburgh. But Mrs Lecount suspects.
Music by PETER BREWIS , played by MAURICE CAMBRIDGE Directed by JANET WHITAKER Stereo
'It's a way of breaking out of the sort of normal Englishness....'
A visit to a flamenco dancing class in London. With Zandra Escudero , Maria Morgan , Pacquita Perez , Sheila Rebato , Harry Scott , Tanagra
Soares and Yutta Veress. Researched and compiled by DEBORAH BRAZIER
Producer ED THOMASON. Stereo
0 See Roger Woddis , right
Stereo (Details Thurs 9.45pm)
with Frances Coverdale and Robert Williams
and Financial Report
with Clive Jacobs Producer JILL THOMAS
with Margaret Howard
Producer JULIAN HALE. Stereo
The Rt Hon Kenneth Baker , mp
Gordon Brown , mp
Menzies Campbell , QC. MP Sara Parkin , International Liaison Secretary for the European Green Parties, tackle the issues raised in Bolton, Lancashire.
Chair Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer ANNA CARRAGHER BBC Bristol
with Nick Clarke
Producer GARETH BUTLER
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The failed coup against Manuel Noriega
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The failure of the coup against General Manuel Noriega of Panama, the involvement of the Bush administration in the attempted takeover and the possibility of American intervention.
Darts commentator
Sid Waddell makes his bid for archive gems from his local pub in Pudsey.
Producer CATHY DRYSDALE (R)
by Alistair Cooke
The Old Gringo. Gregory Peck talks to Derek Malcolm about his life as an actor. His film career began in 1943; now he's 73 and his latest film is to be released in Britain - The Old Gringo, with co-star Jane Fonda, set in the Mexican Revolution.
(Stereo)
The Human Factor (8)
Presented by Richard Kershaw including a report by Michael Vestey from the Conservative Party
Conference in Blackpool.
with Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace Written by BARRY ATKINS , PETER BAYNHAM.
MARK BRISENDEN. SIMON BULLIVANT , MIKE COLEMAN. MICHAEL DINES. MAX HANDLEY.
ROBERT LINFORD. BILL MATTHEWS. GED PARSONS. OLEH STEPANlUK. PETER HICKEY and others. Producer BILL DARE. Stereo
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