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with Sue MacGregor and Chris Lowe

(5)

Lines Open from 8.00am

Geoff Watts carries out a post-mortem on medicine in the 80s, and makes a prognosis for the 90s.

by Greg Snow.
Read by Tim McInnerny.

led by The Rev Norman Winter Therefore with joy Luke 2, w 25-32
African Nunc Dimittis The light of Christ Director of Music NIGEL SWINFORD.
BBC Manchester. Stereo

by GREG SNOW. Stereo

'Western wind when wilt thou blow, the small rain down can rain,
Christ if my love were in my arms, and I in my bed again.'
Though we spend a third of our lives in them, our beds have become part of the furniture. And as Lynn Ten Kate discovered those who give some thought to their beds have one-track minds. 2: Lovebirds
Producer MOHINI PATEL

Presenter John Howard

Fragments of a decade recalled in nine parts by Harry Thompson. 1: All Our Leftovers The British diet in kitchen, canteen and temperance cafe is rigorously examined.... Researcher
STEPHANIE CROWTHER
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester (R)

with James Naughtie

The Wellie Boot by STANLEY ROBERTSON. Stereo

with Jenni Murray.
Sylvia Horn lifts a few skirts and drops the trousers of some of the most celebrated pantomime dames. Not to be upstaged megastar housewife Dame Edna Everage begins reading her autobiography My Gorgeous Life. From Norm's prostate to Madge's all-too-brief honeymoon, no stone - however mouldy - is left unturned. All the persons in this book exist and are called by their real names.
Anyone objecting to this could find themselves involved in costly and interminable litigation.

A Horse Called Gertrude Stein by DIANA SOUHAMI. With and When a woman bothers to prepare Sunday lunch for her family, they might be just a little appreciative.
Directed by DAVID BENEDICTUS Stereo

Julian Bream talks with Richard Baker and introduces some of his favourite recordings. Producer MICHAEL EMERY Stereo (R)

Beyond Reasonable Drought
Reporters David Clayton and Neil Walker look back at the long, hot summer of 1989 and reflect on how it will continue to be felt long into 1990.
Producer NICK CLARKE BBC North East

Red in Tooth and Claw Fraser Harrison explores the work of wildlife artists in the British countryside and the African bush.
Producer MIKE GREENWOOD Stereo (R)

with Valerie Singleton and Robert Simpson

and Financial Report

A series of six plays by Bob Sinfield.
An affair conducted via cassette-recorded messages conjures up a few problems with the sense of hearing ...
Producer Neil Cargill.
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Late one night in 1984 Roc Sandford, a 27-year-old computer programmer, was arrested in London and charged with possession of cannabis. He said the drug had been planted by police officers. Who was telling the truth, and was justice done? Narrated by John Alderson, with the voices of Nigel Anthony, Peter Craze, Garard Greene, Michael Kilgarriff, Joanna Mackie, Brian Miller, Steven Pacey, Dale Rapley, Stephen Rashbrook and John Rowe.
BBC Manchester
(Stereo)

Travelling blind: Tom Parker , who recently won the 'elderly intrepid traveller' award discusses the hazards of independent mobility at home and abroad with Ellen Miles and Peter White.
Producer THENA HESHEL

Ewan MacColl, who died last October, gave a new impetus to folk music in Great Britain. In an interview with Jimmie Macgregor he talked passionately about the music and the words of the songs that meant so much to him. His friends discuss the man and the legacy he leaves behind.
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(First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland)

with Alexander MacLeod Stereo

A history in eight reels. Reel 3: The Canterbury Tale
Written and narrated by Christopher Frayling.
The England of director Michael Powell and European writer Emeric Pressburger - including their films The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes, Peeping Tom and A Canterbury Tale. With the voices and opinions of Annette Eldred , David Mellor Ian Christie , Derek Jarman. David Pirie Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Stereo (R)

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