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Professor Anthony Clare returns with the magazine devoted to matters of the mind.
Researcher CLARE DENNING Producer MATT THOMPSON Editor MICHAEL EMBER

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Anthony Clare
Unknown:
Clare Denning
Producer:
Matt Thompson
Editor:
Michael Ember

by NICK MCCARTY. With
Confidential Agent.
Liz and her boss set out to discover who is relieving the county set of their family heirlooms.
Directed by PHILIP MARTIN
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick McCarty.
Directed By:
Philip Martin
Liz Parker, the:
Rosemary Martin
Mr Antrobus:
Terry Molloy
Gloria:
Claire Faulconbridge
Standford:
Edwin Richfield
Edna:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Antonia:
Susan Mansell
Jenson:
Alan Devereux
Stephen:
Rob Swinton
Jack:
Dave Mitty
Gerald:
Alton Douglas

'On the side of the downtrodden'
American author and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn began her career in 1937, reporting from around the world. She has also written fiction, including A Stricken Field. Nigel Forde talks to her about her life and work.

Contributors

Subject/Guest:
Martha Gellhorn
Presenter:
Nigel Forde
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

Peter Jones
Derek Nimmo Tim Rice and Stanley Unwin join Nicholas Parsons. Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer EDWARD TAYLOR Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Stanley Unwin
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Edward Taylor

Ten programmes. 1: Kicking Off the Dream
Every summer 92
Football League clubs begin the race for honours - yet only four will be champions.
This first programme features Second Division Oldham Athletic, from their first photo-call to their first game....
Producer PETER SLATER. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Slater.

Scotland is different!
Even ardent defenders of the Union take pride in the Scottish institutions that underpin much of everyday life north of the border. But what are the origins of the differences?
James Naughtie explores the three institutions that most characterise the separate Scottish experience. 1: The Law
Producer JOHN FORSYTH

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Producer:
John Forsyth

by Agatha Christie dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell
1: The Message
The rocking table spelt out that Captain Trevelyan was dead - and that it was murder.
Directed by Michael Bakewell Stereo
* See panel opposite

Contributors

Writer:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised by:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Michael Bakewell
Inspector Narracott:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Mrs Curtis:
Barbara Atkinson
Major Burnaby:
Norman Bird
Mrs Willett:
Susan Westerby
Violet Willett:
Victoria Carling
Mr Rycroft:
John Moffatt
Mr Duke:
Michael Graham Cox
Ronnie Garfield:
Nigel Greaves
Sgt Pollock:
Vincent Brimble
Dr Warren:
Michael Kilgarriff
Evans:
Donald Gee
Jim Pearson:
Stephen Garlick

Written for radio by SPIKE MILLIGAN in 1954. A comment on the recent efforts to rid Trafalgar Square of starlings.
Cast in order of speaking:
Any resemblance to a 'Goon
Show ' is due to the laxity of the producer, PETER ETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Producer:
Peter Eton
Overcoat' Charlie, a beard refiner:
Andrew Timothy
The Rt Hon Bladdock:
Peter Sellers
Major Denis Bloodnok:
Peter Sellers
Miss Throat:
Spike Milligan
Mr Henry Crun:
Peter Sellers
Miss Bannister:
Spike Milligan
Sgt Spinewracker:
Harry Secombe
Field-Marshal Scotball:
Peter Sellers
Scrongleshot Bowser:
Harry Secombe
Jim 'Tigernuts' Bluebottle:
Peter Sellers
Fred:
A Horse

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