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Why farmers do what they do ... an Essex farm throws open its gates to the politicians and the opinion formers. Plus, one year on from Hyde Park, Richard Sanders asks: does anybody remember? Producer Tim Finney BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Sanders
Producer:
Tim Finney

with Sue MacGregor and Chris Lowe.
Including
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day: Rev Mark Waters
8.35
Yesterday in Parliament Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Chris Lowe.
Editor:
Philip Harding

with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Richard Jobson , Arthur Smith and Emma Freud Additional material Mike Coleman
Producers Ian Gardhouse Charlie Bunce and Alison Vernon-Smith . Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Richard Jobson
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Unknown:
Mike Coleman
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Producers:
Charlie Bunce
Producers:
Alison Vernon-Smith

For the last time in the present series, Wendy Richard Clement Freud
Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons.
Devised by Ian Messiter Producer Edward Taylor
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Edward Taylor

This week's panel: David Icke
Clare Short , MP
Sir Cyril Smith , MP and the Rt Hon Norman Tebbit , MP, tackle the issues raised in Groby, Leicestershire. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Call Jonathan Dimbleby with views on the issues raised in Any Questions? Producers Anna Carragher and Jane Stimpson
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Icke
Unknown:
Clare Short
Unknown:
Sir Cyril Smith
Unknown:
Norman Tebbit
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Anna Carragher
Producers:
Jane Stimpson

by Colin Davis
An occasional series of biographical plays.
Who is the sane one, asked the philosopher Bertrand Russell , the man who cracks up because of Hiroshima or the others who remain unaffected by it? On 10 December 1957 Claude 'Buck' Eatherly, ex-509th Squadron USAF, stood trial for robbing post offices. He pleaded not guilty by virtue of insanity ...
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Colin Davis

Slapton Ley in Devon is a fascinating mixture of reed beds, woodlands and a shingle beach by a freshwater lagoon.
Derek Jones discovers a haven for migrant birds and the rare strapwort that is being encouraged to grow. Producer John Ruthven BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Slapton Ley
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Ruthven

The Little Father by Royce Ryton.
With Paul Daneman Dorothy Tutin.
By 1872 the 'little father' of the Russian people finds himself as hated by his own family as he is by his subjects.
Director Matthew Walters
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Royce Ryton.
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Dorothy Tutin.
Director:
Matthew Walters
Tsar Alexander II:
Paul Daneman
Empress:
Dorothy Tutin
Marie:
Tara Dominick
Serge;;:
Simon Treves
Alexey:
Stephen Garlick
Col Ryleev:
Michael Kilgarriff
Affie:
Vincent Brimble
Countess Tolstoy:
Jo Kendall
Ella:
Oona Beeson
Catherine:
Marcia King

by Sam Richards.
An impression of the life of 'Yankee Jack ' who was a deep sea sailor in the great days of sail.
Director Alec Reid BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Richards.
Unknown:
Yankee Jack
Director:
Alec Reid
Yankee Jack:
Chris Harris
Liverpool Pat:
Michael Graham Cox
Woman:
Lyn Sagovsky
Captain:
Joe Dunlop
Young boy:
Kerry Reid

A final helping of precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth Tim de Jongh
Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. Back to the Studio
Producer Lissa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Firth
Unknown:
Tim de Jongh
Unknown:
Michael Rutger
Unknown:
William Vandyck.
Producer:
Lissa Evans.

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