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with John Humphrys and Brian Redhead.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
8.50 Listeners' Letters

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Brian Redhead.
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey

In the last of the series Michael Scott puts the panel to a light-hearted acid test. Taking part: Heather Couper Nigel Henbest Bill Watson and John Twidell.
Producer Louise Dalziel. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Scott
Unknown:
Heather Couper
Unknown:
Nigel Henbest
Unknown:
Bill Watson
Unknown:
John Twidell.
Producer:
Louise Dalziel.

Jenni Murray meets the singer, dancer and entertainer Mary Ellis as she celebrates her 90th birthday.
Serial: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark 's classic tale of an Edinburgh schoolteacher: the first of eight episodes read by Hannah Gordon.
Abridged by Ann Rees Jones Music: Arnold's Oboe Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Mary Ellis
Unknown:
Miss Jean Brodie
Unknown:
Muriel Spark
Read By:
Hannah Gordon.
Abridged By:
Ann Rees Jones

2.05 WPFM 5: Comedy Presenter Jo Whiley. Stereo
2.35 Key Stage 3 The National Curriculum for 11-14*
5: Where Do We Go from Here? Presenter Ruth Sutton
2.55 Word Box Opposites Presenter Robin Robbins

Contributors

Presenter:
Jo Whiley.
Presenter:
Ruth Sutton
Presenter:
Robin Robbins

With her dying breath,
Granny Plaice orders Dai to build a Noah's ark.
Written by William Ingram
Director Jane Dauncey. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
William Ingram
Director:
Jane Dauncey.
Dai:
Howell Evans
Gwen:
Margaret John
Granny Plaice:
Peggy Mason
Henry:
David Garfield
Bella:
Gerri Smith
Selwyn:
William Ingram
Lilian:
Elizabeth Morgan
Joey:
Philip Howe

Pyramid Pop and the Nile New Wave
The impact of western popular music is felt all around the globe, but in Egypt traditional sounds are combined with modern instruments and rhythms to produce distinctive dance music.
David Lodge reports. Producer Julian May. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lodge

The fourth of six programmes.
The Welsh harpist Osian Ellis played in the London Palladium
Orchestra and with Geraldo, before concentrating on the classical repertoire.
He talks to June Knox Mawer about his career, which has included working with Benjamin Britten and playing for the Queen Mother, and introduces his recording of Mozart's Harp and Flute Concerto.
Stereo

Contributors

Harpist:
Osian Ellis
Interviewer:
Knox Mawer
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Paul Allen reports on Simon Gray 's new play Hidden Laughter, visits Derby for an evocation of the life of painter
Gwen John ; and finds out what Italians do during the World Cup if they can only take so much 'calcio'.
Producer John Goudie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Simon Gray
Unknown:
Gwen John
Producer:
John Goudie.

The third of six programmes that draw on past experience. In December 1952
London was caught in one of the worst smogs ever known. Four thousand people died of respiratory problems, hundreds more jammed the hospitals with 'fog cough'. Eventually the 1956 Clean Air Act was passed to solve the problem.
Charles Wheeler and his guests discover what lessons can be learnt from the past as we face the modern equivalent, photochemical smog. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Producer:
Sue Davies

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