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visits Hampshire, where members of the Broughton and Bossington
Horticultural Society put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Sue Phillips.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Sue Phillips.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

One of the winning plays in the 1989 Giles Cooper Awards, written by Elizabeth Baines.
Di's battered old baby buggy becomes a symbol of her hopes and fears as she faces the challenge of having her first baby at the age of 40. Director Susan Hogg. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Giles Cooper
Written By:
Elizabeth Baines.
Director:
Susan Hogg.
Di:
Linda Bassett
Sandy:
Barbara Marten

Five programmes in which John Timpson , in conversation with people of Norfolk, introduces listeners to his part of the country.
2: David Holmes , director of the How Hill
Trust - the official Field
Study Centre for the Norfolk Broads.
Producer Marjorie Lofthouse Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
David Holmes
Producer:
Marjorie Lofthouse

Two Hundred Years of Adam Smith
James Naughtie talks to leading politicians, including Margaret Thatcher , about the lasting influence of the market economics of Adam Smith. Two hundred years after his death, his ideas are more relevant than ever, now holding sway in Eastern Europe as well as the West. Producer Neil A Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Smith
Talks:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Adam Smith.
Producer:
Neil A Fraser

Cliff Morgan completes his journey along the River Tweed in the Borders of Scotland.
He visits a country fair at Coldstream, tries to catch a salmon at Kelso and finds himself in jail in Berwick-on-Tweed. Producer Anthony Smith. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Morgan
Producer:
Anthony Smith.

Ten programmes.
Today: Edward Whymper 's account of The First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Read by Richard Pasco. Abridged by James Edwards Producer Ian Cotterell

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Whymper
Read By:
Richard Pasco.
Abridged By:
James Edwards
Producer:
Ian Cotterell

Parliamentary
Correspondent Michael Fairbairn goes to Vienna and Prague with the Transport Select
Committee to find out whether tram systems like theirs could help ease congestion in British towns and cities. Producer Sallie Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Fairbairn
Producer:
Sallie Davies

The Multi-Coloured
Cloak of God
A Kind of Chaos
In the last programme of the series, Sue Talbot explores how different cultural expressions of Christian faith can find their way to true partnership.
Producer Norman Winter. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Norman Winter.

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