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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Andrew Marr.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Andrew Marr.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths
Editor:
Philip Harding

In the chair
Humphrey Lyttelton.
With Tim Brooke-Taylor , Willie Rushton ,
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. Pianist Colin Sell.
Producer Jon Magnusson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton.
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Pianist:
Graeme Garden.
Producer:
Jon Magnusson.

The panel includes:
Dr Marjorie Mowlam , MP, A N Wilson and Sir Brian Wolfson.
From Norwich. 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 Lucy Cacanas
0 LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Marjorie Mowlam
Unknown:
Sir Brian Wolfson.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Anna Carragher

Campion's Brag The exiled Jesuit, Edmund Campion , returns to England to rally demoralised Catholics, sure that when he is caught he will be executed. But for Elizabeth I, such a martyrdom would be an embarrassment: she intends to marry the Duke of Anjou, a French Catholic ...
Written by Michael Toner.
Director Peter Kavanagh. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Edmund Campion
Written By:
Michael Toner.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh.
Edmund Campion:
Nicholas Farrell
Eliot:
Steve Hodson
Ralph Emerson:
Angus Wright
Elizabeth I:
Maxine Audley
Lord Burghley:
Brett Usher
Earl of Leicester:
Timothy Bateson
George Gilbert:
Ian Lindsay
Fr Parsons/Mr Nowell:
James Greene
Mrs Yate:
Elizabeth Kelly
Sir Christopher Wray:
Michael Turner
Mr Anderson:
Nigel Carrington
Whitaker,:
Timothy Carlton
Fettiplace:
John Joyce

Sound pictures of what six cities have meant to six people.
4: The writer, historian and television presenter Michael Ignatieff takes you to Moscow, one of his favourite cities.
A particularly moving experience was visiting the city in recent years with his émigré father. Producer Martin Buckley

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Ignatieff
Producer:
Martin Buckley

Too Much of a Good Thing
The ability to collect data has outstripped what people can do with it.
Is brute-force computing power the answer, or is it time to get smart with artificial intelligence? With Peter Evans
Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Peter Croasdale

The first of three interviews by Lynn Ten Kate with men who chose to 'stay on' after
Rhodesian independence. 1: Joe Sussman.
The first memory of 'Zambezi Joe' is the roar of the Victoria Falls.
He tells his stories of life on the river. Producer Frances Byrnes

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynn Ten
Unknown:
Joe Sussman.
Producer:
Frances Byrnes

John Galsworthy's saga dramatised in 23 episodes, narrated by Dirk Bogarde as Galsworthy.
11: What price happiness? Does love enable or destroy? Victorine, Tony, Michael and Wilfred count the cost - Fleur speculates and dreams.
Episode dramatised by Elspeth Sandys
Director Sue Wilson.
Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
John Galsworthy
Dramatised By:
Elspeth Sandys
Director:
Sue Wilson.
Galsworthy:
Dirk Bogarde
Soames:
Alan Howard
Fleur:
Amanda Redman
Michael:
Gary Bond
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Paul Daneman
Wilfred Desert:
Philip Sully
Jon Forsyte:
Gary Cady
Victorine Bicket:
Sue Broomfield
Tony Bicket:
Stephen Garlick
Aubrey Green:
John Bull
Holly:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Elderson:
Donald Gee
Butterfield:
Nicholas Gilbrook
Sir Luke Sharman:
John Moffatt
Stack:
Danny Schiller

Eight anthologies of new writing.
This week's programme is mainly on the subject of marriage.
Writers Patricia Bishop , Jenny Naden ,
Anne Harvey , Peter Comaish , Joan Stewart , Michael Laskey , Jill Clark ,
Pat Amick , Emma Gleadall , Jean Fernee , Penny
Grimley, Suzanne E Cox. Readers Eileen O'Brien , Martin Wenner and Susan Tracy. Producer Alfred Bradley Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Bishop
Unknown:
Jenny Naden
Unknown:
Anne Harvey
Unknown:
Peter Comaish
Unknown:
Joan Stewart
Unknown:
Michael Laskey
Unknown:
Jill Clark
Unknown:
Pat Amick
Unknown:
Emma Gleadall
Unknown:
Jean Fernee
Readers:
Eileen O'Brien
Readers:
Martin Wenner
Readers:
Susan Tracy.
Producer:
Alfred Bradley

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