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with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Fr Oliver McTernan
Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Fr Oliver McTernan
Editor:
Philip Harding

The holiday and travel programme presented by Ken Bruce. This week
Richard Vaughan looks at a sailing holiday off the Turkish coast where you can dance with the dolphins. Producer Sara Jane Hall
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Contributors

Presented By:
Ken Bruce.
Unknown:
Richard Vaughan
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Andrew Marr , Political
Editor of The Economist, looks at how policies are generated and developed by the major parties and finds out how the next batch of election manifestos are shaping up. Producer Dennis Sewell

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Marr
Producer:
Dennis Sewell

Peter Jones ,
Wendy Richard , Tim Rice and Richard Stilgoe try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons.
Producer Edward Taylor. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

This week's panel: Tony Banks, MP, Sue Slipman, Auberon Waugh and Emma Nicholson, MP. From Wincanton, Somerset. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby. (Broadcast yesterday)
and at 2.00pm
Any Answers?
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Producers Anna Carragher and Lucy Cacanas
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sue Slipman
Unknown:
Auberon Waugh
Unknown:
Emma Nicholson
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Anna Carragher
Producers:
Lucy Cacanas

Arthur Vernet, a chemistry student at Oxford in the 1860s, is sent to investigate a mystery surrounding the Earl of Warminster's family. He is soon embroiled in blackmail, murder and the love of a good woman... Written by Grant Eustace.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Grant Eustace
Director:
Alec Reid
Arthur Vernet:
Ben Daniels
Warminster:
Brett Usher
Alice Selwood:
Jane Slavin
Edith Gratton:
Maxine Audley
Maude Gratton:
Elizabeth Kelly
Blaine:
Terence Edmond
Buckmaster:
Ronald Herdman
Amos Saddler:
Michael Turner
Rev Denison:
Timothy Carlton
Mrs Denison:
Danielle Allen
Mrs Selwood:
Auriol Smith
William:
Stephen Garlick
Miss Staples:
Jane Whittenshaw
Walters:
Timothy Bateson
Mitchell:
David Bannerman
Mrs Lamont:
Jenny Howe

Four programmes reflecting life in London during the 30s and 40s chronicled by theatre critic, broadcaster and bon viveur James Agate , in a set of published diaries entitled Ego. With Timothy West. 2: 'Babes in Arms' and Gas Masks
Other parts played by David Bannerman , Nigel Carrington , Fraser Kerr , Michael Kilgarriff , David King , Jane Whittenshaw and Mary Wimbush. Adapted by David Wheeler Producer Rosemary Hart Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Agate
Unknown:
Timothy West.
Played By:
David Bannerman
Played By:
Nigel Carrington
Played By:
Fraser Kerr
Played By:
Michael Kilgarriff
Played By:
David King
Played By:
Jane Whittenshaw
Played By:
Mary Wimbush.
Adapted By:
David Wheeler
Producer:
Rosemary Hart

John Humphrys talks to four successful people who have weathered major storms in their careers.
2: Count Nikolai Tolstoy - whose war-crime allegations against Lord Aldington cost him a fortune in the libel courts.

Contributors

Talks:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Count Nikolai Tolstoy

John Galsworthy's saga dramatised in 23 episodes, narrated by Dirk Bogarde as Galsworthy.
16: Fleur decides to claim Jon as her own - but she's reckoned without Anne. Soames tries to find his roots, but when disaster strikes, realises Fleur is his only pleasure in life. with John Bull and Jenny Howe.
Pianist Mary Nash.
Episode dramatised by David Spenser
Director Janet Whitaker.
Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
John Galsworthy
Pianist:
Jenny Howe.
Pianist:
Mary Nash.
Dramatised By:
David Spenser
Director:
Janet Whitaker.
Galsworthy:
Dirk Bogarde
Soames Forsyte:
Alan Howard
Fleur:
Amanda Redman
Michael Mont:
Gary Bond
Jon:
Gary Cady
June:
Angela Pleasence
Winifred:
Fiona Walker
Anne:
Catherine Furshpan
Holly:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Va/:
Dale Rapley
Gradman:
Brian Miller
Harold Blade:
Ben Onwukwe
Stamford:
Christopher Scott

This week's anthology of new writing is mainly on the subject of time.
Writers: Sally Meyer , John Light , Merryn Williams ,
Maxell Robinson , Geoffrey Holloway ,
Barbara Roberts , Cyril Mountjoy and Emma Gleadall.
Readers: Daphne Oxenford , Nigel Carrington and David Fleeshman.
Producer Alfred Bradley. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Meyer
Unknown:
John Light
Unknown:
Merryn Williams
Unknown:
Maxell Robinson
Unknown:
Geoffrey Holloway
Unknown:
Barbara Roberts
Unknown:
Cyril Mountjoy
Readers:
Emma Gleadall.
Readers:
Daphne Oxenford
Readers:
Nigel Carrington
Readers:
David Fleeshman.
Producer:
Alfred Bradley.

The precision comedy team returns for another series.
1: Stately Home
With Tim Firth , Tim de Jongh , Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
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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