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with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys. Including:
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Jonathan Fryer

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Jonathan Fryer

The first of three programmes reflecting a personal journey back in time, with the help of the BBC Sound Archives.
The Italian Earthquake, 1980
Journalist Robert Fox remembers the earthquake that shook southern Italy.
Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Fox
Producer:
Julia Durbin

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests, with readers
Rosalind Shanks and Ben Onwukwe and guest James Berry. producer Susan Roberts. Stereo
0 REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Readers:
Ben Onwukwe
Unknown:
James Berry.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

The last part of Peter Tinniswood 's serial. Clip Clop, Clip Clop
Father says he's going to marry that ghastly old bore Mrs Sunderland and cut off the rest of the family without a bean.
It's his wedding day. But is he serious?
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Tinniswood
Unknown:
Mrs Sunderland
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Nancy:
Shirley Dixon
Father:
Maurice Denham
Rosie:
Liz Goulding
William:
Christian Rodska
Winston:
Bill Wallis

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
The first refuge for women who've been attacked by violent partners was founded 20 years ago.
Cheryl Armitage reports. Serial: Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski.
The third of eight parts read by Bernard Horsfall. Abridged by Ann Rees-Jones Editor Sally Feldman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Cheryl Armitage
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski.
Read By:
Bernard Horsfall.
Abridged By:
Ann Rees-Jones
Editor:
Sally Feldman

When W E Henley, the one-legged
Gloucestershire poet and eccentric, visited Edinburgh for an operation in 1874, he struck up an immediate and robust friendship with the more effete
R L Stevenson. It was a friendship that was to survive many storms - including Stevenson's thinly disguised portrait of as in Treasure Island.
Written by Jonathan Smith.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo (R)

Contributors

Written By:
Jonathan Smith.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Henley:
Long John Silver
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Bill Paterson
W E Henley:
John Franklin Robbins
Fanny:
Maureen O'Brien
Katherine:
Joanne MacKie
Joseph Lister:
Bill Wallis
Leslie Stephen:
Peter Copley
Sister:
Eva Stuart
Nurse:
Marcia King
Lloyd:
John Bolton

Lucy Duran finds out whether the Citizens' Theatre production of The Gospels is good news, and meets the British saxophonist
Gale Thompson , who is inspired by Africa; and Israeli author David Grossman sets his first novel in an Arab town on the West Bank.
Producer Tony Phillips
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Duran
Unknown:
Gale Thompson
Unknown:
David Grossman
Producer:
Tony Phillips

The Wreathed Trellis
Tom Beech , ex-actor turned political pundit, is haunted and possessed by the voice of someone long dead - and even more famous than he is ...
Written by Robert Forrest.
Director Patrick Rayner. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Beech
Written By:
Robert Forrest.
Director:
Patrick Rayner.
Tom:
Benny Young
Jane:
Maureen Beattie
Glance:
Tom Watson
Mark:
Crawford Logan
Nan:
Eileen McCallum
Roddy:
James Bryce
Interviewer:
Kirsty Wark

Straight by Dick Francis.
Searching through the worlds of racing and gemstones for his dead brother's missing diamonds, Derek Franklin is also keen to find out who is trying to kill him, and why....
The sixth of eight parts read by James Aubrey. Abridged by Roger Pine
Producer Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Francis.
Unknown:
Derek Franklin
Read By:
James Aubrey.
Abridged By:
Roger Pine
Producer:
Jeremy Mortimer

Starring Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.
With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Maureen Riscoe and Helen Hill. Plus the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black. Producer Leslie Bridgmont
(First broadcast on the Light Programme in 1949)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Maureen Riscoe
Unknown:
Helen Hill.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Producer:
Leslie Bridgmont

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