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with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Elaine Storkey
Editor:
Philip Harding

The holiday and travel programme presented by Ken Bruce.
Producer Sara Jane Hall e WRITE to: Breakaway, [address removed] for factsheet
No 7, enclosing sae
FACTLINE: [number removed] TRAVEL: page 2

Contributors

Presented By:
Ken Bruce.
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Sandi Toksvig , Arthur Smith , Robert
Elms and Emma Freud.
Producer Charles Bunce. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Arthur Smith
Unknown:
Emma Freud.
Producer:
Charles Bunce.

Clement Freud ,
Paul Merton , Jimmy Mulville and Derek Nimmo try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons.
Producer Edward Taylor. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Jimmy Mulville
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.
Producer:
Edward Taylor.

The panel includes Robin Cook , MP, and the Rt Hon
Dr David Owen , MP.
From Chester. 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 John Watkins e LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Cook
Unknown:
Dr David Owen
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Anna Carragher
Producers:
John Watkins

Christopher and Columbus
An adaptation of the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. The von Twinkler twins are half German and recently orphaned. They set out for America with some trepidation and find that it's not only the Kaiser's torpedoes that they have to face. Withand
Dramatised by Barbara Clegg and Olwen Wymark
Director Jane Morgan. Stereo

Contributors

Novel By:
Elizabeth von Arnim.
Dramatised By:
Barbara Clegg
Dramatised By:
Olwen Wymark
Director:
Jane Morgan.
Anna Rose von Twinkler:
Jane Whittenshaw
Anna Felicitas von Twinkler:
Philippa Ritchie
Edward Twist:
William Hope
Mrs Wilson:
Gwen Cherrell
Mrs Ridding:
Gwen Cherrell
Mrs Anderson:
Jo Kendall
Mrs Billon:
Jo Kendall
Mrs Twist:
Helen Horton
Edith Twist:
Jenny Howe
Mr Ridding:
Michael Graham Cox
Emmeline Heap:
Sheila Reid
John Elliott:
Mark Straker
John Elliott:
David Goudge
John Elliott:
Stephen Garlick
John Elliott:
David Bannerman
John Elliott:
Michael Kilgarriff
John Elliott:
Emma Gregory
John Elliott:
Petra Markham
John Elliott:
Auriol Smith.

Nesta McDonald uncovers a flirtation between the young D H Lawrence , a beautiful American heiress and a famous pianist.
Producer Piers Plowright Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nesta McDonald
Unknown:
H Lawrence
Producer:
Piers Plowright
Grace Lovat Fraser:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Harriet Cohen:
Marcia King
DH Lawrence:
Brian Miller

John Galsworthy's saga dramatised in 23 episodes, narrated by Dirk Bogarde as Galsworthy.
20: It is 1930. Dinny is still 'a maid in waiting', but for how much longer? A book of poetry is to decide her fate.
Piano Mary Nash.
Episode dramatised by Elspeth Sandys
Director Janet Whitaker.
Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
John Galsworthy
Piano:
Mary Nash.
Dramatised By:
Elspeth Sandys
Director:
Janet Whitaker.
Galsworthy:
Dirk Bogarde
Dinny Cherrell:
Sophie Thompson
Lady Mont:
Dorothy Tutin
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Paul Daneman
Wilfred Desert:
Philip Sully
Jack Muskham:
Aubrey Woods
Fleur:
Amanda Redman
Michael Mont:
Gary Bond
Adrian:
John Moffatt
Sir Conway:
Garard Green
Lady Cherrell:
Mary Allen
Hilary:
David King
Hubert:
Simon Treves
Jean:
Danielle Allan
Stack:
Danny Schiller
Telford Yule:
Christopher Scott
Compton Grice:
John Bull
Kit:
Jody McDonald
Unknown:
Nigel Carrington
Unknown:
Leonard Fenton.

Selling the Joke
Simon Fanshawe explores the long list of credits that unroll after most comedy programmes, and finds out what kind of person taps out rapid one-liners or slow-burning guffaws. Are they part-timers earning petty cash, or full-time jokesmiths who are the laughter factory for the stars?
Producer John Goudie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Producer:
John Goudie.

Six programmes of precision comedy performed by Tim Firth , Tim de Jongh ,
Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. 5: Eurospecial
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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