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with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev
Richard Harries
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Richard Harries

Becky's Wheelie Bin by Rhoda Watson.
Becky's husband is dead and her children have emigrated. She's so lonely that she imagines her newfangled rubbish-bin is a pram, and then she imagines....
Read by Marie Jones. Producer Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Watson.
Read By:
Marie Jones.

Michael Young had long been obsessed by a mystery surrounding his grandfather's time in Borneo. Was there really a river named after him, and would there be anybody left alive who would remember him?
The answers proved more startling and more romantic than he had expected.
Producer Alec Reid. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Alec Reid.

from Newcastle. Introduced by Sylvia Horn.
After a child with disabilities leaves school, where can parents turn for help?
Brigeen Clafferty investigates. Serial: The Skeleton in the Cupboard (4)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sylvia Horn.
Unknown:
Brigeen Clafferty

Natalie Wheen is at the major appraisal of surrealist Max Ernst at the Tate Gallery;
Christopher Hampton 's new play White
Chameleon opens at the National Theatre; and the studio guests are Hot Strings.
Producer Julian May. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Max Ernst
Unknown:
Christopher Hampton

Written by Caroline Harrington 0 WRITE to: [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Caroline Harrington
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil:
Norman Painting
Kenton:
Graeme Kirk
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Peggy:
June Spencer
Nelson:
Jack May
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Kathy:
Hedli Niklaus
Lucy:
Tracy Jane White
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Betty:
Pamela Craig
jean Paul:
Yves Aubert
Cameron:
Delaval Astley
Actor:
Mrsantrobus Margotboyd
Robert:
Graham Blockey
Lynda:
Carole Boyd

This week's panel:
Chantal Cuer, journalist and broadcaster; Jack Dromey , National
Officer, Transport and General Workers' Union; Harry Patterson , novelist; and Charles Moore , Deputy Editor of The Daily Telegraph. From Jersey. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Dromey
Unknown:
Harry Patterson
Unknown:
Charles Moore
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer:
Anna Carragher

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

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