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Listeners report on a variety of issues with the help of Susan Marling and the Punters team. Editor Jenny Walmsley
9 WRITE to: Punters, BBC Radio 4, Bristol BS8 2LR 0 TELEPHONE: Bristol (0272)[number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling
Editor:
Jenny Walmsley

In Noa Kleinman 's future England, Supermarket is where people trade goods, Bus is the only transport and comes every few weeks, and all travel is dangerous. Especially for a young girl....
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo 0 DRAMA PHONE LINE: full details of this week's Radio 3 and Radio 4 dramas, including synopses, star casts and background stories about the productions. Dial [number removed]86 - calls charged at 33p per minute cheap rate. 44p all other times.

Contributors

Unknown:
Noa Kleinman
Director:
Tony Cliff.
Rusty:
Jane Hazelgrove
Marian:
Jane Lowe
Merit:
Malcolm Raeburn
Abby:
Ann Rye
Sam:
Robin Polley
Stella:
Kathryn Hunt
Old Jo:
Laurence Kenny
Jane:
Janet James
Captin:
Christine Cox

A look at the life and work of renowned crime-writer Ngaio Marsh ; Penelope Lively discusses her new novel, City of the Mind; journalist Tony Parker describes his travels in the Soviet Union for his social documentary Russian Voices.
With Nigel Forde. Producer Vivien Devlin

Contributors

Unknown:
Ngaio Marsh
Unknown:
Tony Parker
Unknown:
Nigel Forde.
Producer:
Vivien Devlin

Brian Johnston umpires another test of wit and general knowledge, from Windsor and Eton Cricket
Club in Berkshire. With Tim Rice , Willie Rushton ,
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Tidy.
Producer Jon Magnusson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Producer:
Jon Magnusson

Ten o'clock on a May evening in Cumbria. The water-bailiffs gather to protect the incoming sea-trout from waiting poachers. They are staking out a pool known locally as Snatcher's Corner ...
Introduced by Barry Paine.
Producer Miles Barton

Contributors

Introduced By:
Barry Paine.
Producer:
Miles Barton

A three-part NEW series assessing the effects of recent major disasters on the people involved.
1: The Victims
A specially commissioned survey reveals startlingly high levels of anger among disaster victims. Those caught up in the Summerland amusement park fire of 1973, the capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 and the Hillsborough
Stadium crush in 1989 speak freely to
Jenny Cuffe about their feelings in the aftermath of these tragedies. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Producer:
Sue Davies

The final part of Ken Blakeson 's humorous and moving exploration of middle age. Growing Up
Can Ted and Billy be reconciled?
Additional material by Tom Mennard.
P-oducer Susan Hogg. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson
Unknown:
Tom Mennard.
Unknown:
Susan Hogg.
Billy Balsam:
Geoff Hinsliff
Ted Fenwick:
James Greene
Cilla:
Lynda Rooke
Nurse:
Marcella Riordan
Doctor:
John Branwell

At the age of 93, Dr John Frederick Wilkinson is one of Britain's oldest practising consultants. He's renowned for his scientific discoveries, but also claims a number of non-medical firsts - like training sea-lions as bomb-detectors and inventing the zip-fly.
Fay Wertheimer reports. Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr John Frederick Wilkinson
Unknown:
Fay Wertheimer
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

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