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with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev
Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.
Editor:
Philip Harding

Ned Sherrin hosts an hour of live interjections from the likes of Carol Thatcher ,
Michele Kirsch ,
Steven Wells and The
Men Who Know. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Carol Thatcher
Unknown:
Michele Kirsch
Unknown:
Steven Wells

The fifth of six classic radio scripts by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman.
Music: David Firman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden Producer Dirk Maggs. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nat Perrin
Unknown:
Arthur Sheekman.
Music:
David Firman.
Adapted By:
Mark Brisenden
Producer:
Dirk Maggs.
Waldorf T Flywheel/Groucho Marx:
Michael Roberts
Emmanuel Ravelli/Chico Marx:
Frank Lazarus
The Cop:
Graham Hoadly
John Smith:
Vincent Marzello
All ladies:
Lorelei King

This week's panel: Linda Agran ,
Mark Fisher , MP,
Teresa Gorman , MP and Peter Jenkins. From Middlesbrough. 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 Keith Jones
0 LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Agran
Unknown:
Mark Fisher
Unknown:
Teresa Gorman
Unknown:
Peter Jenkins.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Producers:
Anna Carragher
Producers:
Keith Jones

Derby Day
The second episode of Bill Naughton 's two-part play, in which the people of Cotton Street, Bolton, wait to find out the winner of the Derby in 1921-did Steve Donaghue make Maggie's dream come true? The Final Finish
With the children of Bolton School. Accordion and fiddle: Mark Emerson.
Piano: Errolyn Wallen.
Director Jane Morgan. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Naughton
Unknown:
Steve Donaghue
Accordion:
Bolton School.
Piano:
Mark Emerson.
Piano:
Errolyn Wallen.
Director:
Jane Morgan.
Sidney Sedwin:
Barrie Rutter
Fanny Brighouse:
Stephanie Turner
Jack Harwood:
Jeff Rawle
Polly Harwood:
Carol Starks
Maggie Whittle:
Polly James
Ned Whittle:
Bryan Pringle
Win Whittle:
Emma Gregory
Adam Whittle:
Susan Sheridan
Lizzie Sedwin:
Shirley Dixon
Jimmy Sedwin:
Stephen Garlick
Amy Baxter:
Sara Richardson
Benny Baxter:
Nigel Carrington
Auntie Flo:
Barbara Atkinson
Sarah Kippax:
Freda Dowie
Beatty Kippax:
Jane Whittenshaw
Albert Kippax:
Mark Straker
Joney:
Terence Edmond
Mrs Satterthwaite:
Elizabeth Kelly
Miss Satterthwaite:
Jenny Howe
Pawnbroker:
Timothy Bateson
Det Hawkins:
Ronald Herdman
Commentator/Det Rice:
Stephen Thorne

Man has been trying to establish a foothold at the Sands of Forvie in Aberdeenshire for 7,000 years. Despite his best efforts, only traces remain, buried beneath the shifting sand. Drennan Watson visits these coastal dunes in the second of his four-part investigation into man's effects on the landscape. Producer Christopher Lowell (First broadcast on Radio Scotland)

Contributors

Producer:
Christopher Lowell

The Quiet American Graham Greene 's novel adapted in three episodes. 2: Fowler travels into the battle zone but even there he is not safe from Pyle, who has a serious confession to make.
Dramatised by Gregory Evans Director David Benedictus Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Dramatised By:
Gregory Evans
Fowler:
Ian Holm
Pyle, the quiet American:
Adam Henderson
Phuong:
Lucy Sheen
Deputy:
Burt Kwouk
Commandant:
Vincent Brimble
Helen:
Marian Diamond

Landmarks
Richard Cork compares the work of two British artists, both of them inspired by the land.
Constable caught the idyll of the English countryside at the beginning of the 19th century, in such pictures as The Hay Wain, while today,
Richard Long transfers his walks, and the stone and earth he finds on them, into the gallery. Producer Kate Wilkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Cork
Unknown:
Richard Long
Producer:
Kate Wilkinson

The comedy show in which guests are taken on a literary mystery tour.
Today Frances Edmonds, Jaci Stephen and Roy Ackerman go on an earth-saving mission in outer space. Chair: Jenni Murray. Starring Spontaneous Combustion.
Producer Mary Sharp

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Edmonds
Unknown:
Jaci Stephen
Unknown:
Roy Ackerman
Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Producer:
Mary Sharp

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