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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Indarjit Singh.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Indarjit Singh.

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Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling
Editor:
Jenny Walmsley

ugui In the first of six
NEW programmes, Sue MacGregor talks to actor-manager
Michael Pennington , co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company, about his life and work. 'There's nothing else I could do. I love the job and love it more each year.' Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Talks:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Michael Pennington
Producer:
Gillian Hush

Nigel Rees chairs the quotation game. With
Bel Mooney, Dillie Keane , John Julius Norwich and John Peel. Readings by Ronald Fletcher.
Producer Armando lannucci Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Dillie Keane
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Unknown:
John Peel.
Unknown:
Ronald Fletcher.

with Jenni Murray.
Thirteen-year-old Kate washes her hands obsessively, and 11-year-old Karen took an overdose.
Four in 100 children suffer from clinical depression - Jill Burridge investigates.
Serial: The Adultery Department (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Jill Burridge

In the first of a new series of the programme, Edward Blishen invites Sir
Kingsley Amis and Ruth Rendell to talk about four paperbacks they consider to be A Good Read.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Ruth Rendell
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

A celebration of the life and work of the much-loved Austrian tenor who was born 100 years ago this year. Written and presented by Nigel Douglas , with illustrations from some of Tauber's
700 recordings and memories from
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Felix Aprahamian ,
Robert Nesbitt and Robert Stolz.
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Presented By:
Nigel Douglas
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Unknown:
Felix Aprahamian
Unknown:
Robert Nesbitt
Unknown:
Robert Stolz.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

Good Money After Bad?
The Germans are the most enthusiastic advocates of supplying the Soviet Union with new capital. But the German economy has plunged into the red. As the top industrialised nations prepare to meet at the G7 summit, David Walker asks: how special will the German-Soviet 'special relationship' turn out to be? Producer Frank Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker
Producer:
Frank Smith

The third of four cases for Stephen J Blackburn , ex-pitman turned private investigator.
A Case of a Golden Smile When Betty Ackroyd sees her husband on a TV quiz show it's for the first time since he walked out 30 years ago; and when she hires Blackburn to find him, the trail heads straight to the mysterious spiderman of Mansfield.
Written by Ian McMillan.
Martyn Wiley and the director. Dave Sheasby. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen J Blackburn
Unknown:
Betty Ackroyd
Written By:
Ian McMillan.
Written By:
Martyn Wiley
Director:
Dave Sheasby.
Stephen J Blackburn:
Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan:
Judy Flynn
Mam:
Rita May
Mrs Ackroyd:
Ann Rye
Ted of Mansfield:
Norman Mills
Nigel Phillips:
John Basham

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