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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 the Rev
Jimmy Morrison. Editor Philip Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Jimmy Morrison.
Editor:
Philip Harding

The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot, Captain Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht, Big White Carstairs and other characters created between the wars by the great humorist J B Morton. Starring Richard Ingrams , John Wells ,
Patricia Routledge , John Sessions and Brian Perkins.
Adapted by Mike Barfield with Richard Ingrams
Producer Harry Thompson. Stereo 0 CASSETTE: Beachcomber ... by the Way. from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
J B Morton.
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Patricia Routledge
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Brian Perkins.
Adapted By:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Producer:
Harry Thompson.

The First Bond of Society
From rural Catholic Ireland to swinging secular Prague, how is the institution of marriage faring today in Europe? And the issue of mixed marriages in a Europe where love is no longer hindered by frontiers. Editor Jolyon Monson

Contributors

Editor:
Jolyon Monson

Today Heather Payton and personal finance experts Chris Gilchrist and Philip Hardman are at the Metro Centre in Gateshead.
Producers Neil Koenig and Andrew Wood. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Payton
Unknown:
Chris Gilchrist
Unknown:
Philip Hardman
Producers:
Neil Koenig
Producers:
Andrew Wood.

A series of six programmes in which Michael Buerk chairs an investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Stereo and at 2.00pm
The Moral Maze [number removed]
Call Michael Buerk with your views on the issues raised in The Moral Maze. Producers David Coomes and Ernest Rea
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Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producers:
David Coomes

Scattering Day
Two young Irish singers meet: Aidan is part of the folk-rock revival and Joe is a traditional singer from Sligo. There's friendship and respect, until their careers and affections diverge. Written by Patrick Carroll.
Guitarist Alan Cooke.
Music Arty McGlynn, Cathal Hayden and Donna Hewson. Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Written By:
Patrick Carroll.
Guitarist:
Alan Cooke.
Unknown:
Cathal Hayden
Unknown:
Donna Hewson.
Director:
Pam Brighton
Aidan:
Adrian Dunbar
Joe:
John Keegan
Maurice:
Tony Doyle
Nandy:
Gerard McSorley
Patsey:
Sean Rocks
Annie:
Jane Whittenshaw
Colin:
Eric Allen
Davidge:
Alan Barker
Dr Booth:
David Bannerman
Megan:
Joanna Myers
The Compere:
Richard Pearce

with Anna Grayson.
Richard Owen first used the word 'dinosaur' 150 years ago this week. To celebrate the anniversary, Anna Grayson explores current ideas on the rise and fall of the dinosaurs.
Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Grayson.
Unknown:
Richard Owen
Unknown:
Anna Grayson
Producer:
Deborah Cohen

The second of four tales of love and death by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Misadventures of John Nicholson
An accident-prone young lawyer manages to lose his sweetheart's love and his father's blessing, all in one disastrous day.
Dramatised by Ron Butlin
Director Patrick Rayner. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Unknown:
John Nicholson
Dramatised By:
Ron Butlin
Director:
Patrick Rayner.
John:
John McGlynn
Father:
Michael Elder
Flora:
Patricia Ross
Alan:
Allan Sharpe
Driver:
James Bryce
Mackenzie:
Iain Agnew
Maid:
Estrid Barton
Kirkman:
John Ramage

'There She Blows!': the Legacy of Moby Dick
A hundred and forty years ago Herman Melville told the story of Captain
Ahab's search for Moby Dick , the great white whale. Fraser Harrison explores the origins of the story, and the contemporary image of the whale described by poets, musicians and artists, as the whalers' harpoons continue to hit their huge and vulnerable target. With Kerry Shale reading from Moby Dick. Producer Tim Dee. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Moby Dick
Unknown:
Herman Melville
Unknown:
Moby Dick
Unknown:
Fraser Harrison
Unknown:
Moby Dick.
Producer:
Tim Dee.

Stefan Buczacki questions two teams led by Irene Thomas and Norman Painting. This week's guests are Pam Ayres ,
Bernard Bresslaw , Michael Heseltine and Nicola Pagett.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Norman Painting.
Unknown:
Pam Ayres
Unknown:
Bernard Bresslaw
Unknown:
Michael Heseltine
Unknown:
Nicola Pagett.

The second of four programmes in which
Les Woodland explores the lives of some of the key characters in the Fens. This week: class crisis as the Hon
Mrs Muncaster-Pyke plays opposite Ernie the Carrot Emperor in the Skilthorpe Hill pantomime.
Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Muncaster-Pyke
Unknown:
Skilthorpe Hill
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

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