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with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Venerable
George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
George Austin.

Jenni Murray celebrates the 15th anniversary of the women's theatre company "Monstrous Regiment" in the company of founder member Gillian Hanna and artistic director
Clare Venables. Serial:
The Sixth Heaven (7)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Gillian Hanna
Unknown:
Clare Venables.

A seven-part adaptation of John le Carré 's novel. 6: Step by step,
George Smiley is piecing together the jigsaw. But that one final piece - the key to the whole picture - still eludes him.
Adapted by René Basilico
Producer John Fawcett Wilson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carré
Unknown:
George Smiley
Adapted By:
René Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
George Smiley:
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase:
Charles Kay
Sir Saul Enderby:
Geoffrey Palmer
Sam Collins:
Terrence Hardiman
Lady Ann Smiley:
Sarah Lawson
Mitzi:
Aletta Lawson
Minnie:
Maria Warburg
Receptionist:
June Marlow
May:
June Marlow
Cabbie:
Brian Miller

The third of five talks by Peter White , the regular presenter of Radio 4's In Touch, about the quirkier side of his blindness. Peter White knew he had been accepted as a blind reporter when BBC Radio Solent's editor sent him to cover an art exhibition and was puzzled at his amusement.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Unknown:
Peter White

Paul Vaughan dips into a book of theatrical verse, and is regaled with some feminist fairytales; and the TV adaptation of Kingsley Amis's book Stanley and the Women is reviewed.
Producer John Goudie. Stereo (Revised repeat 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
John Goudie.

A double bill from the futuristic writer
Ray Bradbury.
Read by Peter Whitman. The Smile
What would induce a small boy to queue in the cold at five in the morning? And what does it have to do with Leonardo da Vinci ?
Followed by The Gift
Christmas is still
Christmas, however many million miles you are away from home.
Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Bradbury.
Read By:
Peter Whitman.
Unknown:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Producer:
Susan Roberts

The adventures of characters created by humorist B Morton.
With Richard Ingrams , John Wells ,
Patricia Routledge , John Sessions and Brian Perkins.
Producer Harry Thompson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
B Morton.
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Patricia Routledge
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Brian Perkins.
Producer:
Harry Thompson

Ashes of Empire The first of three programmes in which Gordon Clough reports from the Soviet Union. Can a new, cohesive confederation arise from the ashes of the old empire? Red Flag, Green Banners From the northern and southern outposts of the old Union, how strong are the forces of separation and the Islamic challenges to Soviet and Russian domination?
Producers Lucy Ash and Lynne Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Producers:
Lucy Ash
Producers:
Lynne Jones

The white stick is the universal symbol for blindness, but how should it be used to make moving around easier and safer for the blind - and why have only five per cent of Britain's blind people had proper mobility training? Peter White reports. Producer Thena Heshel
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9.30pm and 10.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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