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With Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day With the Rev Philip Crowe. 8-40 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Philip Crowe.

The last of a four-part adaptation ofjerrard Tickell's novel.
The Evacuation of Venus 1940: Channel Islands. Will Venus give birth before rescue? Will
Germans discover
British plot...?
Adapted by Michael Bartlett
Director David Hitchinson. Stereo (First broadcast on World Service)

Contributors

Adapted By:
Michael Bartlett
Director:
David Hitchinson.
Nicola:
Karen Archer
Lionel:
David Collings
Valentine:
Michael Cochrane
Capt Weiss:
Frederick Jaeger
Provost:
Hugh Dickson
Georges:
Susan Sheridan
Trawler Langley:
Geoffrey Matthews
Sgt Vogel:
Michaeltudor Barnes
German NCO:
Stephen Rashbrook
Muller:
Paul Gregory
Newsreader:
Michael Deacon
German soldier:
John Samson
Venus:
Percy Edwards

Six stories featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's immortal detective.
4: The "Gloria Scott "
Holmes' first case, from his undergraduate days: a cruel tale of blackmail and mutiny at sea.
Violin Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised by Vincent McInerney Director Patrick Rayner. Stereo
0 CASSETTES: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Gloria Scott
Violin:
Leonard Friedman.
Director:
Patrick Rayner.
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
Victor:
Simon Treves
Trevor:
Terence Edmond
Armitage:
Nigel Carrington
Captain:
Charles Millham
Hudson:
Eric Allan
Rev Wilson:
Mark Straker
Prendergast:
Alan Barker
Doctor:
Fraser Kerr
Maid:
Siriol Jenkins

Yellow Moepels by Herman Charles Bosman. When a Boer consults a witchdoctor about the future, he receives an unexpected prediction.... Read by Jack Klaff.
Producer Adrian Bean. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Herman Charles Bosman.
Read By:
Jack Klaff.
Producer:
Adrian Bean.

Why do some flying foxes like roosting in wardrobes? What's it like to share your garden with a quarter of a million fruit bats? And why do farmers electrocute their nocturnal visitors on overhead wires?
Australians talk about their rather mixed feelings towards these attractive, intelligent and surprisingly useful animals.
Producer Miles Barton
* BBC WILDLIFE magazine: February issue available from today, price £1.75

Contributors

Producer:
Miles Barton

A ten-part series in which Brian Redhead traces the history of the church from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day. 5: An Alternative to Tobacco
A powerful preacher,
John Bunyan , and Utopian pioneers in a new world. Producers Frances Gumley and Malcolm Love. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
John Bunyan
Producers:
Frances Gumley
Producers:
Malcolm Love.

Six murder cases, narrated by Nick Ross , where forensic evidence helped trap the murderer.
3: The Perfect Murder? Elizabeth Barlow was found drowned in her bath in May 1957. She showed signs of having been drugged, but no trace of any substance could be found. Had someone committed the perfect murder? Written by Rib Davis.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barlow
Written By:
Rib Davis.

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