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with Peter Hobday and John Humphrys. Including:
6.45 Business News
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr Pauline Webb.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Humphrys.
Unknown:
Dr Pauline Webb.

Regional Variations (2)

Daily Service

BBC Radio 4 FM

[ It was the year that teds looked for trouble at the ; seaside, and Uncle Sam looked for reds under the bed. Hunter Davies referees the news quiz between the Sunday newspaper journalists. 2: The Sunday Timesv The Observer Producers Viv Black and Hamish Mykura. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Producers:
Viv Black
Producers:
Hamish Mykura.

Proverbs. Hannah Gordon and David Suchet read the second of three selections from the Authorised Version.
Abridged by Geoffrey Beevers Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
David Suchet
Abridged By:
Geoffrey Beevers
Director:
Martin Jenkins

Jenni Murray meets leading crime and mystery writer Ruth Rendell , awarded the Diamond Dagger for her outstanding contribution to the genre. (Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: Eustace and Hilda. Book 3 of LP Hartley's trilogy.
The tenth of 12 episodes read by Alan Bennett. Abridged by Ann Rees Jones
Music: Amy Beach's Romance Editors Clare Selerie and Sally Feldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ruth Rendell
Unknown:
Diamond Dagger
Read By:
Alan Bennett.
Abridged By:
Ann Rees Jones
Editors:
Clare Selerie
Editors:
Sally Feldman

Ned Sherrin conducts contestants through the wide-ranging musical quiz with questions on anything from baroque to punk rock. Today's programme comes from the City of Leeds College of Music.
Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Producer:
Gareth Edwards.

Schoolteacher Brendan Bell decides to turn the clock back 50 years when he sets out on a quest to find the childhood gang of his evacuation days in the Lakes. Written by Alex Ferguson.
Director Dave Sheasby. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brendan Bell
Written By:
Alex Ferguson.
Director:
Dave Sheasby.
Brendan:
Colin MacLachlan
Marian:
Eileen George
Gary:
John Basham
Chambers:
Adrian Stokes
Patterson:
Norman Mills
Mrs Parker:
Anne Jameson
Sister:
Jean Southern
Drummond:
Art Davies
Vanessajohnson:
Anne Orwin
Hannah Brady:
Valm Clane
Fireman:
David Begg
Lawrence:
Simon Henderson
Nutty:
Catherine Stobbart
Spider:
Darren Watkin
Brengun:
Anthony Morley
Billie Lewthwaite:
Christopher Ashton

The last of the series in which Professor Akbar Ahmed talks to people from the Indian subcontinent who have influence in Britain. Zia Mohyeddin
One of the best-known Asian actors in Britain, with credits ranging from Shakespeare to The Jewel in the Crown.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown Stereo

Contributors

Talks:
Professor Akbar Ahmed
Producer:
Marina Salandy-Brown

Natalie Wheen listens to the spiritual music of Arvo Part's Miserere, and discusses a painter's view of architecture on show in Birmingham.
Producer Jackie Christie. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
Jackie Christie.

Presented by Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge. Editor Kevin Marsh
● WRITE to: PM Letters. BBC, London W1A1AA

Contributors

Presented By:
Valerie Singleton
Presented By:
Frank Partridge.
Editor:
Kevin Marsh

Add Life to Years Andrea runs an NHS
Health Education Unit team. When a marketing j director is appointed to sell I community care, Andrea finds her job and beliefs under threat.
Written by Rib Davis.
Director Philip Martin. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Rib Davis.
Director:
Philip Martin.
Andrea:
Moir Leslie
Sebastian:
John Dixon
DrCarr:
Gerry Hinks
Fiona:
Patricia Gallimore
Geoff:
Andy Hockley
Brian:
Geoff Serle
Stephanie:
Susan Mansell
Tim:
David Holt
Dr Jones:
Terry Molloy
John:
Alex Jones

The first of six talks based on the prison journals of John Williams , released on parole in 1990 after serving nine years.
"Six months ago I stood in a dock at the Old Bailey, pleaded guilty to the charges against me and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for nine armed robberies...."
Producer Chris Paling. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Williams
Producer:
Chris Paling.

Stories of Mystery To mark the end of the Japan Festival in Britain, five tales from old Japan as told by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904).
1: Mimi Nashi Hoichi
A blind minstrel becomes possessed by the souls of a clan drowned at sea.
Abridged and read by Samira Kirollos.
Producer Brian Miller
A Radio Star Production

Contributors

Told By:
Lafcadio Hearn
Told By:
Mimi Nashi Hoichi
Read By:
Samira Kirollos.
Producer:
Brian Miller

The first of six programmes of classic comedy from the 70s. With John Cleese ,
Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden , Bill Oddie , David Hatch and Jo Kendall. Producers David Hatch and Peter Titheradge (Rpt;

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Jo Kendall.
Producers:
David Hatch
Producers:
Peter Titheradge

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More