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A Different Woman
Written by Perry Pontac. "You'd look, I'm sure, quite lovely, without your glasses, your nose, those particular teeth and with the body reshaped." Thus spoke the plastic surgeon, but the redesigned
Miss Dinnage develops controversial ideas.
Director Richard Wortley Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Perry Pontac.
Director:
Richard Wortley
Melda Dinnage:
Alison Steadman
Dr Bratcher:
Peter Jeffrey
Dr Wardle:
Ronald Herdman
Dr Markham-Crombie:
Andrew Wincott
Dr Sythe:
Peter Penry Jones
Dr Mossman:
Fraser Kerr
Dr Foxwell:
John Church

Gill Pyrah reviews the new novel Jazz by best-selling author Toni Morrison ; and pianist Joshua Rifkin , who restored the reputation of composer Scott Joplin , has now turned his attention to the rags and tangos of Joplin's contemporaries. Producer Jerome Weatherald
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Toni Morrison
Pianist:
Joshua Rifkin
Unknown:
Scott Joplin
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

The Honey That Came From The Sea by Sheena Blackball.
"Would the circus star tumble out of her heavenly certainty and smash into a thousand atoms in the arena dust? How horrible, how dreadful, how splendiferous if she did."
Read by Eileen McCallum. Producer Bruce Young

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheena Blackball.
Read By:
Eileen McCallum.
Producer:
Bruce Young

by Simon Brett.
Last in the series.
A Complete Break
Anna takes pity on her boss and invites him to dinner - a decision she lives to regret. Meanwhile Victoria thinks the solution to all Anna's problems is a complete break ... with her nephew and nieces.
Theme music by Elizabeth Parker. Producer Paul Schlesinger Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Brett.
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger
Anna:
Rosemary Leach
Victoria:
Nicola Pagett
Charlotte:
Celia Imrie
Delia:
Maxine Audley
Roger:
Stephen Moore
Eddie:
James Greene
Patrick:
Nicholas Murchie
The Delivery Boy:
Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Motson:
Alison Reid
The Waitress:
Alison Reid

Susan Marling presents a series which reflects the experience of life at street level in contemporary Britain.
2:Leyton. In Leyton,
"They're all at it, but keep it quiet", or so says John (not his real name) the Con. "It" is crime. In a dingy back room "they" talk about life outside the law.
Producer Mary Price

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Peter White. Producer Thena Heshel
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9.30pm and 10.30pm
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● HANDBOOK: £12.50, from [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White.

It was the year that teddies looked for trouble at the seaside, and Uncle
Sam looked for reds under the bed. Hunter Davies referees the knock-out news quiz between the Sunday Newspapers.
2: The Sunday Times v The Observer.
Producers Viv Black and Hamish Mykura

Contributors

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

In the third of four programmes on the legendary American comet player
Bix Beiderbecke , Geoffrey Smith includes further small group recordings with Frankie Traumbauer from 1927.
Producer Derek Drescher
(Rsrt broadcast on Radio 3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bix Beiderbecke
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Frankie Traumbauer
Producer:
Derek Drescher

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