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Horse Guards Parade in London is the setting for the annual Sovereign's
Birthday Parade in which Her Majesty the Queen takes the salute of the First Battalion, Grenadier Guards, with music by the Massed Mounted Bands of the Household Cavalry and Guards Division.
Commentator
Tom Fleming.
Producer David France
0 FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT: page 11

Contributors

Commentator:
Tom Fleming.
Producer:
David France

The antidote to panel games.
In the chair: Humphrey Lyttelton.
Round the table: Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer.
On the piano: Colin Sell. Producer Jon Naismith. Stereo

Contributors

Panellist:
Willie Rushton
Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Piano:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Jon Naismith

The panel:
Jane Reed , Head of Corporate Relations, News International;
Sir John Banham ,
Director General of the CBI; Teresa Gorman , MP; Ken Livingstone ,
MP. From Truro, Cornwall. Chairman James Naughtie.
And at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Your opportunity to give your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Any Questions? Producers Nick Utechin and Alison Vernon Smith
● LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Reed
Unknown:
Sir John Banham
Unknown:
Teresa Gorman
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
James Naughtie.
Producers:
Nick Utechin
Producers:
Alison Vernon Smith

by Manny Draycott-Lai.

Louise, a young idealistic architect, is commissioned to design a huge site development near the Thames. It is a make-or-break career move.

(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Manny Draycott-Lai
Producer:
Cherry Cookson
Isambard:
Roger Allam
Louise:
Suzanna Hamilton
Tom:
Ralph Fiennes
Damien:
Hugh Ross
Earlham:
Stuart Milligan
Kilmartin:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Hennessey:
John Webb
Nancy:
Melinda Walker
Politician:
John Church
Boardman:
Jonathan Adams

A Country Drive with Mary Webb
The novelist and poet Mary Webb loved the landscape and legends of Shropshire. Her biographer Gladys Mary Coles leads Chris Eldon Lee on a journey through fact, fiction and infatuation.
Featuring Rosemary Leach as Mary Webb.
Producer Chris Eldon Lee

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Webb
Unknown:
Mary Webb
Unknown:
Gladys Mary Coles
Unknown:
Chris Eldon Lee
Unknown:
Rosemary Leach
Unknown:
Mary Webb.
Producer:
Chris Eldon Lee

A four-part serialisation of A.S. Byatt's novels The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life dramatised by John Harvey.

Yorkshire: 1952. Frederica and Stephanie Potter share a passion for the beautiful Alexander Wedderburn, teacher and author of Astraea, a new verse drama celebrating the first Elizabethan Age. In spite of strong competition, Frederica intends to be his Queen.

(Stereo)
Drama: page 6

Contributors

Author:
A.S. Byatt
Dramatised by:
John Harvey.
Music:
Mary Nash
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Narrator:
Sheila Hancock
Young Frederica:
Caroline Harker
Stephanie:
Emma Fielding
Marcus:
Richard Pearce
Bill Potter:
Brett Usher
Winifred Potter:
Anna Cropper
Daniel Orton:
Neil Dudgeon
Lucas Simmonds:
Mark Straker
Alexander:
Andrew Wincott
Edmund Wilkie:
Jonathan Tafler
Jenny Parry:
Gillian Bevan
Matthew Crowe:
Eric Allan
Mrs Thone:
Gudrun Ure
Butcher:
Peter Gunn

Rome Pilgrimage
Final broadcast led by the Rev Ernest Rea in the ancient Basilica of St
Clement. Hymn: Christ is our Cornerstone. Reading: I Peter 2, vv 4-10.
Director of Music Claire
Campbell Smith.
Organist Pau] Joslin. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Ernest Rea

A series of romances.
1: The Corners of the Mouth Graham Swannell 's portrait of adolescent angst.
Director Matthew Walters. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Swannell
Director:
Matthew Walters.
Michael:
Richard Pearce
Barbara:
Oona Beeston
John:
Stephen Garlick
Arthur:
Ian Lindsay
Given:
Auriol Smith
Simmons:
Brett Usher
Helen:
Tara Dominick
Cathy:
Jane Whittenshaw

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