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with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor.
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Sacks.

Acts of the Apostles
Michael Williams reads the first of ten episodes from the Revised English Bible.
Ascension and Pentecost.
Introduced by Canon John Sweet.
Abridged by Sue Reid
Director Claire Campbell Smith

Contributors

Abridged By:
Sue Reid
Director:
Claire Campbell Smith

The return of the comedy drama by Alex Shearer.
1: As Unequal as Others Her Majesty's
Ambassador Mackenzie and his staff battle on bravely, coming to terms with the changing order in Colonel Surikov's fledgling Eastern-bloc democracy.
The new order brings new problems, not least keeping the diplomatic upper hand in a country discovering the ills of the West. So when equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, the embassies echo to the sound of men closing ranks.
Producer Neil Cargill Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Shearer.
Producer:
Neil Cargill
Mackenzie:
Dinsdale Landen
Frost:
Peter Acre
Helen:
Moir Leslie
Surikov:
Christopher Benjamin
Spiro:
Stephen Greif

Dried Flowers
A punchy story within a story by Gerry Jones , involving the world of boxing and thwarted love.
Director Martin Jenkins
Stereo

Contributors

Story By:
Gerry Jones
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Harvey:
Jonathan Tarer
Joe:
Keith Drinkel
Billy:
Jonathan Adams
Tommy:
Jonathan Adams
Sam:
Matthew Sim
Taffy:
Mark Straker
Referee:
Mark Straker
Linda:
Joanna Myers
Melody:
Melanie Hudson

Matthew Parris investigates intriguing letters that have no known replies.
4: What did our school teachers mean when they told us Buckingham was James I'sfavourite? A letter from Buckingham drops some heavy hints. Producer Julia Gillett

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Julia Gillett

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Tears, Idle Tears by Elizabeth Bowen.
"She was a gallant-looking woman, wearing white gloves and a dark-blue toque put on exactly right - not the sort of woman you ought to see in a park with a great blubbering boy belonging to her." Read by June Barrie. Producer Viv Beeby

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen.
Read By:
June Barrie.
Producer:
Viv Beeby

"We associate ourselves with the Israelites in bondage in Egypt. We hope for a liberated nation and the church must keep that spirit alive."
Rev Spiwo Xapiwe , of the black Reformed
Presbyterian Church, ministers to a parish of 100,000 which encompasses extremes of poverty in three Cape Town squatter camps including "Crossroads".
Reporter Noreen Alexander. Producer Nick Clarke

Contributors

Unknown:
Spiwo Xapiwe
Reporter:
Noreen Alexander.
Producer:
Nick Clarke

Presented by Peter White. Producer Thena Heshel
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•CARE GUIDES: available in large print, braille and on audio cassette, price £1.75 each. Titles: Pleasures of Listening
(CG1), Partners or Helpers (CG2), Coping with Failing Sight at 80+ (CG3), Home, School and Away (CG4), Getting About Safety
(CG5), Learning to Live With It
(CG6). Large print and braille from [address removed] Cheques payable to BSS.

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White.

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