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with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Eric James.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Canon Eric James.

In the last of the present series Chris Dunkley of the Financial Times airs your letters and comments on BBC programmes and policy.
Producer Nadine Grieve
•WRITE to: Feedback, BBC, London W1A 1AA
C INTERVIEW: Chris Dunkley interviews the Controller of Radio 3: page 22

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
Nadine Grieve
Unknown:
Chris Dunkley

In the first of a new series,
Edward Blishen invites Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd to talk about four paperbacks.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Margaret Drabble
Unknown:
Michael Holroyd
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Tim Marlow reviews a new production of A Midsummer Night's
Dream at the National
Theatre; Judy Meewezen reports on an opera project in Tunbridge Wells; and Eldorado, the new BBC TV soap in the sun, is reviewed.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Marlow
Unknown:
Judy Meewezen
Producer:
Nicki Paxman.

The Celebrity who Failed by Winifred Holtby.
When Amelia learns to walk on water, she is not prepared for the consequences.
Read by Alice Arnold. Producer Tessa Kendall

Contributors

Unknown:
Winifred Holtby.
Read By:
Alice Arnold.
Producer:
Tessa Kendall

In the first of nine programmes Dylan Winter sets off with two horses to retrace the journey made by the early American settlers - 2,000 miles along the Oregon Trail.
1: Blood on the saddle, how to remove a tick from one's armpit, Rick the Roofer, flying hooves and a visit from the vet.
Producer Brian King. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Brian King.

Lucy knows the real meaning of a cash crop.
Written by Simon Frith
Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Graeme Kirk
Ruth:
Felicity Rnch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Debbie:
Tamsin Greig
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Peggy:
June Spencer
Neslon:
Jack May
Sid:
Alan Devereux
Kathy:
Hedli Niklaus
Lucy:
Tracy-Jane White
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Bert:
Roger Hume
Lynda:
Carole Boyd
Robin:
Tim Meats
Nigel:
Graham Seed

From Fraserburgh, Scotland.
The panel includes
Margaret Ewing MP,
Archie Kirkwood , MP and George Robertson , MP. Chairman
James Naughtie
Producer Nick Utechin

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Ewing
Unknown:
Archie Kirkwood
Unknown:
George Robertson
Unknown:
James Naughtie
Producer:
Nick Utechin

Farce Over Wit
British farce was once packing them into London's West End theatres. Noting a lack of new farce productions,
Paul Doust set out to find whether, in today's politically correct climate, British farce can survive and whether there will be a new kind of farce emerging in the future. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Doust

The first of five programmes.
The small village of Little Blighty doesn't take much notice of the outside world, though in a strange way local events seem to reflect precisely what's in the weekly news....
With John Baddeley , Jo Kendall , Jonathan Kydd , Bernadine Corrigan , Daniel Strauss and Alistair McGowan.
Written by Mark Burton , John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman Producer Lissa Evans. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Jonathan Kydd
Unknown:
Bernadine Corrigan
Unknown:
Daniel Strauss
Unknown:
Alistair McGowan.
Written By:
Mark Burton
Written By:
John O'Farrell
Written By:
Mike Coleman
Producer:
Lissa Evans.

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