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with Peter Hobday and John Silverman.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Silverman.
Unknown:
Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Ned Sherrin returns with a new series. With the likes of John Walters ,
Emma Freud and Arthur Smith. Producer Ian Gardhouse Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
John Walters
Unknown:
Emma Freud
Unknown:
Arthur Smith.
Producer:
Ian Gardhouse

Clive Langmead flies with the intrepid pilots of the Mission Aviation
Fellowship, who provide a lifeline for hospitals and aid workers in remote and dangerous outposts around Africa.
In the second of two programmes he joins a supply run to Magwanza Hospital, which is perched on a mountain-side in northwest Tanzania.
Producer Brian King. Stereo (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Langmead
Producer:
Brian King.

In the last of six reports on the regional press,
Tony Wilkinson visits the Lake District.
August Bank Holiday
Monday: a body has been found floating on Coniston Water, but the local paper, The Westmorland Gazette, has little interest in the death of tourists. It is preoccupied with agricultural shows, the celebration of its founder, the poet
William Wordsworth , and the progress of its own trailhound - The Gazzer. Executive producer Julian Hale Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Wilkinson
Unknown:
William Wordsworth
Producer:
Julian Hale

The Ballad of Johnny Reece by Nick Fisher. In 1958 Johnny is an idealistic young man working on the land. But by 1987 he is steeped in family life and haunted by disillusion, having over-stretched his ambition.
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Reece
Unknown:
Nick Fisher.
Director:
Richard Wortley.
Johnny Reece:
Mark Straker
Mary:
Elizabeth Mansreld
Pat:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare:
Clare Travers-Deacon
Ally:
Paul Gregory
Stevie:
Matthew Morgan
Trev:
John Webb
Marie:
Joanna Wake
Birdman:
Matthew Sim
Carrie:
Melanie Hudson
Sam:
Eric Allan
Brian:
Neil Roberts
Emslow:
Terence Edmond
Stan:
Keith Drinkel
Graham:
Peter Penry Jones
Nurse:
Siriol Jenkins

I Robert Robinson I eavesdrops on conversations recorded at venues up and down the country. Parked up somewhere in Nottingham, a group of truckers talk about the romance or otherwise of being a long-distance lorry driver. Producer Tony Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Tony Phillips

Five, Six, Seven and ... What is the relationship between dance and music?
Natalie Wheen and dance critic Debra Craine discuss the role of music in creating dance, with the help of those in both professions including
Sir Kenneth MacMillan , Brian Elias and Shobana Jeyasingh.
Producer Belinda Sample. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Debra Craine
Unknown:
Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Unknown:
Brian Elias
Unknown:
Shobana Jeyasingh.
Producer:
Belinda Sample.

Miss Marjoribanks
The final part of Margaret Oliphant 's comedy of manners.
4: The Battle Lost and Won
Ten years have passed and Lucilla worries that she might have "gone off'. When the MP for
Carlingford dies, it seems that Mr Ashburton and Mr Cavendish are not of that opinion.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud Music Malcolm McKee
Director Sue Wilson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Oliphant
Unknown:
Mr Ashburton
Unknown:
Mr Cavendish
Dramatised By:
Elizabeth Proud
Music:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson.
Mrs Oliphant:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Lucilla:
Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks:
Roy Hanlon
Mr Cavendish:
Keith Drinkel
Mr Ashburton:
Christopher Scott
Barbara Lake:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom Marjoribanks:
Nicholas Murchie
Nelly Woodburn:
Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley:
Garard Green
Mrs Chiley:
Ann Windsor
Lady Richmond:
Jill Graham
Nancy:
Joanna Wake
Mr Bury:
John Fleming
Mrs Centum:
Theresa Streatfeild
Mr Centum:
Peter Penry Jones
Major Brown:
Jonathan Adams
Maria Brown:
Melanie Hudson
Mr Holden:
Eric Allan
Rose Lake:
Joanna Myers
Mr Black:
John Webb
Edward:
David Holt

Tony Robinson on humour in political life, in the last programme of the series. 6: A Surfeit of Autocues With John Sessions ,
Matthew Morgan , Peter Gunn and Gordon Reid.
Producer Paul Schlesinger. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Robinson
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Matthew Morgan
Unknown:
Peter Gunn
Unknown:
Gordon Reid.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger.

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