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with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Father Oliver McTeman

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Father Oliver McTeman

Leo Tolstoy 's passionate search for the meaning of life. The third of ten parts read by Joss Ackland. Abridged by Andrew Simpson
Producer Claire Campbell Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Read By:
Joss Ackland.
Abridged By:
Andrew Simpson
Producer:
Claire Campbell Smith

with Jenni Murray.
Serial: Tommy Was
Here by Simon Corrigan. When Imogen's gifted son Tommy goes missing in Paris, she travels to France to find him - in what becomes a devastating voyage of discovery. The first of ten episodes read by Rowena Cooper.
Music: Hovhaness' Meditation on Orpheus
Abridged by Sally Skrimshire Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Simon Corrigan.
Read By:
Rowena Cooper.
Abridged By:
Sally Skrimshire
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selerie

by Guy Meredith.
Disillusioned with the world of art, Adam Bax decides to embark on a little nefarious infamy.
Director Cherry Cookson. (First broadcast in 1984) (A sequel, The Tokyo Correction, will be broadcast next Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Guy Meredith.
Unknown:
Adam Bax
Director:
Cherry Cookson.
Bax:
Norman Rodway
Robert:
Geoffrey Collins
Quartermain:
James Grout
Tessa:
Carole Boyd
Constantine:
Neville Jason
Fenwick:
John Rye
His Manservant:
John Webb
Susan:
Helena Breck
Nutley:
Colin Starkey
Sergeant:
Colin Starkey
Colonel Dalby:
Garard Green
Rivetti:
Michael Percival
Beth:
Ellen McLntosh

Last in the series.
Bob Taylor became managing director of Birmingham
Airport 23 years ago, but five months into the job he had an accident that meant he would never walk again. He's still MD though, and tells Peter White how he controls operations from what he describes as his "own personal undercarriage".
Producer Ronni Davis. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Taylor
Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Ronni Davis.

Paul Vaughan listens to a new recording of Mendelssohn songs by Barbara Bonney , and Helen Garrison looks at the latest methods television is using to whet the appetite - the sexy trail.
Producer Adrian Washbourne
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Songs By:
Barbara Bonney
Songs By:
Helen Garrison
Producer:
Adrian Washbourne

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr.
Six hundred years after the nuclear holocaust, a group of monks, in an abbey in the desert, struggle to preserve the remnant of humanity's scientific knowledge.
Novice Brother Francis is undergoing his Lenten fast before taking his final vows, when his meditation and prayers are interrupted by a visitor.
Incidental music by David Dorward , sung by Cappella Nova Dramatised by Donald Campbell Director Hamish Wilson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter M Miller Jr.
Unknown:
Brother Francis
Music By:
David Dorward
Sung By:
Cappella Nova
Dramatised By:
Donald Campbell
Director:
Hamish Wilson.
Paulo:
Michael MacKenzie
Eleazar:
John Shedden
Francis:
Andrew Price
Taddeo:
Billy Riddoch
Arkos:
Alexander Morton
Gault:
Gordon Fulton
Kornhoer:
Alec Heggie
Claret:
Robert Carlyle
Poet:
Charles Kearney

by Evelyn Waugh.
Final part: In which the wheel turns full circle and Paul Pennyfeather starts all over again.
Adapted by Jeremy Front
Producer Lissa Evans.

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh.
Unknown:
Paul Pennyfeather
Adapted By:
Jeremy Front
Producer:
Lissa Evans.
Paul Pennyfeather:
Alistair McGowan
Grimes:
Jim Broadbent
Prendergast:
Andrew Sachs
Lucas Dockery:
James Grout
Philbrick:
Jonathan Kydd
Lunatic:
Kenneth Colley
Margot:
Joanna David
Peter:
Richard Pearce
Panther:
Peter Gunn
Otto:
Daniel Strauss

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