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with John Humphrys , Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday.
6.45 Business News
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Umar Hegedus.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Umar Hegedus.

with Jenni Murray. Libby Spurrier with the lowdown on breaking voices.
Story: Time is Unredeemable by Attia Hosain from Infinite Riches. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
Abridged by Doreen Estall
Editors Saliy Feldman and Clare Selerie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Libby Spurrier
Unknown:
Attia Hosain
Read By:
Sudha Bhuchar.
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall
Abridged By:
Clare Selerie

Chairman Robert Robinson.
Round 1 - The West of England.
Tim Westcott (company treasurer); John Case (lecturer); Peter Ratcliffe (civil servant) and Dr Anthony Clarke (doctor). Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Peter Ratcliffe
Unknown:
Dr Anthony Clarke
Producer:
Richard Edis

Dramatised from Lucy Ching's autobiography One of the Lucky Ones.
Canton, 1945. Lucy, ayoung blind girl, is hidden away because of the ancient belief that blindness is a punishment for the sins of the ancestors. Then, by chance, she hears a radio broadcast....
Dramatised by Rosemary Davis Director Tracey Neale

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Rosemary Davis
Director:
Tracey Neale
Miss Schaeffer:
Alison Reid
Mrs Homcutt:
Gudrun Ure
Ah Wor:
Elizabeth Kelly
Younger Brother:
Nicholas Shelton
Father:
Christopher Scott
Mother:
Meunda Walker
Lucy as Narrator:
Tessa Worsley
Eder brother:
Matthew Sim
Second sister:
Daisy Heath
Lucy:
Annie Roddam
Ah Luk:
Jill Lidstone
Mrs Chan:
Joanna Wake
Doctor:
Nicholas Murchie

Baroness Jay, who has spent substantial periods of her life in the United States, compares American and English attitudes to work as she talks to John Miller in the last of the series. Producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
John Miller
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

Natalie Wheen investigates the music of Harrison Birtwistle and listens to an adaptation of Iris Murdoch 's The Sea, The Sea, broadcast yesterday on R4. Producer Robyn Read
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle
Unknown:
Iris Murdoch

"Steel-thighs Jessup was not in the traditional pre-service position...."
The first episode of Nigel Williams 's three-part tennis tale marks the start of Wimbledon. Read by Nigel Anthony. Producer Duncan Minshull
(Part 2 tomorrow at 4.45pm)
SEE PREVIEW page 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Williams
Read By:
Nigel Anthony.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull

More comedy re-creations starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx. With Graham Hoadly , Vincento Marzello and Lorelei King as all the ladies.
Script by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman Adapted and written by Mark Brisenden Music: David Firman
Producer Dirk Maggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Roberts
Unknown:
Groucho Marx
Unknown:
Frank Lazarus
Unknown:
Chico Marx.
Unknown:
Graham Hoadly
Unknown:
Vincento Marzello
Unknown:
Lorelei King
Script By:
Nat Perrin
Script By:
Arthur Sheekman
Written By:
Mark Brisenden
Music:
David Firman
Producer:
Dirk Maggs

by David Edgar. Pavel Prus has been a novelist, a bricklayer and a window cleaner. He is now in jail as a dissident. Suddenly, in 1989, he is asked to participate in real political power. 5
Director Hilary Nonish (A BBC World Service production)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Edgar.
Unknown:
Pavel Prus
Director:
Hilary Nonish
Prus:
Karl Johnson
Josef Lutz:
Peter Vaughan
Michael Kaplan:
Oliver Ford-Davies
Petr Vladislav:
Jeremy Northam
Victoria Brodskaya:
Jenny Howe
Madame Rousova:
Jill Graham
Spassov:
John Church
Andrei Zietek:
Jonathan Tafler
Monica Freie:
Siriol Jenkins
Jan Matkovic:
David Holt
Jan Milev:
Eric Allan

Up the Garden Path
A six-part radio version of her novel by Sue Limb . With Imelda Staunton as Izzy. 1: New Year, Old Problems
Producer Jonathan James-Moore (First broadcast in 1987) SEE PREVIEW page 5

Contributors

Novel By:
Sue Limb
Unknown:
Imelda Staunton
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore
Maria:
Marty Cruikshank
Michael:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Dick:
Mike Grady
Gioyn:
Sion Probert

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