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Join chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Peter Jones , Paul Merton , Wendy Richard and Lee Simpson as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Sarah Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Lee Simpson
Producer:
Sarah Smith

Gwynneth Flower , chief executive of the Central London Training and Enterprise Council; Ken Livingstone , MP; Lord Parkinson; and Anthony Smith , President, Magdalen College Oxford, tackle the issues raised in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Chairman Nick Clarke.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwynneth Flower
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
Anthony Smith
Unknown:
Nick Clarke.

Another chance to hear Tom Paulin 's play about the Anglo-Irish Conference of 1921. It was meant to solve the Irish problem once and for all, but the outcome was the partition of Ireland ...
Music composed and played by Neil Martin Director Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Paulin
Played By:
Neil Martin
Director:
Pam Brighton
David Lloyd George:
Karl Johnson
Michael Collins:
Sean McGinley
Winston Churchill:
Stanley Townsend
Arthur Griffith:
Owen Roe
Erskine ChiMers:
Robert Omahoney
Frances Stevenson:
Eileen Pollock
Lady Hazel Lavery:
Susan Slot
Sir James Craig:
Ian McElhinney
Sir John Lavery:
Dan Gorden
Announcer:
Paula McFetridge

Welcome to the world of a super-machine which has thousands of eyes, can extract fluid from almost anything, and can run across the ceiling as quickly as it can run across the floor. When it takes to the air, it can hover, rotate on a sixpence and even fly backwards. Its insanitary and blood-sucking habits have killed billions of people, and it's one of humanity's oldest enemies. Welcome to the world of the fly. Producer Jeremy Grange
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Contributors

Producer:
Jeremy Grange

r Robert Robinson takes the wraps off a new series as he ventures into the world of naturism to hear about life without clothes. In snow-clad Kent he meets five brave naturists prepared to bare all.
Producer Nadine Grieve f
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Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Producer:
Nadine Grieve

The Happy Snap Exposed
Taken in a hurry, processed by machine, family photos reveal and conceal surprising details about us and our vision of the world. Three listeners discuss their chosen photographs with Colin Ford and a panel of photo professionals.
Producer Beaty Rubens

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Ford
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

After the initial shock, most people get over having their house burgled, but in Joe Dunlop 's play Ian just can't get over his fury- or his desire for revenge.
Director Matthew Walters

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Dunlop
Director:
Matthew Walters
Ian:
Bill Paterson
Carol:
Frances Jeater
Jack:
Peter Kenny
Martin:
Gareth Armstrong
Tone:
Tom Bevan
Gary:
Paul Panting
PC Corbey:
Malcolm Ward
Police officer:
Jonathan Tafler
McRae/Corder:
Joe Dunlop
Tom:
Peter Whitman
Ian 's mother/Kathleen:
Isobil Nisbet
Gun salesman:
David Jarvis
Barbara/Stewardess:
Oona Beeson

Nigel Rees hosts the quotation quiz with guests Peter Jones , Sian Phillips , John Walsh and Max Stafford-Clark .
Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Sian Phillips
Unknown:
John Walsh
Unknown:
Max Stafford-Clark
Producer:
Jon Naismith

Nick Baker is on the spot to reveal all about tests, testers and the tested.
4: Intelligence. Mensa claims its members are in the top 2 per cent. A rural housewife resolves to join their ranks. A Testbed production

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker

A series of eight stories introduced by Edward de Souza , the Man in Black.
6: Hellhound on My Trail by Paul Sirett. James Harper tries to uncover the mysterious death of a jazz musician, but finds the result of his investigation - suffocating.
With Nigel Anthony , Shelley Thompson , John Rowe. Ehck Ray Evans. Burt Caesar , AJibe Parsons , Sandra James Young. Victoria Caning and Jonathan Tafler Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edward de Souza
Unknown:
James Harper
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Shelley Thompson
Unknown:
John Rowe.
Unknown:
Ehck Ray Evans.
Unknown:
Burt Caesar
Unknown:
Ajibe Parsons
Unknown:
Sandra James Young.
Unknown:
Jonathan Tafler
Director:
Martin Jenkins

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