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Six programmes in which Ray Gosling invites his guests to talk about the most charismatic person they have met. This week, Kate Adie nominates Leonard Wilson , former Bishop of Birmingham and of Singapore. Producer Tony Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Unknown:
Kate Adie
Unknown:
Leonard Wilson
Producer:
Tony Phillips

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Cookery writer Sri Owen starts a four-part culinary guide through the Indonesian archipelago.
Serial: Electricity. Sian Thomas reads the fifth part of Victoria Glendinning 's story, abridged by Doreen Estall. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Sri Owen
Unknown:
Sian Thomas
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall.
Editors:
Sally Feldman
Editors:
Clare Selerie

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Chairman Robert Robinson.
First round - London. Contestants include Alex Yeats (charity worker), Brendan Bames (accountant), Veronica Schwarz (operational research consultant), and John Gingell (retired local government officer).
Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Wed 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson.
Unknown:
Alex Yeats
Unknown:
Brendan Bames
Unknown:
Veronica Schwarz
Unknown:
John Gingell
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Written and performed by Michael Mears. At some point or another, most of us have a go at doing a jigsaw puzzle. And the most difficult part is always the sky. This one-man play was performed, to great acclaim, at the Edinburgh Festival. Director Enyd Williams Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Mears.
Director:
Enyd Williams Rpt

To celebrate Libraries Week, the programme visits a different library every day. Also Robert Dawson Scott talks to the choreographer Siobhan Davies.
Producer Will Cantopher. Revised rpt 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Dawson Scott
Unknown:
Siobhan Davies.

by David Edgar. That summer is
1984, when the longest and bitterest strike in British mining history was at its height. And that summer is when Howard and Cressida play host to Frankie and Michele, the teenage daughters of striking Welsh miners.
Director Hilary Norrish
First broadcast on BBC World Service radio

Contributors

Unknown:
David Edgar.
Director:
Hilary Norrish
Cressida:
Eleanor David
Howard:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Alun:
Dorien Thomas
Daniel:
Adam Godley
Terry:
Paul Copley
Michele:
Siriol Jenkins
Frankie:
Catherine Tregenna

To celebrate the centenary of the National Trust, a five-part series in which well known people share their
. own favourite Trust "gem".
1: A Cabinet of Curiosities. One of the National Trust's most recent acquisitions is A La Ronde in Devon, an eighteenth-century cottage with a difference and one of Lucinda
Lambton's favourite places. Producer Kathryn Morrison

Contributors

Producer:
Kathryn Morrison

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