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With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev James Jones.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
James Jones.

It's not so very long since even passenger aeroplanes followed railway lines to guide them along and pilots would read place names painted on station roofs. The smell of the local sewage works helped them fix their position, while air traffic controllers had a man on the balcony listening for aircraft engines. Craig Doyle tells the story of aircraft navigation and air traffic control.

For early aviators, any clue to their whereabouts was useful: from railway stations to the smell of a sewage farm

Fly Me to the Runway 11.00am R4
The only time air-traffic controllers hit the headlines is when they are on strike and you have to invent 60 different ways to amuse your children during the consequent donkey-age delay. Yet they are a highly skilled work force, operating complex machinery that juggles two million flights a year. But, as Holiday's Craig Doyle informs us, air navigation wasn't always an exact science. This two-part history begins with the plight of the early aviators. Planes were so fragile then, they could barely take the weight of the pilot, never mind a wireless, so flyers had to rely on their senses alone. To orientate themselves, aviators set a compass, laid out the map and crossed their fingers that there was a railway station that had its name painted in white on the roof. Even during the interwar years, some pilots would find their way by the smell of a nearby sewage works. Thankfully, the technology has improved a little since then - but they still haven't invented a way to make airport chairs less bum-numbing.

Contributors

Unknown:
Craig Doyle
Producer:
Ivan Hewlett

Comedy drama written by and starring Lynn Ferguson. 3: Wild Rover. The Cumbrae Club is up and running and the islanders are already arguing over how it should be run. Meanwhile back at Bruce House,
Moira is in hysterics over her missing pet pooch. But will Irene risk missing the ferry and losing herjob to help her unhappy sister?
Producer Lucy Bacon

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynn Ferguson.
Producer:
Lucy Bacon
Irene:
Lynn Ferguson
Agnes:
Janet Brown
Moira:
Janet Brown
Alberto:
Lewis MacLeod
Ferryman:
Lewis MacLeod
Robert:
Lewis MacLeod
The minister:
Robert Paterson
Bob:
Robert Paterson
Ena:
Gabriel Quigtey
Bunty:
Gabriel Quigtey
Fiona:
Gabriel Quigtey
Dougie:
Kenneth Bryans
Rock salesman:
Kenneth Bryans

Roger Bolton rifles through the mailbag to find your opinions. To airyour views on what you've heard on BBC Radio, write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT, phone: [number removed], fax: [number removed], or email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Producer Sue Bonner Repeated on Sunday at 8pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

by Val Syms. Eleven-year-old Liam is a bit of a lad, a joy to behold and a pain in the bum, depending on who you are. But everyone's agreed, he can't stop talking - until he gets run over by a bus, and everything changes.
With Stephen Aintree , Sean Barrett , Heather Bleasdale , Lynda Thornhill Producer and director Chris Wallis

Contributors

Writer:
Val Syms.
Producer and director:
Chris Wallis
Maria:
Joy Blakeman
Phil:
Phil Hearne
Liam:
Greg Fossard
Katie:
Lea Higginson
Joey:
James Lacey
[Actor]:
Stephen Aintree
[Actor]:
Sean Barrett
[Actor]:
Heather Bleasdale
[Actor]:
Lynda Thornhill

Good Food for All. Steve Chalke visits Venice to see how local farmers are supplying the city's schools with locally grown organic food and teaching groups of children about its production. The scheme has intriguing connections with East Anglia Food Link who are exploring how this could happen nationwide in Britain, starting this autumn with a pilot project at the Cambridgeshire Environmental and Education Services Centre at Stibbington. Producer Sandra Sykes

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Chalke
Producer:
Sandra Sykes

5: Logorrhoea by Harry Ritchie. "You know how sometimes I tend to go on a bit when I'm anxious?
Well, I think I went on quite a bit that evening. Me and my idiotic idiolect. My loco loquacity. My ghastly garrulity. My preposterous prolixity.... Read by Johnny Meres. Fordetails see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Ritchie.
Read By:
Johnny Meres.

5: Les Bee. Sometimes it feels like it's 1965 all over again. Les Bee founded the Odd Mod Squad to celebrate the music, the style and above all the scooters of a bygone era. We meet Les and the rest of the club as they turn the clock back for a weekend on the South coast. For details see Monday

One thing leads to another.
written by Paul Brodrick Director Sue Wilson
Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]

Contributors

Written By:
Paul Brodrick
Director:
Sue Wilson
Editor:
Vanessa Whitburn
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Richard Attlee
Alistair:
Michael Lumsden
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Simon:
Garrick Hagon
Debbie:
Tamsin Grelg
Peggy:
June Spencer
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Mike:
Terry Molloy
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Siobhan:
Caroline Lennon
Oliver:
Michael Cochrane
Chaba:
Mate Haumann
Jeanette:
Lorelei King

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from St Columba's Church of Scotland in Knightsbridge, London, with Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London,
Lord Macdonald, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Amanda Platell, former head of the Conservative Party's media unit.
Producer Victoria Wakely

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Ken Livingstone
Unknown:
Amanda Platell
Producer:
Victoria Wakely

Humphrey Carpenter is joined by Muriel Gray and Christopher Frayling to discuss the life of MR James , whose ghost stories have been cult reading since 1904. Producer Mary Ward Lowery

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter
Guest:
Muriel Gray
Contributor:
Christopher Frayling
Unknown:
Mr James
Producer:
Mary Ward Lowery

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