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7.45 Down to Earth with Alan Titchmarsh

A few weeks ago listeners were invited to vote for their favourite record from the 60s.
Today Simon Dee reveals the results of that poll as he plays the Sounds of the 60s listeners' Top 20. Tune in and find out how hip you are!
Producer STUART HOBDAY BBC Bristol

It's a seasonal farewell to the ubiquitous Mr Aspel as he takes off for a well-deserved sojourn on the cathode-ray tube. But remember, if there's a hole in the mattress, he'll see you in the spring!

with Peter Clayton
1.00 VHF/FM joins Radio 1

Mike Says - 'Here's a Bit of Talent'
Your chance to help Radio Active spot the stars of the future and wreck any career they might have had.
Previous winners include Douglas McAshe and his
Amazing Novelty Animal Act (contact: Pentonville Artists plc) and mime ventriloquist, The Great Baddo.
Other past winners: Anna Daptor (HELEN ATKINSON WOOD)
Mike Channel (ANGUS DEAYTON)
Martin Brown (MICHAEL FENTON-STEVENS)
Oivind Vinstra (GEOFFREY PERKINS )
Dick Wrong (philip POPE)
and special guest Kate Robbins
Written by GEOFFREY Perkins and ANGUS DEAYTON with additional material by MICHAEL FENTON-STEVENS
Music by PHILIP POPE and ANGUS DEAYTON
Producer THE GREAT TYLERO
Radio Active is available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and funerals, do Honest Ron Management plc.
(First broadcast on Radio 4)

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The Football League's centenary, the MCC bicentenary, a cricket World Cup, a rugby World Cup, a historic triumph for European golf - all highlights of the 1987 sporting calendar. But it was also a year in which, among other issues, allegations of drug use cast a dark shadow over athletics. David Coleman chairs a panel of sporting personalities - including Tommy Docherty , manager of Altrincham
Football Club; athletics star Brendan Foster and, from rugby, David Watkins - who respond to questions about the sporting year put by an audience at Altrincham Leisure Centre, Greater Manchester. Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

More musical teasers with Keith Fordyce
Devised by DON DAVIS

Max Jaffa celebrates his diamond jubilee with a concert recorded in September at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London. Max plays with and directs the Strings of the BBC Radio Orchestra led by MICHAEL TOMALIN and friends gathered for the occasion are
Jean Grayston (contralto) Marisa Robles (harp)
Jack Brymer
(clarinet/saxophone) Alan Civil (horn)
Max's famous trio is re-created with the help of Dennis Gomm and Norman Jones.
Producer TIM MCDONALD
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Including 8.20-8.40*
Jack Brymer in conversation with some friends and colleagues of Max Jaffa. Producer JOHN LANGRIDGE

'Christmas comes but once a year....' so why not make the most of it by joining the strings of the BBC Radio Orchestra led by MICHAEL TOMALIN and guest conductor
Barry Forgie for a lighthearted look at the festive season? Presented by Bill RenneUs

A bumper Boxing Day bonanza of magic moments from 1987. There's a trip through 12 months of tabloid trivia, while super soaraway Stanley Unwin pinpoints the personalities who have paraded on the front pages over the past year. Timperley superstar Frank Sidebottom is also on hand, though nobody seems to know why.

with Dave Gelly

presents Nightride

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