Story: "Fly Away Peter", written by Frank Dickens, illustrated by Ralph Steadman
Presenters: Carol Leader, Jon Glover
7: Equal Pay for Women
with Ludovic Kennedy, Robin Day, Richard Kershaw, Richard Whitmore
Today's news is followed by an extended interview.
Should Isaac Walton 's ghost be watching The Fishing Race, he'll be nothing short of appalled. Over three gruelling days last summer, six of his wayward disciples fished day and night, aiming to catch as many different species as possible. In a mixture of Piscatorial Olympics and Monte Carlo Rally, the three two-man teams drove themselves to exhaustion sweeping across southern England in pursuit of everything from minnows to piranhas - after the smallest trophy ever given by the BBC - The Golden Maggot.
Deborah Norton returns with reports, interviews and extracts from what is liveliest and best in the British theatrical scene.
Last week, Frankie Vaughan completed 25 years in show business. In a cabaret performance from the Night Out Theatre Restaurant, Birmingham, he sang for one hour, took six encores, fought his way off stage and spent an hour signing autographs for over 200 ladies. A great reception for the man who 'kicked' his way to the top.
(Teli Sport)
by Erika Szanto
Based on a short story by Sandor Hunyadi
A season of distinguished television productions from overseas.
The 1920s. A girl from a poor family is sent to an expensive sanatorium in the mountains to recover from TB. She hopes to find a wealthy husband...
with Cecilia Esztergalyos, Peter Kertesz, Ildiko Szabo and Judit Toth
(First shown on Hungarian Television)
with Richard Whitmore; Weather
Lyndon Brook reads "Marriage of Two" by C. Day Lewis.