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2.0 Afternoon Theatre medium wave Counter Plot by ELIZABETH BATT with Noël Hood Rose Wilmott , faced with money troubles, had to take a job. But she was gentle, vague and easily flustered-not really the ideal sales assistant for a busy store ... With JUDITH FELLOWES Producer BETTY DAVIES
3.0 Weekend Woman's Hour medium wave Introduced by Judith Chalmers Things that go bump in the night-or do they?: FRANK HENNIG and friends go ghost-hunting at Shripney Manor, in Sussex. What the European papers say. Entertainment Round-up: by JUDITH CHALMERS The Way We Talk: STANLEY ELLIS of Leeds University and JOHN WIDDOWSON of Sheffield University discuss differences in dialect with SHEILA YEADON ' The Car We Had to Push from The Thurber Carnival by JAMES THURBER : abridged and read by BLAIN FAIRMAN
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4th Dimension medium wave Martin Muncaster introduces the Saturday show for young listeners Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN With NIGEL LAMBERT , PAT KEEN and GARARD GREEN
4.5 Dial a Scientist Puzzled by unanswered questions from the world of science? Then send them on a postcard giving your name. age and telephone number to: 4th Dimension. BBC. Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW. This week Dr Chris Evans. a psychologist, joins regulars Patrick Moore and Professor Eric Laithwaite who have answers to just about anything. In the chair Paddy Feeny Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
4.30 The Wouldbegoods The book by E. NESBIT abridged and read in six parts by DAVID DAVIS
1: The Society for Being Good In. This is another story of the Bastable children. After a bad escapade they are packed off to the country and form themselves into a society called The Wouldbegoods - meaning they would if they could, which even they thought unlikely! Producer GLYN DEARMAN
4.50 The 3-Way Miracle Making a pop record 1: Song Writing featuring Colin Blunstone. Introduced by PETER POWELL Producer ROBERT A. HOPTON Editor GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Batt
Unknown:
Hood Rose Wilmott
Unknown:
Judith Fellowes
Producer:
Betty Davies
Introduced By:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Frank Hennig
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
John Widdowson
Unknown:
Sheila Yeadon
Unknown:
James Thurber
Read By:
Blain Fairman
Introduces:
Martin Muncaster
Unknown:
Nigel Lambert
Unknown:
Dr Chris Evans.
Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Eric Laithwaite
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Producer:
Michael Bright
Book By:
E. Nesbit
Unknown:
David Davis
Producer:
Glyn Dearman
Unknown:
Colin Blunstone.
Introduced By:
Peter Powell
Producer:
Robert A. Hopton
Editor:
Graham Gauld
Mrs Rose Wilmott:
Noël Hood
Karen, her daughter:
Helen Worth
Andrew Kent a solicitor:
Rolf Lefebvre
Albert Tufnell staff manager:
Preston Lockwood
James Garnett, general manager:
William Eedle
Elaine Marriner, head sales-woman:
Kate Binchy
Julie Clarke, assistant sales-woman:
Gail MacFarlane
Doreen Hammond, chief accountant:
Sandra Clark
Marion Drage:
Sheila Grant
Stephen Cadbury, QC:
Lewis Stringer
Lionel Webb QC:
Brian Haines
Judge:
John Ruddock

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