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7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Produced by ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Produced By:
Anthony Parkin

Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
Contributed by the BBC's Foreign News Staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
WALTER TAPLIN reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by DAVID BROOMFIEI. D
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
Narrator Douglas Smith Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
MARTIN COX , BERNARD TATE

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Taplin
Read By:
David Broomfiei.
Narrator:
Robert Carvel
Narrator:
Douglas Smith
Producers:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Producers:
Martin Cox
Producers:
Bernard Tate

A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title
Chairman FRANKLIN ENGELMANN 12: Wales (ii)
MRS HILDA DAVIES (Glamorgan) farmer's wife
MRS COLLEEN FLEISCHMANN (Monmouthshire) science teacher
FREDERICK NICHOLLS
(Pembrokeshire) schoolmaster ROGER TOMLIN (Monmouthshire) ancient historian
Including Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Devised and written by JOHN p. WYNN. Produced by JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather: programmenews

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Hilda Davies
Unknown:
Mrs Colleen Fleischmann
Unknown:
Frederick Nicholls
Unknown:
Roger Tomlin
Written By:
John P. Wynn.
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

A spontaneous discussion by LORD WIGG, ALASTAIR BURNET DAVID BENEDICTUS
GUINEVERE TILNEY
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Anfield and District Community Centre. Liverpool i
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be sent to Any
Answers?, BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Alastair Burnet
Unknown:
David Benedictus
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

by FREDERICK TREVES with Stephen Murray as Mr Murfield
Who was that? ' ' Our new lodger. He's quite tall, must have been good-looking when he was young. But his clothes ... When I saw him on the doorstep I thought he was a front-door salesman. He's just gone out. in the rain. Funny.' ' What did you say his name was? '
Produced by GERRY JONES

Contributors

Writer:
Frederick Treves
Mr Murfield:
Stephen Murray
Produced By:
Gerry Jones
Emmy Murfield:
Pauline Letts
Ella Sprite:
Lorna Rosslyn
Mr Sprite:
John Hollis
Mr Weldonf:
John Hollis
Letherby:
Gerald Flood
Gilbert Smythe:
Frederick Treves
Arkwright:
Frederick Treves
Miss Pearce:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Michaels:
Edward Seckerson
Rupert:
Peter Russell
Mrs Weldon:
Jo Manning Wilson
Martin Weldon:
David Howe

Introducer Judith Chalmers The Job in the House I Loathe Most: ideas and solutions from ANNE GREGG , MICHAEL GREEN, MARY HOWARD. JOY MELVILLE and JEAN RICHARDSON
Male Fashions: Menswear designer JOHN WEITZ talks to JUDITH CHALMERS
A Mouse in My Handbag: GRAEME HALL
Black is Beautiful: IVOR HYNES , who comes from the West In-dies, talks to JANICE DICKERSON about a changing ideal and the way to achieve it
The Excursion to the Source by ELIZABETH TAYLOR abridged by ANN THOMAS read by JUNE BARRIE

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
The Job
Unknown:
Anne Gregg
Unknown:
Mary Howard.
Unknown:
Jean Richardson
Talks:
John Weitz
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Ivor Hynes
Unknown:
Janice Dickerson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Abridged By:
Ann Thomas

Semi-final 2
Cory Workmen's Band conductor ARTHUR KENNEY v The Langley Band conducted by DENNIS MASTERS Adjudicators E. C. BUTTRESS
ALEX MORTIMER , VILEM TAUSKY Introduced by DOUGLAS SMITH Produced by ALLAN GILES

Contributors

Conductor:
Arthur Kenney
Conducted By:
Dennis Masters
Unknown:
Alex Mortimer
Introduced By:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
Allan Giles

A thriller serial in seven parts by DAVID ELLIS with Freddy Jaeger , Peter Pratt Part1
' You will be dismissed from the Police Force and branded as a man who cannot be trusted ... You will go to prison for six months.'
Produced by ROGER PINE
(Repelled: Tuesday, 3.30 pm)
5.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
David Ellis
Unknown:
Freddy Jaeger
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Produced By:
Roger Pine
Counsel:
Martin Friend
Judge:
Denis McCarthy
Peter Scott:
Freddy Jaeger
Benny Price:
Martin Friend
Doctor:
Gerald Cross
Det-Supt Maxwell:
Peter Pratt
Det Insp Hardy:
Antony Higginson
Det-Con Holland:
Roger Gale
Roy Flint:
Trevor Martin
Eddie Flint:
Michael Kilgarriff
Joyce Hardy:
Mary Quinn

with all the favourites from The Players' Theatre
Underneath the Arches at Charing Cross
Chairman DOMINIC LE FOE introduces
BARRY CRYER , DELATOUR HALL, JAN HUNT, ROBIN HUNTER, DENIS MARTIN, LAURIE PAYNE, JULIA SUTTON, IAN WALLACE, featuring the Songs of Harry Lauder, HUGH PADDICK and JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT
Gus and Algy, two chaps about town
ROSLYNN, An Angel with a Harp and Gilbert and Sullivan 'Three Little Maids from School '
At the pianoforte, GEOFFREY BRAWN
Additional script material by CARDEW ROBINSON.
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Delatour Hall
Unknown:
Jan Hunt
Unknown:
Robin Hunter
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Laurie Payne
Unknown:
Julia Sutton
Unknown:
Ian Wali.
Unknown:
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

Adapted from Celia Dale's novel by Michael Kilgarriff
with Jane Wenham, Patrick Troughton and Geoffrey Beevers as Bernard West

In the mid 1870s a young man called Bernard West arrived as tutor at Bulmer Hall. He hoped to begin his life anew, to make up for previous failings, but he found Bulmer Hall strangely unwelcoming.
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(Jane Wenham is a National Theatre Player)

9.58 Weather

Contributors

Author:
Celia Dale
Adapted by:
Michael Kilgarriff
Producer:
Jane Graham
Isabel Mortimer:
Jane Wenham
Henry Mortimer:
Patrick Troughton
Florence:
Elizabeth Proud
Harry jo:
Manning Wilson
Dr Brooke:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Horton:
Sheila Mitchell
Sims:
Michael Kilgarriff
Pont:
Lewis Stringer
Landlord:
Wilfrid Carter

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