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A poetry programme including poems by James Reeves , Clive Sansom , R. C. Scriven , Kenneth Patchen, Harold Massing-ham, Ted Hughes , and Norman Nicholson
Stories and Rhymes series

Contributors

Unknown:
James Reeves
Unknown:
Clive Sansom
Unknown:
R. C. Scriven
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Unknown:
Norman Nicholson

Every Friday this programme looks at educational opportunities for housewives and some of the possibilities for women returning to work.
Introduced by CAROLINE NICHOLSON and MICHAEL SMEE
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Caroline Nicholson
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

Highlights from the Sunday show including
Celebrity in the News Terence Stamp
This week's current release: Will Penny starring
CHARLTON HESTON DONALD PLEASENCE
JOAN HACKETT , LEE MAJORS adapted by Marjorie Bilbow
Script by Lyn Fairhurst
Introduced by PETER HAIGH
Produced by John Dyas
Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast on Radio 2 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlton Heston
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence
Unknown:
Joan Hackett
Adapted By:
Marjorie Bilbow
Script By:
Lyn Fairhurst
Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Produced By:
John Dyas

The family magazine is introduced today from Scotland by HOWARD LOCKHART
Make Mine Tripe: a midnight supper an actor will never forget
Export Bullseye: bows, made in Scotland, have an overseas market including America, Europe, and Vietnam
Bagpipes.... at the special request of several listeners in England
300 words a minute: MOLLY WEIR tells how her shorthand speed began her broadcasting career
Cottage Homes: NORMAN THOMSON visits a new estate in Scotland with houses for retired shop trade workers
Ae Fond Kiss: in the week of Robert Burns 's birthday, a poem read by TOM FLEMING
The Mauve Overall: 'It all began with tying parcels and boxing meringues...'

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Lockhart
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Norman Thom
Unknown:
Robert Burns
Read By:
Tom Fleming

The Flight of the Heron
The novel by D. K. Broster abridged for reading on radio in eight parts
1: Eleven men and a piper
' You will soon be meeting a man whose destiny is bound with yours: you will be meeting five times, the first and last will be by water, and it will be a heron that brintrs the meeting about.'
Storyteller, David Steuart with Bryden Murdoch as Ewen Cameron
Ian Dewar as Keith Windham and HILARY THOMSON and JOHN SHEDDEN reading all the other parts
Produced by IAN WISHART
See page 60

Contributors

Novel By:
D. K. Broster
Unknown:
David Steuart
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Ewen Cameron
Unknown:
Ian Dewar
Unknown:
Keith Windham
Unknown:
Hilary Thomson
Unknown:
John Shedden
Produced By:
Ian Wishart

Latest regional news — The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-This week's Name in the News-Weekend: what's on in the region — Sports Spot — FRED STREETER on Gardening
Introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Streeter
Introduced By:
Bob Holness

Contributors

Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Brigadier Winstanley:
Anthony Godfrey
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Auctioneer:
Harry Stubbs
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason

A weekly magazine of discovery and invention
News and views of the men and women whose achievements are going to affect our daily life
Introduced by GERALD LEACH A Science Unit production
9.58 Weather forecast

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gerald Leach

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street are analysed by BRIAN CONNELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Connell

Robin Richards and Eric TOBITT give the latest news of the Rally and the final results
Produced by Arthur Phillips
Broadcasts on the Monte Carlo Rally were in co-operation with Radio Monte Carlo and French Broadcasting Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Eric Tobitt
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Ludwig Thuille
Sextet in B flat major, Op. 6
BOSTON WOODWIND QUINTET
Doriot Anthony Dwyer (flute) Ralph Gomberg (oboe) Gino Cioffi (clarinet)
Jame Stagliano (horn)
Sherman Walt (bassoon) with JESUS MARIA SANROMA (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Flute:
Anthony Dwyer
Oboe:
Ralph Gomberg
Clarinet:
Gino Cioffi
Horn:
Jame Stagliano
Piano:
Jesus Maria Sanroma

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More