Mrs. Rhaune Laslett conducts a busy neighbourhood social service in an area of London where many immigrants have settled. Nothing very unusual in that-except that she does it all from the bed in which she is imprisoned by multiple sclerosis, perhaps the hardest to bear of the misfortunes that have dogged her life.
LESLIE SMITH talks to her about her work and her refusal to give in to adversity

Contributors

Talks:: Leslie Smith

Source: Radio Times

09:35

SING US THE OLD SONGS

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 09:35 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A programme of old favourites sung by ALAN BAILEY (baritone) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the WELLS OPERATIC SOCIETY
Conductor. JOHN H. DAVIES
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Baritone:: Alan Bailey
Piano:: Ruby Taylor
Piano:: Dudley Savage
Conductor:: John H. Davies
Introduced By:: Dudley Savage

Source: Radio Times

10:05

GORDON CRAIG, C.H.

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 10:05 on BBC Radio 4 FM

1872-1966
Playing Hamlet in Salford BBC Sound Archives

Source: Radio Times

10:15

DAILY SERVICE

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 10:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

New Every Morning, page 44
Away with gloom (BBC H.B. 99) Psalm 89
1 Peter 2, vv. 11-25
Good Christian men, rejoice and sing

Source: Radio Times

10:30

MORNING MELODY

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

played by LONDON STUDIO STRINGS
Leader, Reginald Leopold
Conducted by KENNETH ALWYN with HENRY KREIN AND HIS QUARTET
Introduced by PETER BARKER

Contributors

Leader:: Reginald Leopold
Conducted By:: Kenneth Alwyn
Unknown:: Henry Krein
Introduced By:: Peter Barker

Source: Radio Times

11:30

GREAT SPORTING EVENTS

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

4: First Four Minutes
An account of the training and events which led to Roger Bannister's breaking of the mile record from First Four Minutes by ROGER BANNISTER
Read by DAVID SPENSER

Contributors

Unknown:: Roger Bannister
Read By:: David Spenser

Source: Radio Times

12:00

Announcements

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Source: Radio Times

12:10

PICK OF THE WEEK

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 12:10 on BBC Radio 4 FM

GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON

Contributors

Unknown:: Gale Pedrick
Introduced By:: John Ellison

Source: Radio Times

12:55

WEATHER

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 12:55 on BBC Radio 4 FM

and Programme News

Source: Radio Times

13:00

THE WORLD AT ONE

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 13:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlinejs
Introduced by WILLIAM DAVIS

Contributors

Introduced By:: William Davis

Source: Radio Times

13:30

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Thursday evening's broadcast

Source: Radio Times

13:45

LISTEN WITH MOTHER

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

for children under five
Story: ' Matthew's Busy
Morning ' by Dinah Rowbury

Contributors

Unknown:: Dinah Rowbury

Source: Radio Times

14:00

INVITATION TO MUSIC

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARCUS DODS including music by Mendelssohn, John Fox , Dag Wiren , Brahms, Johann Strauss , and Bryan Kelly

Contributors

Leader:: Arthur Leavins
Conductor:: Marcus Dods
Unknown:: John Fox
Unknown:: Dag Wiren
Unknown:: Johann Strauss
Unknown:: Bryan Kelly

Source: Radio Times

15:00

OUR GRACIE

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Gracie Fields the girl from Rochdale who became an international star in the 1930s, returned to England in January for her seventieth birthday.
In this programme she talks to John BURNS about her life in and behind the limelight, her successes, regrets, and hopes
Compiled from two talks given on Radio 4 (North) in February

Source: Radio Times

15:30

ANY ANSWERS?

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to views expressed in last Friday's Any Questions'
Thursday's broadcast on Radio 2

Source: Radio Times

16:00

FIGHT FOR SIGHT

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The story of the Institute of Ophthalmology in London told by members of the staff and HAROLD ROGERS
Sunday's broadcast followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:: Harold Rogers

Source: Radio Times

16:45

HOME THIS AFTERNOON

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A family magazine
Introduced by HARRY SOAN from Wales including:
The Gloves are On:
World Featherweight Champion HOWARD WINSTONE and his Manager EDDIE THOMAS talking to Gareth Bowen
It's More Than a Hobby:
WYNNE LLOYD , a Cardiganshire fisherman, talking to Bill Curran
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow: a look into life at the Sybil Marks School of Dancing by GERRY MONTE
The Ghost at Epworth Rectory: a true story by THE REV. DR. MALDWYN EDWARDS

Contributors

Introduced By:: Harry Soan
Unknown:: Howard Winstone
Unknown:: Eddie Thomas
Unknown:: Gareth Bowen
Unknown:: Wynne Lloyd
Unknown:: Bill Curran
Unknown:: Gerry Monte
Unknown:: Rev. Dr. Maldwyn Edwards

Source: Radio Times

17:25

STORY TIME

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 17:25 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Two Years Before the Mast
The classic novel of the sea by RICHARD HENRY DANA arranged for radio in ten parts by HOWARD JONES
Read by JOHN ROWE
5: Coasting California
Produced by Brian Hulme

Contributors

Unknown:: Richard Henry Dana
Unknown:: Howard Jones
Read By:: John Rowe
Produced By:: Brian Hulme

Source: Radio Times

17:55

WEATHER

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 17:55 on BBC Radio 4 FM

and Programme News

Source: Radio Times

18:00

The News and Radio Newsreel

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 18:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Source: Radio Times

18:25

SOUTH-EAST

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 18:25 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Regional news-The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-Weekend: what's on in the region-Sports Spot Introduced by COLIN HAMILTON

Contributors

Introduced By:: Colin Hamilton

Source: Radio Times

18:45

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 18:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Contributors

Written by:: Bruno Milna
Edited by:: Godfrey Baseley
Produced by:: Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:: Monte Crick
Doris Archer:: Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:: Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:: June Spencer
Jennifer Archer:: Angela Piper
Lilian Archer:: Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:: Colin Skipp
Jill Archer:: Patricia Greene
Tom Forrest:: Bob Arnold
Prudence Forrest:: Mary Dalley
Carol Tregorran:: Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:: Philip Morant
Sid Perks:: Alan Devereux
Nora McAuley:: Julia Mark
Walter Gabriel:: Chris Gittins
Fred Barratt:: Tommy Duggan
Roger Travers-Macy:: Jeremy Mason
Ralph Bellamy:: Jack Holloway
Jack Woolley:: Philip Garston-Jones
Valerie Woolley:: Jenny Lee
Gregory Salt:: Gerald Turner
Jethro Larkin:: George Hart

Source: Radio Times

19:00

ERIC ROBINSON

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

with Records for You

Source: Radio Times

19:30

AS OTHERS SEE US

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A weekly conversation between
THOMAS BARMAN and three foreign journalists about the British people and their political, economic, and social preoccupations during the past seven days

Source: Radio Times

20:00

BEETHOVEN. TIPPETT ELGAR

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Leader, Felix Kok
Conductor, Hugo Rignold

Contributors

Leader:: Felix Kok
Conductor:: Hugo Rignold

Source: Radio Times

20:33

* The Interval FEAST IN A DYAK LONGHOUSE

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 20:33 on BBC Radio 4 FM

ANTHONY ROWLEY describes an experience when accompanying a jungle patrol in Borneo

Contributors

Unknown:: Anthony Rowley

Source: Radio Times

20:50

* Concert

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 20:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Part 2: Elgar
Symphonic Study: Falstaff

Source: Radio Times

21:30

NEW WORLDS

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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 PETER FAIRLEY Science Correspondent of the London Evening Standard
A Science Unit production

Contributors

Introduced By:: Peter Fairley

Source: Radio Times

21:58

Weather forecast

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 21:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Source: Radio Times

22:00

TEN O'CLOCK

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 22:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news, and trends in and out of Fleet Street: analysed by DOUGLAS BROWN

Contributors

Unknown:: Douglas Brown

Source: Radio Times

22:45

STILL BRITISH

BBC Radio 4

Fri 19^th Apr 1968, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Swaziland
Last of five reports from Arab and African nations by JUDITH LISTOWEL Britain 's last colony in Africa becomes independent in September. Swaziland is potentially rich, and a multiracial outpost in the heart of Afnkaaner and Portuguese Africa.