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Although every day the headlines feature major crimes, very little is heard of the petty crooks who swindle the old. the meek, the gullible, and the helpless
Compiled and recorded by MAURICE DENNING
Narrated by RUSSELL NAPIER
+ Produced by Alan Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Denning
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

An account, based on contemporary documents, of the assault and capture of the fortress town of Badajoz by Wellington's forces on April 6 and 7, 1812. Written by MICHAEL GLOVER
Produced by Maurice Brown with Fraser Kerr , Tommy Duggan Noel Johnson , Alan Lawrance Alan Mason , Julian Fox
Antony Viccars , Nigel Clayton
David Brierley , LeRoy Linxwood and Nigel Anthony

Contributors

Written By:
Michael Glover
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
Unknown:
Fraser Kerr
Unknown:
Tommy Duggan
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
Alan Lawrance
Unknown:
Alan Mason
Unknown:
Julian Fox
Unknown:
Antony Viccars
Unknown:
Nigel Clayton
Unknown:
David Brierley
Unknown:
Leroy Linxwood
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony

A series of five morning plays about communication between people.
5:Trying to Connect Youby David Wade
Difficulties with the telephone can be disconcerting; too many of them become a nightmare.
Produced by RICHARD IMISON

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wade
Produced By:
Richard Imison
Mrs Hale:
Maureen Beck
Mrs O'Connor:
Kathleen Helme
Mrs Williamson:
Diana Olsson
Jim Hale:
Alexander John
Evelyn:
Pruneliascales
Bates:
Kevin Flood

DAVID KEMP brings evidence that more than a thousand Edinburgh students, by voluntary service to elderly people and handicapped families, have other interests than 'bed, pot and pill 'in the notorious accusation by Malcolm Muggeridge, the former Rector
Produced by Archie P. Lee

Contributors

Unknown:
David Kemp
Unknown:
Malcolm Mugger
Produced By:
Archie P. Lee

A family magazine introduced from Wales by Harry Soan and including:
Welsh Guest: Hugh Cudlipp, now Chairman of the International Publishing Corporation, began his career in journalism in South Wales
What Makes a Beauty Spot?: Harry Soan looks at some Welsh holiday resorts. 4: Elan Valley
A Very Sticky Situation: Jon Holliday explains
Holidays with a Difference: Gaynor Thomas visits the Jane Hodge Memorial Holiday Home in Glamorgan to talk to some of the staff and children

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Soan
Unknown:
Hugh Cudlipp
Unknown:
Jon Holliday
Unknown:
Gaynor Thomas

Throw Out Two Hands
The story of a voyage by balloon
ANTHONY SMITH reads the first part of his own book which he has abridged into a seven-part serial
' To float ever the great continent of Africa in a balloon, to observe the massive herds of wildlife below, 1o explore the uses of such a superb vantage point, was the dream ..."

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Smith

Repeated: Monday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Writer:
Bruno Milna
Editor:
Godfrey Baseley
Producer:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Archer:
Angela Piper
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Jill Archer:
Patricia Green
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Fiona Watson:
Carole Boyd
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Doughy Hood:
Arnold Ridley
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Gregory Salt:
Gerald Turner
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Mrs Travers-Macy:
Beatrice Kane
Lester Nicholson:
Hayward Morse

[Starring] Jimmy Clitheroe
with PETER SINCLAIR, PATRICIA BURKE, DANNY Ross, DIANA DAY, DERYCK GUYLER, TONY MELODY
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
Produced by JAMES CASEY
(Broadcast on Nov. 12, 1967 - Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Diana Day
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Written By:
James Casey
Written By:
Frank Roscoe
Produced By:
James Casey

Dr. Robert Edwards
Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge talks to GERALD LEACH and ELIZABETH GARD
Few scientists have to think out the morality of their work before they achieve any major discovery, but this is the problem that faces researchers such as Robert Edwards who are studying the biological principles involved in fertilisation—work that could help infertile couples to have their own children. help to avert the birth of abnormal children.
Yet there are many implications of this research-scientific. medical, moral, and social—that we have scarcely begun to discuss.
† Produced by Tony Gould and David Patcrson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Leach
Unknown:
Robert Edwards
Produced By:
Tony Gould
Produced By:
David Patcrson

Kamil Winter was in the key position of Editor News and Current Affairs of Czech Television at the time of the Soviet invasion
In this interview with CHRISTOPHER SERPELL he discusses the events and ideas leading up to the invasion as he saw them from his key position m the leadership towards democralisation. He also takes a look at the future in the light of these events.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kamil Winter
Unknown:
Christopher Serpell

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