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True stories of courage. determination, in.genuityand luck: by MARGARET POTTER
6: The Man in the Tower
John Gerard. a Roman Catholic priest, was one of the few ever to escape from the Tower of London.
Narrative and voices by GEOFFREY BANKS
Produced by Trevor Hill
Broadcast tn Story Time on April 30

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Unknown:
John Gerard.
Voices By:
Geoffrey Banks
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

A play by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau
The prologue takes place in the laundry of Catherine Hubscher in the Rue Sainte-Anne, Paris, on August ]0, 1792. The main action takes place in the Emperor's palace at Compiegne in September 1811.
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Play By:
Victorien Sardou
Play By:
Emile Moreau
Unknown:
Catherine Hubscher
Madame Sans-Gene:
Barbara Mitchell

A family magazine introduced by BASIL BOOTHROYD and including:
Art and Artists: DEREK PARKER visits the exhibition at the Royal Academy celebrating its bicentenary
For the young of all ages:
ELIZABETH SEAGER finds that the choice of picture-books now available in the shops has never been wider
The other tongue:
WILLIAM Collins made a linguistic discovery in Wales
' Robin Adair ': ANGUS Mac-
NAGHTEN has been finding out about the hero of the old song

Contributors

Introduced By:
Basil Boothroyd
Artists:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Elizabeth Seager
Unknown:
William Collins
Unknown:
Robin Adair

Tales from the Arabian Nights edited by Naomi Lewis
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK
5: Ali Baba , aided by Providence and the good sense of a slave-girl, overcomes a band 'of forty thieves.

Contributors

Edited By:
Naomi Lewis
Read By:
John Westbrook
Read By:
Ali Baba

Tonight's evening paper of the air
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk — Postscript with MICHAEL BROOKE—Stop Press
Introduced by COLIN HAMILTON
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Introduced By:
Colin Hamilton

Repeated: Tuesday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Written by:
Edward J. Mason
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Fiona Watson:
Carole Boyd
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Gregory Salt:
Gerald Turner
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Brigadier Winstanley:
Anthony Godfrey

A panel game from the Midlands devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
Anne Scott-James , DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND
Repeated: Sunday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Anne Scott-James
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

by D. H. Lawrence
' I'd rather have a husband who knocked me about than a husband who was good to me because he belonged to his mother. He doesn'really care for me. You stand before him. His real caring goes to you. Me he only wants sometimes.'
Adapted and produced by ALFRED BRADLEY
Broadcast on March 31, 1967 (Thira)
See page 40

Contributors

Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Mrs Gascoigne:
Mary Quinn
Joe Gascoigne:
Neville Smith
Mrs Purdy:
Lynne Carol
Minnie Gascoigne:
Pamela Craig
Luther Gascoigne:
Geoffrey Hinsliff

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST GILES PLAYFAIR introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post, [address removed] For very late letters you can ring ([number removed]and dictate your message.

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Concerto in D minor, for harpsichord and string orchestra
ELIZA HANSEN
Ludwigshafen Palace ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHRISTOPH STEPP gramophone record
11.50* Forecast for coastal waters

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Conducted By:
Christoph Stepp

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