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Wrestler
Mick McManus , ex-southern welter-weight champion, talks to DEREK PARKER about the profession to which he has dedicated his life, and about his reactions to the public who loves to hate him

Contributors

Unknown:
Mick McManus
Unknown:
Derek Parker

Ten programmes for those starting or returning to study who are experiencing difficulties.
Introduced by CHRIS CUTHHERTSON
Written by Steve Lutman
2: The Idea of Reading
Literacy is a recent phenomenon, but it is, much more than the ability to read and write: it im-plies the ability to understand, to evaluate, and to choose.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Cuthhertson
Written By:
Steve Lutman

HOWARD LOCKHART introduces ttoday's edition from Scotland including:
Four Sisters: special guests. the singing MACDONALDS from Lewis in the Western Isles
Two Clippers: 100 years ago the Scots sailing ships Cutty Sark and Thermopylae began their rivalry on the China and Australia runs
Pictures in glass: the artist at work-HAROLD GORDON, crystal engraver
Up-helly-aa: the ancient Viking festival, a highlight of the year in Shetland
A puckle muckle: progress report on the Scottish National Dictionary

Contributors

Introduces:
Howard Lockhart
Unknown:
Cutty Sark

Being the biography of bachelor Bliss
George Cole as David Bliss, Brenda Bruce as his sister Anne Fellows, Colin Gordon as his brother-in-law Tony Fellows, Muriel Pavlow as his girl friend Tina, also Percy Edwards, Frederick Treves, Lockwood West in this week's story: The Export Man
Written by Godfrey Harrison
Pre-recorded at The Paris, Lower Regent St., London. S.W.1

Contributors

Writer:
Godfrey Harrison
Producer:
Edward Taylor
David Bliss:
George Cole
Anne Fellows:
Brenda Bruce
Tony Fellows:
Colin Gordon
Tina:
Muriel Pavlow
[Actor]:
Percy Edwards
[Actor]:
Frederick Treves
[Actor]:
Lockwood West

A play by Kate O'Brien from her novel
Maxine Audley as The Princess of Eboll
Ronald Lewis , John Justin
Robert Eddison , and Joan Miller
A story of romance, intrigue, and tragedy at the court of Philip II.
The action takes place in Madrid, in the Eboli Palace and in the Alcazar, from September 1577 to April 1590.
Cast in order of speaking:
The play adapted for radio by E. J. KING BULL
Script editor, Margaret Etall
Produced by JOHN POWELL
Robert Eddison is in ' Ring Round the Moon' at the Haymarket Theatre; Ronald Lewis in ' They Don'Grow on Trees ' at tho Prince of Wales Theatre. London
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Contributors

Play By:
Kate O'Brien
Unknown:
Maxine Audley
Unknown:
Ronald Lewis
Unknown:
John Justin
Unknown:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
E. J. King
Editor:
Margaret Etall
Produced By:
John Powell
Produced By:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Ronald Lewis
Esteban, a servant:
John Baddeley
Bernardina Cavero, duenna to the Princess of Eboli:
Joan Muu:r
Antonio Perez, Secretary of State for Spain:
Ronald Lewis
Rodrigo, Duke of Pastrana. eldest son of the Princess of Eboli:
Alaric Cotter
Anichu, Countess of Pastrana, youngest daughter of the Princess of Eboli:
Lisa Harrow
Juan de Escovedo, secretary to Don Juan of Austria:
Leonard Fenton
Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli:
Maxine Audley
Philip II, King of Spain:
John Justin
Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga, Archbishop of TotedO:
Robert Eddison
Don Mateo Vasquez, counsellor to the King:
John Baddeley
Pablo, a footman:
Alaric Cotter
Don Manuel Ortega, Captain of the King's Guard ,:
Michael Spick

The News
Background to the News
People in the News
A special edition to mark the INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
* followed by LISTENING POST
Jill Tweedie introduces letters from today's postbag

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard M. Nixon
Introduces:
Jill Tweedie

During the weekend competitors in this year's Monte Carlo Rally have been setting out from eight starting points in Europe on the first stage of their 2,000-mile journey to Monte Carlo.
From the quayside at Monaco. Robin Richards reports and talks to the crews

Contributors

Unknown:
Monte Carlo.

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