A look at some of the last outposts of steam locomotion which modernisation of the railways has left behind
Introduced by PETER WHEELER
4: The Festiniog Railway
Produced by Don Mosey

Contributors

Introduced By:: Peter Wheeler
Produced By:: Don Mosey

Source: Radio Times

10:15

DAILY SERVICE

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 10:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

New Every Morning, page 96
Holy, holy. holy (BBC H.B. 169) Psalm 42
Hebrews 12, vv. 1-13 (Jerusalem
Bible)
0 God of earth and altar (BBC
H.B. 394)

Source: Radio Times

10:30

FOR SCHOOLS

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

ALLONS-Y!
21: Ah, les femmes!
Written by Emile Harven
Second-year French
An audio-visual programme
10.45 Interlude
10.47 NOUS VOICI !
21: Roger d Roscoff
Written by Paule-Aline Dent
Third-year French
11.1 SINGING TOGETHER
Introduced by WILLIAM APPLEBY Sonos: Uist Tramping Song; St.
Athan; Kitty of Coleraine
Produced by Douglas Coombes
11.20 DRAMA WORKSHOP
Man and the Seasons
1: Jabberwocky
Introduced by DEREK BOWSKILL

Contributors

Written By:: Emile Harven
Introduced By:: William Appleby
Produced By:: Douglas Coombes
Introduced By:: Derek Bowskill

Source: Radio Times

11:40

MUSIC FROM SWITZERLAND

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 11:40 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by travel writer
Sylvie Nickels

Contributors

Unknown:: Sylvie Nickels

Source: Radio Times

12:00

THE COUNTRYSIDE IN APRIL

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A monthly programme reflecting life in the country with a natural history contribution by ERIC SIMMS Introduced by C. GORDON GLOVER
Produced by Arthur Phillips

Contributors

Introduced By:: C. Gordon Glover
Produced By:: Arthur Phillips

Source: Radio Times

12:55

WEATHER

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 12:55 on BBC Radio 4 FM

and Programme News

Source: Radio Times

13:00

THE WORLD AT ONE

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 13:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by JACK PIZZEY

Contributors

Introduced By:: Jack Pizzey

Source: Radio Times

13:30

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Friday evening's broadcast

Source: Radio Times

13:45

LISTEN WITH MOTHER

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

for children under five
Story: ' The Day George Overslept ' by Audrey Hooker

Contributors

Unknown:: Audrey Hooker

Source: Radio Times

14:00

FOR SCHOOLS SPRINGBOARD

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Water: a programme of music, poetry, and story
Written and produced by Jenyth Worsley
2.20 THE MUSIC BOX by GORDON REYNOLDS with Mari GRIFFITH (guitar)
Produced by Albert Chatterley
2.30 CARING MORE OR LESS
' A Late Launching ' from Arthur Barton 's autobiography Two Lamps in Our Street
Speak series
2.40 MUSIC, MOVEMENT, AND
MIME for nine-to-eleven-year-olds by Glyn Harris
Movement patterns; school journey photographs

Contributors

Produced By:: Jenyth Worsley
Unknown:: Gordon Reynolds
Guitar:: Mari Griffith
Produced By:: Albert Chatterley
Unknown:: Arthur Barton

Source: Radio Times

15:00

MOO

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

JOHN CHANCELLOR found that keeping a cow presents problems, particularly if-like Moo-it is a cow which produces vast quantities of totally undisposable milk.

Source: Radio Times

15:15

AFTERNOON THEATRE

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 15:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Maugham the Storyteller
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham adapted for radio by HOWARD AGG with Carleton Hobbs as The Storyteller
' I want to make up my mind whether God is, or God is not. I want to find out why evil exists. I want to know whether [ have an immortal soul, or whether when I die. it's the end.'
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:: Carleton Hobbs

Source: Radio Times

16:45

HOME THIS AFTERNOON

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
Ambassador Extraordinary: MALCOLM MACDONALD talks to John Ellison about the turning points in his career as a politician and diplomat
Blood Pressure r PROFESSOR STANLEY PEART of St. Mary's Hospital, London, answers the questions, put by Aubrey Wilson , that many people ask
Brazilian Kaleidoscope: impressions collected on a colourful tour by JOAN PYPER
A Breath of Fresh Air: from Ilkley Moor gamekeeper and naturalist WALTER FLESHER

Contributors

Introduced By:: Ken Sykora
Talks:: Malcolm MacDonald
Unknown:: John Ellison
Unknown:: Stanley Peart
Unknown:: Aubrey Wilson
Unknown:: Joan Pyper
Unknown:: Walter Flesher

Source: Radio Times

17:25

STORY TIME

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 17:25 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte adapted in ten instalments by Nan Macdonald
1 Read by BILLIE WHITELAW
7: The Cup of Bliss

Contributors

Unknown:: Jane Eyre
Unknown:: Nan MacDonald
Read By:: Billie Whitelaw

Source: Radio Times

17:55

WEATHER

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 17:55 on BBC Radio 4 FM

and Programme News

Source: Radio Times

18:00

The News and Radio Newsreel

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 18:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Source: Radio Times

18:25

South-East

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 18:25 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Tonight's evening paper of the air
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard - Sportsdesk - Stop Press
Introduced by Michael Meech
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Meech

Source: Radio Times

18:45

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 18:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Repeated: Tuesday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Written By:: Brian Hayles

Source: Radio Times

19:00

MY MUSIC!

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A musical quiz devised by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane
DAVID FRANKLIN and FRANK MUIR challenge
IAN WALLACE and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair. STEVE RICE
Graham Dallcy at the keyboard
Repeated: Sunday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:: Edward J. Mason
Unknown:: Tony Shryane
Unknown:: David Franklin
Unknown:: Frank Muir
Unknown:: Ian Wallace
Unknown:: Denis Norden
Unknown:: Steve Rice
Unknown:: Graham Dallcy

Source: Radio Times

19:30

MUSIC YOU LOVE

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Jack Brymer
1 played by the BBC NORTHERN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by FRANCIS CHAGRIN including :

Contributors

Introduced By:: Jack Brymer
Leader:: Reginald Stead
Conducted By:: Francis Chagrin

Source: Radio Times

20:30

Therese Raquin

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The play by Emile Zola, translated by Kathleen Boutall, adapted for radio and produced by John Powell

The action of the play takes place above the haberdashery shop of Madame Raquin in the Passage du Pont Neuf in Paris in the 1860s.

Therese Raquin, Zola's third novel, was first published in 1867. The author himself dramatised the book and the play was first performed in 1873.
See page 42

Contributors

Author:: Emile Zola
Translated by:: Kathleen Boutall
Adapted by/Producer:: John Powell
Therese Raquin:: Margaret Wolfit
Laurent:: Edward Woodward
Madame Raquin:: Beatrix Lehmann
Camille:: Martin Jarvis
M Michaud:: Francis de Wolff
M Grivet:: John Wyse
Suzanne:: Kate Coleridge

Source: Radio Times

21:58

Weather forecast

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 21:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Source: Radio Times

22:00

TEN O'CLOCK

BBC Radio 4

Mon 28^th Apr 1969, 22:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† LESLIE SMITH 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, BBC, London. [Postcode removed]. For very late letters you can ring (01) -[number removed], extension 3030. and dictate your message.