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7.10 South-East News
7.15 Today
Radio's breakfast-time magazine introduced by Jack de Manio
7.45 Today's Papers
7.59 Ten to Eight
Belief in God made a difference - A Methodist Minister
7.55 Weather; programme news

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Introduced By:
Jack de Manio

Religious Service
The King of Love (sp 654: St Columba)
Story, The Quarrel; The Prayer for Peace; When a knight won his spurs (sp 377: Stowey)
(Repeated: Thursday, 9.5 am)

9.50 Interlude

9.55 Over to You: John Henry
Written by Stewart Love

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Writer (Over to You):
Stewart Love

Marsh!
1: In Moscow
Written by Vaughan James
(Third-year Russian)

10.45 Hochzeit in Osterreich
Written by Marianne Walla
(Intermediate German series)

11.0 Music Workshop 1
This term's 'cantata' (it's more like a pantomime)
Written and produced by William Murphy

Contributors

Written By:
Vaughan James
Written By:
Marianne Walla
Produced By:
William Murphy

Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENtE HOUSTON
SHEILA VAN DAMM, CAROL BINSTED JUNO ALEXANDER
In the chair ANONA WINN
Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SERLE

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Unknown:
Carol Binsted
Unknown:
Juno Alexander
Produced By:
Christopher Serle

Drake Sails Round the World (1577-80)
Written by HENRY MARSHALL (World History series)
2.20 Music Session One: Discovering Sound, with DAVID GELL and children from the Ellis Guildford Bilateral School, Nottingham Guest artists JOY AND JENNIFER
Script by CATHERINE BAXTER
Produced by JENYTH WORSLEY †
2.40 Noruay: Shipping by ALEX HUNTER (Geography)

Contributors

Written By:
Henry Marshall
Unknown:
David Gell
Script By:
Catherine Baxter
Produced By:
Jenyth Worsley
Unknown:
Alex Hunter

A family magazine introduced by STEVE: RACE and including:
Rubber Grass and all that: GEORGE LANE talks tO BOB ROSS about what happens to some of the millions of old motorcar lyres dumped in Britain f No Eggs for the Curate: BISHOP STANNARD recalls his early days in a Bermondsey parish
In Gear: FRANK HENNIG reports from the Menswear Association Exhibition at Brighton
The Boneshaker: PENNY LEDIGO'S adventures with a bicycle have had some odd orthopaedic results
Your letters

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Talks:
George Lane
Unknown:
Bob Ross
Unknown:
Frank Hennig

Larger than Life Ten portraits compiled by JULIA SMALL
6: Businessman - Tong So, from Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat by Ernest Bramah
' My revered father was of that craft before me, and his venerated sire likewise in turn. How then could 1, without being unfilial to a criminal degree, seem to disparage their hallowed memories by rejecting what was good enough for them? '
Kai Lung NIGEL LAMBERT Tong SO GARARD GREEN Pe Hung JOHN GABRIEL Chu KERRY FRANCIS
Narrated by DAVID DAVIS
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

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Unknown:
Ernest Bramah
Unknown:
John Gabriel
Unknown:
Chu Kerry Francis
Unknown:
David Davis
Produced By:
Graham Gauld

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Written by JOHNNIE MORTIMER , BRIAN COOKE and MYLES RUDGE starring Kenneth Williams Hugh Paddick , Joan Sims THE MAX HARRIS GROUP
Announcer DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS

Contributors

Written By:
Johnnie Mortimer
Written By:
Brian Cooke
Written By:
Myles Rudge
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
The Max Harris
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

on Family Poverty
Introduced by bill GRUNDY
Is it possible to be really poor in welfare Britain 1969? If so. how - and what are we doing about it?
Last week experts from all over Europe met in Manchester to share ideas and discuss their own problems: in this programme some of them comment on our difficulties and our attempts to solve them
Produced by JOHN MUSGRAVE †

Contributors

Produced By:
John Musgrave

The News
The background to the news and people in the news. followed by Listening Post in which JOHN ANTHONY introduces letters from today's postbag For either the weekday or Sunday edition, send your letters to: Listening Post, BBC, London, WIA IAA. For very late letters vou can ring (01)-[number removed]. extension 3030, and dictate your message

Contributors

Introduces:
John Anthony

While he was in Australia DOB THORPE spent some time on a characteristic but surprising ' outback ' property. He talks about the life that is led on this 1,000-square-mile properly. 72 miles from the nearest settlement and 340 miles from the nearest town. supported by a light aircraft link and a road that is passable in the dry season. It is a way of life that is quickly vanishing as Australia emerges from its pastoral and agricultural phase into industrialisation

MARIA KORCHINSKA (harp)
Britten Interlude (A Ceremony of Carols)
Koberto Lupi Suite in D minor Dussek Sonatina No 5, in F major
Glinka Nocturne in E flat major Prokofiev Prelude in c major Op 12 No 7
Khachaturyan Eastern Dance Lex van Delden Notturno
Jesus Guridi Viejo Zortrico; Elegy (Cancione No 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Koberto Lupi Suite
Unknown:
Delden Notturno

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