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7.10 South-East News
7.15 Today radio's breakfast-time magazine introduced by BRIAN JOHNSTON
7.45 Today's Papers
7.50 Ten to Eight
Understanding Prayer THE REV PERCY SMITH
7.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Percy Smith

Nachrichten und Neuigkeiten Written by HANS-JOACHIM NIMTZ
(German for Sixth Forms)
18.50 Music Workshop 2
Follow-up: musical activities arising out of the series written and produced by WILLIAM MURPHY
11.0 Time and Tune
Introduced bv JOHN CAMBURN
Journey to the Lands of the Midnight Sun
6: Captain Bowsprit's Secret written by JOHN EDWARDS Edited and produced by DOUGLAS COOMBES r
11.20 Mammals by MARGERY MORRIS
Narrated by BARRY FOSTER
Produced by david LYTTLE (Man series)
11.40 The Lower Trent
A visit to the power station at High Marnham, near Newark by ROBERT REID (Geography)

Contributors

Written By:
Hans-Joachim Nimtz
Produced By:
William Murphy
Written By:
John Edwards
Produced By:
Douglas Coombes
Unknown:
Margery Morris
Produced By:
David Lyttle
Unknown:
Robert Reid

A medical magazine introduced by JOAN YORKE and including:
Giving up Smoking: NORMAN TOZER reports on the. help available
Specialist in the Studio: a gynaecologist answers listeners' questions
Produced by THENA HESHEL r

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

Homer's Odyssey retold by KENNETH CAVANDER 5: Odysseus in Disguise
Produced by RICHARD WORTLEY
, (Living Language)
A book containing this translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey by Kenneth Cavander is available from BBC Publications, price 10s.
2.20 Poetry Corner: Oh dear, what can the matter be?

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Cavander
Produced By:
Richard Wortley
Unknown:
Kenneth Cavander
Narrator:
Michael Smee
Odysseus:
Barry Foster

Research is now being carried out into one of the most tragic and complex of human problems - the reason why some mothers batter their babies, sometimes with fatal results.
TONY VAN DEN BERGH talks to some of the people involved in this research about the case-histories they have encountered, and about possible solutions to the problem.
Produced by MICHELL RAPER

Contributors

Talks:
Tony van Den Bergh
Produced By:
Michell Raper

A family magazine introduced by POLLY ELWES and including: At Your Invitation: this month's guest, William Hard castle of The World at One, answers your questions about himself and his work
Geoffry into Juliet: ERIC EVANS on the trials of producing Shakespeare in a boys' school Babar the Elephant: LAURENT de brunhoff tells LEIGH CRUTCHLEY how he has developed his father's world-famous creation
' Redvers ' - and Mafeking: recalled by CHARLES LANDSTONE Pennywise with Pork: ZENA SKINNER suggests a cheap Sunday roast
Your letters t.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes
Unknown:
William Hard
Unknown:
Eric Evans
Unknown:
Charles Landstone
Unknown:
Zena Skinner

by SIR WALTER SCOTT abridged for radio in eight parts read by BRYDEN MURDOCH 8: The Prize
' The fate of Isabelle shall be determined according to the rules of chivalry. He that avenges the Bishop's murder, and brings us the head of William de la Marck , shall claim her hand'
Produced by GORDON EMSLIE

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Read By:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
William de la Marck
Produced By:
Gordon Emslie

40 Years of The Week in Westminster

This special anniversary broadcast examines the changes in politics and Parliament which The Week in Westminster has seen and chronicled over its four decades of life and the role which broadcasting has played during this period The story is told through the voices of a number of distinguished parliamentarians.

Introduced by Robert Carvel

(The Backbenchers' Programme: page 14)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Carvel
Producer:
Bernard Tate

Introduced by ERIC RHODE
ELIZABETH LONGFORD on her new biography Wellington - The Years of the Sword
CHARLES DOUGLAS-HOME on two new novels - Monk Dawson by Piers Paul Read and Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard
HAROLD HOBSON on Sheridan Morley 's biography of Noel Coward - A Talent to Amuse and other new books
Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Introduced By:
Eric Rhode
Introduced By:
Elizabeth Longford
Unknown:
Charles Douglas-Home
Unknown:
Piers Paul Read
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Unknown:
Harold Hobson
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

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