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The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Weather; programme news
7.55 South-East News

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack de Manio
Introduced By:
John Timpson

Music Workshop 2
2.20 Poetry and Folksong. Work and Worry: SEAMUS HEANEY introduces poems read by MICHAEL LONGLEY and DEREK MAHON and songs from DAVID HAMMOND
(Books, Plays, Poems)
2.45 Night Owls by CLIO MATHESON (Nature)

Contributors

Introduces:
Seamus Heaney
Read By:
Michael Longley
Read By:
Derek Mahon
Unknown:
David Hammond

by Alan Plater
with Roy Kinnear
"I've decided it's time I threw open my home to the public. Beer and Postman's Knock, that sort of thing. The thing is, you get sick of sponging on other people."

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Plater
Producer:
Alfred Bradley
Fred:
Roy Kinnear
Mavis:
Veronica Doran
Miller:
Derek Fuke
Lil:
Jean Boht
Stan:
Harry Markham
Paul:
Simon Rowse
Jane:
Maureen Beck
Benson:
Henry Livings
David:
Alun Armstrong
Susan:
Gabrielle Lloyd

DEREK JEWELL examines the way of life and the philosophies of two men who live on their own islands: LEONARD MATCHAN , the millionaire, and ALPHONSE LE GASTELOIS , a virtual hermit. Both men are at the extremes of the financial and social spectrum.
Produced by STEVE ALLEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jewell
Unknown:
Leonard Matchan
Unknown:
Alphonse Le Gastelois
Produced By:
Steve Allen

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening including the latest news, the evening press, what's on tonight, the City, and the people and talking points of the day. Presented by William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Derek Cooper

Jimmy Clitheroe in The Not-So-Artful Dodger with PETER SINCLAIR
PATRICIA BURKE , DANNY ROSS DIANA DAY, TONY MELODY
BRIAN TRUEMAN , COLIN EDWYNN DAPHNE OXEN FORD
Written by JAMES CASEY and FRANK ROSCOE
Produced by JAMES CASEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Brian Trueman
Unknown:
Colin Edwynn
Written By:
James Casey
Written By:
Frank Roscoe
Produced By:
James Casey

(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written by:
Bruno Milna
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Nicholson:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Lady Isabel Lander:
Mary Wimbush
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Zebedee Tring:
Graham Rigby
Hazel Woolley:
Hilary Newcombe
Mrs Blossom:
Anne Offord

Journalists from London and the South-East question representatives of the main political parties on issues affecting the region at this Election. Chairman JOHN TUSA
Produced by PETER REDHOUSE (Another Election Question Time: 16 June)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Produced By:
Peter Redhouse

The Drummer Boy A play for radio by EDDIE MATTHEWS based on the short story A Curious Experience by MARK TWAIN
The scene: Fort Trumbell, a Union Army Fort in New London, Connecticut. Time: the winter of 1862-63. Produced by JOHN POWELL
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Matthews
Unknown:
Mark Twain
Produced By:
John Powell
Narrator:
Alexander John
Col A A Muncie:
David Healy
Sgt Rayburn:
David Bauer
The Corporal:
David Brierley
Robert Wicklow:
Eddie Matthews
Major Webb:
Peter Marinker

A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP
B. R. F. KEATING looks at detective fiction on the 40th anniversary of the Crime Club, including Who Saw Her Die by Patricia Moyes , the Club's latest issue
NEMONE LETHBRIDGE and PETER DICKINSON review two new books about real-life crime: a biography of Jonathan Wild , the 18th-century criminal, and The Affair of the Poisons, set in the time of Louis XIV
JOHN JULIUS NORWICH on his new book The Kingdom in the Sun, an illustrated history of Sicily's Golden Age and other new books
Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
Patricia Moyes
Unknown:
Peter Dickinson
Unknown:
Jonathan Wild
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

A weekly look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country
Compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR
The Tourist lntmsion - Must We Kill the Places We Lovet
The number of tourists from abroad was up by 27% last year, with 28% more in the first three months of 1970. The Grand Tour has now become a right rather than a luxury, which makes it difficult to preserve the very places that people come to see.
Speakers include PETER HALL , Professor of Geography at Reading University: LORD MON-TAGU OF BEAULIEU; and PHIPPS TURNBULL, County Planning Officer of Devon.
Produced by LEONIE COHN
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Peter Hall
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More