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The News
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
8.0 The News and more of Today
8.49 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack de Manio
Introduced By:
John Timpson

Four Welsh singers - MAUREEN GUY ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, STUART BURROWS , and SIR GERAINT EVANS - talk to BRIAN HOEY about their hectic journeys round the world. They also sing some of the music that has made them famous
Introduced and produced by GARETH BOWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Burrows
Unknown:
Sir Geraint Evans
Unknown:
Brian Hoey
Produced By:
Gareth Bowen

by Henry Cecil
adapted for radio from the TV series by Richard Waring by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby
Guest stars: Richard Caldicot as Eagler and John Le Mesurier as The Judge
Roger, faced with a case involving osteo-arthritis, tries to accumulate some medical knowledge: 7 cervical, 12 dorsal, 5 lumbar vertebrae...
Sally: Each consisting of ...
Roger: A body and an arch ...
Sally: Joined to each other by
Roger: Cartilage and ligaments. Sounds like a firm of solicitors.
(Repeated: Thursday, 6.15 pm)
12. 55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Author:
Henry Cecil
TV series by:
Richard Waring
Adapted for radio by:
Frank Muir
Adapted for radio by:
Denis Norden
Producer:
David Hatch
Roger Thursby:
Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove:
Richard Waring
Grimes:
John Glyn-Jones
Sally Mannering:
Ann Davies
Belkin:
John Bresslin
Rennell:
Robert Dorning
Eagler:
Richard Caldicot
The Judge:
John Le Mesurier
Other parts:
Malcolm Hayes
Other parts:
Clifford Norgate
Other parts:
Frederick Treves

Burke and Wills go North from Melbourne (1860)
Written by GARRY LYLE (World History)
2.20 Music Session One
WILLIAM APPLEBY teaches the music of 'Pawley's Peepholes': a radio opera by DAVID LORD
2.40 Surinam - Wageningen Project by EDWIN GALE (Geography)

Contributors

Written By:
Garry Lyle
Unknown:
William Appleby

by CHARLES DICKENS : adapted in 12 parts by GILES COOPER with and11: Flight
Relates how a murderer is haunted by his evil conscience and Mr Brownlow confronts Oliver's most bitter enemy.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL (Repeated: Friday, 7.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Giles Cooper
Unknown:
Mr Brownlow
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Fagin:
Peter Woodthorpe
Bill Sikes:
John Hollis
Oliver:
Stephen Bone
Narrator:
Peter Williams
Nancy:
Patricia Leventon
Pedlar:
Leonard Fenton
Kags:
Leonard Fenton
Charley Bates:
David Howe
Punch:
John Baker
Tom:
John Baker
Judy:
Gladys Spencer
George:
Brian Haines
Mr Grimwig:
Peter Pratt
Mr Brownlow:
George Howe
Harry Maylie:
Timothy Carlton
Monks:
Kenneth Fortescue
Toby Crackit:
Kim Grant

Five programmes edited by SIMONA PAKENHAM from personal accounts by famous travellers 3: Richard Burton
The object of his journey in 1853 was threefold: to make the pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca; to investigate a possible market for horses for the Indian Army; and to visit the Empty Quarter - the huge white blot of unexplored Arabia marked as the Rub'a al-Khali.
Reader JOHN GABRIEL
Produced by TERENCE TILLER

Contributors

Edited By:
Simona Pakenham
Unknown:
Richard Burton
Reader:
John Gabriel
Produced By:
Terence Tiller

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 Steve Race

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle

A musical portrait of the Victorian Metropolis illustrated by Dickens' works and contemporary songs.
Singers:
JOHN GOWER, PAT WHITMORE, CHARLES YOUNG, THE DICKENSIAN SINGERS
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA led by WILLIAM HAND conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Narrators:
CHARLES CHILTON , JOHN GOWER, HARRY LANDIS, STEPHEN THORNE Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Singers:
John Gower.
Singers:
Pat Whitmore
Singers:
Charles Young
Singers:
The Dickensian Singers
Leader:
William Hand
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Narrators:
Charles Chilton
Narrators:
John Gower
Narrators:
Harry Landis
Narrators:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

What have the issues been and how have the Parties handled them? What are the factors that could be decisive on Polling Day? Irrespective of who wins the Election, who has conducted the most skilful campaign? These are some of the questions which will be answered in the last edition of this special series. Introduced by ANTHONY KING
Professor of Government in the University of Essex
Produced by BERNARD TATE
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Anthony King
Produced By:
Bernard Tate

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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