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The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anvwhere on earth introduced by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
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
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart

Ken Sykora , Zena Skinner Gordon Clyde , George Luce and who knows who take a lively look round and meet some of the people for whom this is a special week. Produced by SUSAN ERLBECK
DENNIS LOWER, JACK SINGLETON and ELIZABETH SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Zena Skinner
Unknown:
Gordon Clyde
Unknown:
George Luce
Produced By:
Susan Erlbeck
Unknown:
Jack Singleton

by JACK DOUGHTY
Slim Cassidy. pop singer and idol of millions, died tragically in a car accident in 1963. Or did he? According to Frank it's a different story ...
Produced by ALAN AYCKDOURN

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Doughty
Unknown:
Slim Cassidy.
Produced By:
Alan Ayckdourn
Nita:
Heather Stoney
Eddie:
Colin Edwynn
Frank:
Brian Miller
Bernie:
Ronald Herdman
Woman:
Stephanie Turner

The well-known man-about-town and connoisseur of the fine arts indulges his eccentric taste for detection
12: The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag read by JOHN STANDING adapted by NEVILLE TELLER from the stories of DOROTHY L. SAYERS
Produced by MARGARET ETALL

Contributors

Read By:
John Standing
Adapted By:
Neville Teller
Stories Of:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Produced By:
Margaret Etall

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 David Jessel and Derek Cooper
Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News

Contributors

Presented By:
David Jessel
Presented By:
Derek Cooper
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

The first fully computerised butch comedy show
Programmed by MYLES RUDGE and DAVID CUMMING , DEREK COLLYER starring Kenneth Williams Hugh Paddick , Joan Sims Music by THE MAX HARRIS GROUP
Announcer DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS

Contributors

Unknown:
Myles Rudge
Unknown:
David Cumming
Unknown:
Derek Collyer
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Max Harris
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

by CHRISTOPHER BIDMEAD with Angela Pleasence
Nigel Anthony , Dinsdale Landen and Rolf Lefebvre
5: Universal General Hire
In which Hilary gets tied up but is forced to hang on for rescue from the sky.
Other parts jo MANNING WILSON BRIAN HAINES , BRIAN HEWLETT and JAMES THOMASON
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN (Repeated: Tuesday, 3.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Bidmead
Unknown:
Angela Pleasence
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Dinsdale Landen
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Brian Hewlett
Unknown:
James Thomason
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Hilary:
Angela Pleasence
Cannon:
Nigel Anthony
Mortimer:
Dinsdale Landen
Beresford:
Rolf Lefebvre
Jean:
Hilda Kriseman
Le Noir:
Charles Hyatt
Fernberg ':
Kerry Francis
Williams:
Peter Tuddenham

The game that turns the pages of show biz history with CHARLIE CHESTER , HATTIE JACQUES CYRIL FLETCHER. WILLIAM MERVYN Chairman JACK WATSON
Programme devised and compiled by DENIS GIFFORD Produced by JOHN DYAS

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chester
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher.
Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Denis Gifford
Produced By:
John Dyas

A play for voices freely adapted from the sea stories Of JAMES HANLEY by ALUN RICHARDS with Three survivors are adrift in a ship's lifeboat. One of them has been injured, and in his drei.ms he recalls his life as an ordinary seaman in the period between the wars, from the first romantic stirring of the sea in his blood to the final landfall.
Produced by LORRAINE DAVIES

Contributors

Stories Of:
James Hanley
Unknown:
Alun Richards
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
John Manion:
William Squire
Sheila:
Elizabeth Morgan
Mrs Bryant:
Rachel Thomas
Duffy:
Alaric Cotter
Reilly:
Allan McClelland
Crawley:
Dillwyn Owen
Young Manion:
Frank Lincoln
Bosun:
Ivor Roberts
First survivor:
Ralph Lawton
Second survivor:
Clive Roberts

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