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The News
The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by 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
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson

The story of ' Father ' Willis's greatest masterpiece, the organ at Alexandra Palace in North London, spans nearly a century of Anglo-Saxon attitudes to music.
Once described as ' the finest concert organ in Europe,' this immense instrument is now up for sale, dismantled and damaged. But some believe it could and should be saved. Speakers include YEHUDI MENUHIN
DR GEORGE THALBEN-BALL and HENRY WILLIS IV
Produced by LAURIE JOHN

Contributors

Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Unknown:
Dr George Thalben-Ball
Unknown:
Henry Willis
Produced By:
Laurie John

by OLWEN WYMARK with Antonia Pemberton as Nina
When he comes back, I want you to faint. Flat on the floor ... Just keel over. Any fool can do that.... That'll stop him. " It's the shock " I'll say ..." She may never recover ... fetch a doctor, quick!" '
Produced by STEWART conn

Contributors

Unknown:
Olwen Wymark
Unknown:
Antonia Pemberton
Produced By:
Stewart Conn
Taddy:
Bryan Stanyon
Ellen:
Jan MacDonald
David:
George Howell

Robert Speaight looks back on a lifetime divided mainly between acting and authorship and coloured by a host of distinguished acquaintances.
He recalls some of those whose personalities and philosophies have influenced him most, introducing the voices of some of the friends who have appeared in his recently completed autobiography The Property Basket.
Produced by ROY WILLIAMSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Speaight
Produced By:
Roy Williamson

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
5.50Weather: programme news
5.55 South-East News

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Steve Race

Jimmy Clitheroe in Seated One Day at the Movies With PETER SINCLAIR
PATRICIA BURKE , DANNY ROSS DIANA DAY, BRIAN TRUEMAN COLIN EDWYNN
Written by JAMES CASEY and FRANK ROSCOE
Produced by JAMES CASEY
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Contributors

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

(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Bruno Milna
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Travers-Macy:
Angela Piper
Lilian Nicholson:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Prue Forrest:
Mary Dalley
Peter Stephens:
Peter Biddle
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Nora Salt:
Julia Mark
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Zebedee Tring:
Graham Rigby

by JOHN TARRANT
'Manslaughter is a felony, and any person who assists a felon to evade justice by comforting, hiding, or otherwise actively assisting him becomes what is called an accessory after the fact. Do you know what that means? '
Other parts Louis ROLSTON
DENISE MCKENNA , PAUL CLARKE Produced by ROGER PINE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tarrant
Unknown:
Louis Rolston
Unknown:
Denise McKenna
Unknown:
Paul Clarke
Produced By:
Roger Pine
Paul McCann:
Sam McCready
Jill Donovan:
Roisin Donaghy
Sergeant Carey:
Michael Duffy
Det-Con Kelly:
Patrick Brannigan
Mr O'Mara:
John McBride

With ROBERT ROBINSON
SIR ROBERT THOMPSON reviews One Morning in the War, a study of the tragedy at Pinkville. by Richard Hammer
IDRIS SHAH reads from The Dermis Probe, his new collection of Sufi tales, and discusses their origins with PAT WILLIAMS GERALD LEACH reviews Astrology and Science, the result of 20 years' research by Michel Gauquelin
IDRIS PARRY on Giinther Grass's latest novel Local Anaesthetic CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER and ERIC PORTER read from Conflict at Canterbury, a play for son et lumiere bv Robert Gittings
Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Sir Robert Thompson
Unknown:
Richard Hammer
Unknown:
Idris Shah
Unknown:
Pat Williams
Unknown:
Gerald Leach
Unknown:
Michel Gauquelin
Unknown:
Idris Parry
Unknown:
Anaesthetic Christopher Plummer
Unknown:
Eric Porter
Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

Theologian, mathematician, Bishop, former Professor of the Philosophy of Christian Religion at Oxford, amateur fireman, prospective disc-jockey, leader of the campaign against the new gambling restrictions, and author of the new Durham Report on Religious Education talking to Robin Day

9.58 Weather

Contributors

Interviewer:
Robin Day
Interviewee:
The Bishop of Durham [Ian Ramsey]
Producer:
Anne Duncan-Jones

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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