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Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Script by jean STROUD
Produced by PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Extended version: Sunday,
4.0 pm)

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Introduced By:
John Ellison
Script By:
Jean Stroud
Produced By:
Phyllis Robinson

by PETER PRESTON with Jane Griffiths and William Eedle
' In the Ministry do your best on the job of course, but don'get to the point where it really matters to you as an individual whether the thing goes through or not.'
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

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Unknown:
Peter Preston
Unknown:
Jane Griffiths
Unknown:
William Eedle
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Joan Sharland:
Joy Hodckinson
Hugh Sharland:
William Eedle
Sylvia Gray:
Jane Griffiths
Alfred Thompson:
Jullan Somers
Paul Ingram:
Howieson Culff
Henry Greensmith:
Norman Claridge
Alice Flood:
Olga Lindo
Jill Perry:
Valerie Kirkbright
Douglas Whittaker:
Hamlyn Benson
Sir Gerald Blaydon:
Ralph Truman

'twixt ISOBEL BARNETT ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , DAVID NIXON Tune twisters from STEVE RACE In the chair ROY PLOMLEY Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by PETER TITHERADGE

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Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Peter Titheradge

An East Anglian childhood by SPIKE MAYS abridged in five parts and read by Michael Kilgarriff
Spike Mays was born and grew up in that part of Essex that borders Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Reuben's Corner tells of village life there around the time of the First World War. A life that for many was a struggle. but a struggle that was eased by laughter. 1: From Glemsjord to Bartlow Hamlet

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Unknown:
Spike Mays
Read By:
Michael Kilgarriff

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
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News

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Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Steve Race

This programme introduced by Sir John Betjeman is made up of anecdotes, reminiscences, and historic poetry recordings from the BBC Sound Archives. Among the readers are
Peggy Ashcroft , Robert Donat John Gielgud. Jill Balcon
C. Day Lewis, Sybil Thorndike Stephen Murray
He was very tall and he had very large hands with curious, square finger tips ... fit for kneading clay or dough. His rather baggy trousers made his legs took like the hind legs of an elephant ...
Sir Charles Tennyson recalls his boyhood in his grandfather's house, and the poet's own voice can be heard in an extract from Maud.
This unexpected picture of an unconventional Victorian is compiled and produced by HALLAM TENNYSON
(An LP based on the programme is available on the BBC Study Record Label, obtainable by mail order only at 30s. including packing and postage, from BBC Radio Enterprises, London, SE99)

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Introduced By:
Sir John Betjeman
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Robert Donat
Unknown:
John Gielgud.
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Sybil Thorndike
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Sir Charles Tennyson
Produced By:
Hallam Tennyson

Graeme Garden looks back on the week's news - and sees the funny side Featuring
SEAN ARNOLD , JOHN BENTLEY
HECTOR ROSS , FREDERICK TREVES Script by PETER SPENCE
Produced by DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT

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Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Sean Arnold
Unknown:
John Bentley
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
Frederick Treves
Script By:
Peter Spence
Produced By:
David Hatch
Produced By:
Simon Brett

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