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by Robert Barr
A story in six parts of espionage in the remote islands of the Outer Hebrides.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Barr
Producer:
Peter Titheradge
Bill Grant:
Geoffrey Frederick
Jim Nicholson:
Edward de Souza
Ian McLeod:
Bryden Murdoch
Sergeant:
Nicholas Edmett
Brigadier:
Michael Kilgarriff
George Hammond:
Kim Grant
Katie Kennedy:
Gudrun Ure

BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA leader IAN TYRE conductor IAIN SUTHERLAND with ROBIN HALL and JIMMIE MACGREGOR
Introduced by JOHN WEBSTER

Contributors

Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conductor:
Iain Sutherland
Unknown:
Robin Hall
Unknown:
Jimmie MacGregor
Introduced By:
John Webster

A selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Script by JEAN STROUD
Produced by RICHARD BURWOOD
(Extended version: Sunday,
4.0 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Script By:
Jean Stroud
Produced By:
Richard Burwood

by ANTON DELMAR
' Lefty ' Wright, who knows the prison regulations backwards, embarrasses the Governor by lodging a complaint about fluoride in the prison water, requesting pure water instead.
Produced by TONY SHRYANE
followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Delmar
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Prison Governor:
Cecil Parker
Deputy Governor:
Ronald Baddiley
'Lefty' Wright:
Leslie Dwyer
Lord Lawton:
Geoffrey Wincott
Sir Charles Fortescue:
Arthur Lawrence
' Fingers Harper:
Allan McClelland
Prison Doctor:
Alan Dudley
Chaplain:
Walter Fitzgerald
Myrtle:
Carole Boyd
Warder Catchpole:
Frank Henderson
Warder Evans:
Anthony Hall
Professor Ogilvy:
Haydn Jones
Waiter:
Tim Seely

The Year of the Gorilla by GEORGE SCHALLER : abridged in five episodes by COLIN TUCKER Read by Jerry Stovin 1: The First Sighting
The extraordinary story of George Schaller , a young American, and his journeys in the Congo in search of man's nearest relative, the gorilla.
Produced by COLIN TUCKER

Contributors

Unknown:
George Schaller
Unknown:
Colin Tucker
Read By:
Jerry Stovin
Unknown:
George Schaller
Produced By:
Colin Tucker

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
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Derek Cooper

by D. L. MURRAY adapted for radio in 10 parts
The financial world has never taken too kindly to Sam's luck, and now the forces opposed to his extensive South African interests are beginning to move. Exit Josie, to Paris and forever out of Sam's life ... 9: Revenge

Contributors

Unknown:
D. L. Murray

Reconstruction of cases celebrated for an element of 'reasonable doubt': in the trial of Peter Queen the sentence of death hung on the single word: "Don't'".
Script by J.S. Campbell Narrator Tom Fleming

Contributors

Script:
J.S. Campbell
Producer:
Archie P. Lee
Narrator:
Tom Fleming
Peter Queen:
Bryden Murdoch
Lord Alness:
Henry Donald
Advocate depute:
Michael O'Halloran
Defence counsel:
Ian Halliburton
[Actor]:
Clem Ashby
[Actor]:
Charles Baptiste
[Actor]:
Victor Carin
[Actor]:
Jameson Clark
[Actor]:
John Grieve
[Actor]:
Paul Kermack
[Actress]:
Jean Taylor Smith
[Actor]:
John Young
[Actor]:
Paul Young

What is the significance of mounting juvenile crime figures? What is the most effective treatment for young offenders?
'ROBERT SKIDELSKY has visited a borstal and schools which give training to delinquents. He talks to people concerned with the problem, including BARONESS WOOTTON of the Home Office Advisory Council on the Penal System: CHIEF SUPT PETER MARSHALL of Crime Prevention Branch, and CHIEF INSP THOMAS HODGSON of Community Relations Branch, Scotland Yard; teachers, sociologists, and psychiatrists.
Produced by RICHARD KEEN
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Skidelsky
Unknown:
Peter Marshall
Unknown:
Thomas Hodgson
Produced By:
Richard Keen

Industrial Relations in Britain GEOFFREY GOODMAN introduces the final programme in this series, in which LEONARD NEAL , ALAN FISHER , and W. E. J. MCCARTHY discuss the changes which may take place in industrial relations during the next decade.
Produced by MARTIN cox

Contributors

Introduces:
Britain Geoffrey Goodman
Unknown:
Leonard Neal
Unknown:
Alan Fisher
Unknown:
W. E. J. McCarthy
Produced By:
Martin Cox

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