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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
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack de Manio
Introduced By:
John Timpson

and more of Today
(including, in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra: and Today in the South and West introduced by DEREK JONES ) E Anglia VHF: see Variations, col 5
8.4* Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones

La France Aujourd'hui
7: La journée d'une secrétaire a Paris
Written by PAULE-ALINE DENT
10.45 Foreign Correspondent
Despatches from BBC correspondents around the world are followed by comment, discussion, and interpretation
Introduced by GRAHAM TAYAR
11.30 Inquiry
Unit II: Work and Life 7: A Hard Day's Work
Written by CATHY MOORHOUSE (for the 15-16 age group)
11.20 Discovery
Round-up programme
Edited by ARTHUR VIALLS
11.40 Contemporary History 7: Blitzkrieg
Compiled by MICHAEL SMEE

Contributors

Written By:
Paule-Aline Dent
Introduced By:
Graham Tayar
Written By:
Cathy Moorhouse
Edited By:
Arthur Vialls
Unknown:
Michael Smee

Derek Cooper presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature:
Your Rights and Responsibilities. Surveyors: How much can the client reasonably expect from them?
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
South West VHF: see Variations, col 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper

Movement, Mime, and Music 1 for the 7-9-year-olds
2.20 Lord Jim by JOSEPH CONRAD , part 1 adapted by SAM LANGDON (Books. Plays, Poems)
2.45 Hamsters and Gerbils by CHRISTINE DUDLEY (Nature)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Conrad
Adapted By:
Sam Langdon
Unknown:
Christine Dudley

by BARBARA FOXE with Anna Cropper
Cyril Shaps , Denys Hawthorne Malcolm Hayes
' We are all potentially lions believing that we are sheep: we have mistaken our identity. And when we look into the pool we see who we really are! . Grass for the Lion deals with the effect of Hindu thought on the life of a young English businessman
Produced by HALLAM TENNYSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Foxe
Unknown:
Anna Cropper
Unknown:
Cyril Shaps
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Produced By:
Hallam Tennyson
Nurse:
Deborah Dallas
Mary Carter:
Anna Cropper
Mr Blake:
Malcolm Hayes
Mike Fleming:
Denys Hawthorne
Jenny Lane:
Sonia Fraser
Pete Brookman:
Leslie Heritage
Myra Harrison:
Jo Manning Wilson
Dave Harrison:
Andrew Sachs
Swami Sadashiva:
Cyril Shaps

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
5.50-6. Regional news, weather and programme news

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Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Steve Race

Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENEE HOUSTON
GINETTE SPANIER
SALLY BEAUMAN ROBERTA REX
In the chair ANONA WINN Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SERLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Renee Houston
Unknown:
Ginette Spanier
Unknown:
Sally Beauman
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Christopher Serle

A new comedy for radio by JANET HOWORTH with Leonard Fenton as Michael
' It couldn'have happened to a nicer person. At last he's achieved success. I mean, he's damned near 40 and he's been living off family and friends for years ..." Produced by MARGARET ETALL ( (Leonard Fenton is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Com

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Howorth
Unknown:
Leonard Fenton
Produced By:
Margaret Etall
Nora Frost:
Madi Hedd
Peter Frost:
Edward Kelsey
Emily Bannister:
Margot Boyd
Godfrey Bannister:
Hamilton Dyce
Sir Roland Frost:
Carleton Hobbs
Sue Frost:
Emily Richard
Julian Bannister:
David Valla
Lorry drivert,:
Patrick Tull

with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON
C. DAY LEWIS , the Poet Laureate, and JILL BALCON introduce The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop
ROBERT ARDREY talks about The Social Contract, his study of what man can learn from animals about leadership, violence, and the revolt of the young
DILYSPOWELL on Sarah Siddons , Roger Manvell 's portrait of the great English tragic actress
JOHN JULIUS NORWICH on The Golden Antilles, Timothy Severin 's story of the travellers and soldiers of fortune who searched for El Dorado in the Caribbean and other new books, including Ngaio Marsh 's latest detective story When in Rome
Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
C. Day Lewis
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bishop
Talks:
Robert Ardrey
Unknown:
Sarah Siddons
Unknown:
Roger Manvell
Unknown:
Timothy Severin
Unknown:
Ngaio Marsh
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

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