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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
7.49 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

Visitors to Britain
What have these in common: rhododendron, rabbit, collared dove, grey squirrel, rat, sycamore? The answer is that all these creatures and plants are not native to this country.
What has been their effect on other animals and plants? Are they a pleasure or a pest in our countryside? Should we attempt to reintroduce native wild creatures which seem likely to become extinct? Introduced by DEREK JONES Produced by DILYS BREESE (from Bristol)
(Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast) 1

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Dilys Breese

La France Aujourd'hul. 9: Qui sera mannequin vedette?
Written by PAULE-ALINE DENT
Produced by RAYMOND ESCOFFEYt
10.45 Foreign Correspondent
Each week. an examination in depth of a major and current issue in international affairs. Introduced by GRAHAM TAYAR
11.0 Inquiry
Unit II: Work and Life
9: A Problem of Leisure?
Written by CATHY MOORHOUSE (for the 15-16 age group)
11.20 Discovery. Bridges - 2: The Tay Bridge by ALEX ALLAN and ARTHUR VIALLS
11.40 Contemporary History
9: Hiroshima: a programme en the dropping of the atomic bomb on 6 August 1945
Compiled by BARRY CARMAN

Contributors

Produced By:
Raymond Escoffeyt
Introduced By:
Graham Tayar
Written By:
Cathy Moorhouse
Unknown:
Alex Allan
Unknown:
Arthur Vialls
Unknown:
Barry Carman

Derek Cooper presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Solicitors: DEREK COOPER talks to EDDIE WILLIAMS about the services they offer.
Other topical items too, and a selection from vour letters in What's On Your Mind?
South West VHF: see col 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Talks:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Eddie Williams

Movement, Mime, and Music 1 by JAMES DODDING
2.20 Lord Jim by JOSEPH CONRAD : part 3 adapted by SAM LANGDON Produced by DAVID LYTTLE (Books, Plays, Poems)
2.45 Human Beings and Animals by PETER CAMPBELL (Nature)

Contributors

Music By:
James Dodding
Unknown:
Joseph Conrad
Adapted By:
Sam Langdon
Produced By:
David Lyttle
Unknown:
Peter Campbell

by EDWARD MACKIN
-' You've got the wrong man. I haven'got a girl friend. I never saw you before in my life. I don'know what your game is but I'm not falling for it.'
Dinky Doody.GEOFFREY WHEELER Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward MacKin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Produced By:
Alfred Bradley
John Carson:
Colin Edwynn
Pop:
James Garbutt
Nurse:
Maureen Beck
Freda Francis:
Stephanie Turner
Mrs Carson:
Elizabeth McKenzie
Mr Williams:
David Jackson

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
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Steve Race

Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENEE HOUSTON, BARONESS MASHAM TEDDY BEVERLEY , SHEILA HANCOCK In the chair ANONA WINN Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SERLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Baroness Masham Teddy Beverley
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Produced By:
Christopher Serle

by MICHAEL CORNISH
Tough engineer Jim Carson is at the end of his patience with Sir Peter, a dandified office overlord. Then, just the job comes unexpectedly through a very modern type of management consultant, ' the Headhunter.'
Produced by RICHARD WORTLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Cornish
Unknown:
Jim Carson
Produced By:
Richard Wortley
Carson:
Windsor Davies
Sir Peter:
Peter Tuddenham
Patterson:
Richard Hurndall
Myra:
Katherine Parr
Midlands boss:
John Bentley
Carson's secretary:
Elizabeth Proud
Sir Peter's secretary:
Jo Manning Wilson

with Magnus Magnusson
C.V. Wedgwood and Gary Watson introduce the new and complete version of The Diary of Samuel Pepys.
Julian Mitchell talks about Where Beards Wag All, memories of craftsmen and farmers chronicled by George Ewart Evans.
A.S. Byatt takes a fresh look at The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane, and Thomas De Quincey's Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets, both published in paperback this week.
Patrick Nuttgens on John Summerson's Architecture in Britain 1530-1830, reissued as a Pelican.

(Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Magnus Magnusson
Speaker:
C.V. Wedgwood
Reader:
Gary Watson
Speaker:
Julian Mitchell
Speaker:
A.S. Byatt
Speaker:
Patrick Nuttgens
Producer:
Jocelyn Ferguson

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