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Marsh! 16: To Siberia!
Written by VAUGHAN JAMES (Third-year Russian)
10.45 Sonst war es sehr gemutlich. Written by MILO SPERBER (Intermediate German)
11.0 Movement and Music 1 for the 5-6-year-olds by PENNY WHITTAM
(Repeated: Thursday, 9.55 am)
11.20 The mighty Wurlitzer Presented by GARY TAYLOR (Music Club)
11.40 Men and Society 2: T. E. Lawrence
Written and narrated by J. EDWARD THOMAS
Extracts spoken by anthon* HALL and KEVIN FLOOD
Produced by RALPH ROLLS
(Sixth Form Series: Religion in its Contemporary Context)

Contributors

Written By:
Vaughan James
Written By:
Milo Sperber
Presented By:
Gary Taylor
Unknown:
T. E. Lawrence
Unknown:
J. Edward Thomas
Produced By:
Ralph Rolls

Derek Cooper presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature:
Your Home and Family
Coping with a Bereavement: JOAN YORKE talks to a doctor and a minister.
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see cot 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Talks:
Joan Yorke

A panel game controlled (?) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams
Derek Nimmo , Clement Freud and Andree Melly try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by IAN MESSITER
Produced by SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Thursday, 6.15 pm) (Derek Nimmo is in ' Charlie Girl ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London)
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Andree Melly
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo

Versailles (1682-1789)
Written and produced by DUNCAN TAYLOR
Music by PAMELA KENWAY (World History)
2.20 Music Session
MONTY MODLYN leads Finchley Children's Music Group in Cavemen Make Music by BILL oddie and DAVID LORD Introduced by DAVID GELL ,
Produced by JENYTH WORSLEY †
2.40 China - Industry by DENIS DWYER
Produced by ALEX HUNTER (Geography)

Contributors

Produced By:
Duncan Taylor
Music By:
Pamela Kenway
Unknown:
Monty Modlyn
Introduced By:
David Gell
Produced By:
Jenyth Worsley
Unknown:
Denis Dwyer
Produced By:
Alex Hunter

by George Eliot, adapted as a serial for radio in 12 parts by Howard Agg
with Angela Pleasence, Martin Jarvis, Megs Jenkins, Anthony Bate and Ian Holm

At the time of Maggie's first meeting with Philip, Tom had already nearly £150 of his own capital; and while they were walking by the evening light in the Red Deeps he was riding into Laceham, proud of his being on his first journey on behalf of Guest and Co.

Contributors

Author:
George Eliot
Adapted by:
Howard Agg
Producer:
Jane Graham
Narrator:
Sonia Fraser
Maggie Tulliver:
Angela Pleasence
Philip Wakem:
Ian Holm
Mr Tulliver:
Anthony Bate
Tom Tulliver:
Martin Jarvis
Mrs Tulliver:
Megs Jenkins
Lawyer Wakem:
Bernard Hepton

The last in a series of plays written by ANTHONY SCOTT VEITCH featuring with and Catch As Catch Can
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Written By:
Anthony Scott Veitch
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Mister Pybus:
William Gaunt
Major Duncan Geddes:
Tom Watson
Mrs Mary Pybus:
Olive Milbourne
Pinkie Ambler:
Peter Tuddenham
Eunice Ambler:
Eva Stuart
Sid King:
Edward Kelsey

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by William Hardcastle and Roger Cook
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Presented By:
Roger Cook

Written and adapted for radio from their television series by PAULINE DEVANEY and EDWIN APPS The Dean Goes Primitive starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon
William Mervyn as the Bishop Derek Nimmo as the Bishop's Chaplain
John Barron as the Dean with BETTY BASKCOMB as the Nurse Produced by DAVID HATCH (Repeated: Wed, 12.25 pm)
(Derek Nimmo is in ' Charlie Girl ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pauline Devaney
Unknown:
Robertson Hare
Unknown:
William Mervyn
Unknown:
Bishop Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
John Barron
Unknown:
Betty Baskcomb
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo

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Ring Robin Day to put your question in person to the Guest of the evening.
With an eye on immediate interest, the invitation is being left as near as possible to the date of transmission.
The guest's name will be trailed on Radio 4 on Monday and Tuesday.
To promote a maximum flow of questions, [number removed](12 lines) will take them from 6.30 pm onward as well as while the programme is on the air.
Produced by WALTER WALLICH

Contributors

Produced By:
Walter Wallich

Not long ago Melanie Brown - it is not her real name - decided to kill herself. We asked this 19-year-old why.
Was it because of her own unhappy love affair which gave her a half-coloured baby she could not keep? Did she identify this personal tragedy with her own bewilderment as a small girl brought up by foster-parents and looked after by numerous 'authorities'? How does she face the world today?

(Shortened version of the programme broadcast last April)

Contributors

Compiled and narrated by:
Tony van den Bergh
Producer:
Alan Burgess

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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