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Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
(Revised edition: Tues 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
JOHN WHALE reviews what the weeklies have to say. with illustrations read by DOUGLAS SMITH
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with TERENCE LANCASTER
Narrator David Broomfleld Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
MARTIN COX , BERNARD TATE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Whale
Read By:
Douglas Smith
Unknown:
Terence Lancaster
Narrator:
David Broomfleld
Narrator:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Unknown:
Martin Cox
Unknown:
Bernard Tate

Chairman franklin engelmann 7: North of England (ii)
EVELYN PEACHEY (Cheshire) teacher
ROBERT LEY (Co Durham) clerical officer
ULAN URIaN (Liverpool) industrial chemist
FRED MORGAN (Northumberland) insurance official
Including Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Devised and written by JOHN p. WYNN. Produced by JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Evelyn Peachey
Written By:
John P. Wynn.
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

A spontaneous discussion by JOHN ARLOTT. LORD SOPER SIR RICHARD WAY
PEGGY FENNER , MP
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Fareham, Hampshire

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott.
Unknown:
Peggy Fenner
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

by LEO TOLSTOY : dramatised for radio by FRED PARTRIDGE with John Carson and Charles Leno
' Oh God. will this night never end? It must be nearly morning now. But I'm not going to look at my watch. No! I could easily freeze to death if I undid my coat.'
Produced by DAVID h. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Radio By:
Fred Partridge
Unknown:
John Carson
Unknown:
Charles Leno
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Vassili Andreitch Brekhunoff:
John Carson
Nikita:
Charles Leno
Vassilia Mikolovna:
Margaret Wolfit
Isai:
Peter Tuddenham
Tarass:
John Boxer
Petruslika:
Andrew Jack
His father:
Martin Friend
His grandmother:
Betty Faskcomb
His wife:
Sara Coward
Villagers:
Martin Friend
Villagers:
Alan Reid

Introduced bv
Judith Chalmers
The Cost of Being a Woman Alone -4: PATSY KUMM talks to two divorced wives with maintenance
The Surprising Fred Streeter : gardening isn'his only interest, as he tells FRANK HENNIG
Do-It-Yourself for Women - 2: GEORGINA HORLEY gets advice from MIKE SMITH on tackling some jobs about the house
No Passport Required: MICHAEL CANNEY reports on holidays in Northumbria
PUff, puff, puff: BA MASON On smoking
RICHARD HURNDALL reads
Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles by NIGEL BALCHIN (2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Fred Streeter
Unknown:
Frank Hennig
Unknown:
Georgina Horley
Unknown:
Mike Smith
Unknown:
Michael Canney
Unknown:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Nigel Balchin

A radio competition for bands Round 2: Programme 1 Camborne Town Band conductor FRED J. ROBERTS v
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band conductor ROBERT QUGHTON Adjudicators E. c. BUTTRESS
ALEX MORTIMER. VILEM TAUSKY Introduced by DOUGLAS SMITH Produced by ALLAN GILES

Contributors

Conductor:
Fred J. Roberts
Conductor:
Robert Qughton
Unknown:
Alex Mortimer.
Introduced By:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
Allan Giles

A serial thriller in six parts by EDWARD BOYD starring Teddy Johnson as Steve Gardiner with Moultrie Kelsall as Det Insp Gordon
Robert Urquhart as Captain Siegfried Bevvis
Walter Carr as Jonathan Ketch Janet Michael as Judy Clark Marjorie Dalziel as Doris Steve Gardiner. wishing to renew his dead romance with Judy Clark , finds her in a lonely Scottish hotel with a male escort, and very soon the unexpected happens. 2: The Net
Produced by EDDIE FRASER (from Glasgow)
(Repeated: Tuesd.ay, 3.30 pm)
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Boyd
Unknown:
Teddy Johnson
Unknown:
Steve Gardiner
Unknown:
Moultrie Kelsall
Unknown:
Det Insp Gordon
Unknown:
Robert Urquhart
Unknown:
Captain Siegfried Bevvis
Unknown:
Walter Carr
Unknown:
Jonathan Ketch
Unknown:
Janet Michael
Unknown:
Judy Clark
Unknown:
Marjorie Dalziel
Unknown:
Doris Steve Gardiner.
Unknown:
Judy Clark
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

with all the favourites from The Players' Theatre
Underneath the Arches at Charing Cross
Chairman DOMINIC LE FOE introduces
FRANCES BARLOW , MARION GRIMALDI ARCHIE HARRADINE. ROBIN HUNTER DENIS MARTIN and IAN PATERSON plus
IAN WALLACE
Favourite ballads for the Family Circle
HUGH PADDICK and PATSY ROWLANDS Two Straw Hats with a smile and a song
JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT With The Songs of Vesta Tilley HUGO D'ALTON
Mandolinist Supreme!
At the piano GEOFFREY BRAWN
Additional script material
CARDEW ROBINSON. Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
(Marion Grimaldi is in ' Robinson Crusoe ' at the Alhambra
Theatre. Bradford)

Contributors

Introduces:
Dominic Le Foe
Unknown:
Frances Barlow
Unknown:
Marion Grimaldi
Unknown:
Archie Harradine.
Unknown:
Robin Hunter
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Ian Paterson
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Patsy Rowlands
Unknown:
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Unknown:
Hugo D'Alton
Piano:
Geoffrey Brawn
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson.
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock
Produced By:
Marion Grimaldi
Unknown:
Robinson Crusoe

by G. W. TARGET with Aubrey Woods. Derek Seaton and Rolf Lefebvre
Brother Webber conducts an evangelical campaign dedicated to the spiritual renewal of this country and aimed at restoring it to greatness. But who is Webber and is The Crusade all that it seems to be?
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN (Repeated: Monday. 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
G. W. Target
Unknown:
Aubrey Woods.
Unknown:
Derek Seaton
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Brother Webber
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Chief Supt Lee:
Aubrey Woods
GeorgeE Webber:
Rolf Lefebvre
Det-Con Morris:
Peter Tuddenham
Tom Stacey:
Derek Seaton
Brother Seton:
Kerry Francis
Dave Richards:
John Holi,is
Daniel Eisen:
David Spenser
Lisa Bettelheim:
Sheila Grant
Brother Cooper:
Jonathan Scott
Mrs Stacey:
Margot Boyd
Mary Beech:
Sara Coward
Insp Dawson:
Clifford Norgate
Mr Heenan:
John Rye

A late-evening conversation in which CAROLINE MEDAWAR PROFESSOR D. M. MACKAY and EDWARD BLISHEN exchange thoughts, opinions. ideas and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Medawar
Unknown:
Professor D. M. MacKay
Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Brian Redhead

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