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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
Contributed by the BBC's Foreign News Staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
ANTHONY KING reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by david BROOMFIKLD
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
Narrator Douglas Smith Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
ANNE DUNCAN-JONES
BERNARD TATE

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Read By:
David Broomfikld
Narrator:
Robert Carvel
Narrator:
Douglas Smith
Producers:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Producers:
Anne Duncan-Jones
Producers:
Bernard Tate

A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title
Chairman FRANKLIN ENCELMANN 9: Scotland (ii)
MRS MARGARET MACGREGOR (Angus): housewife
DAVID GIDDINGS (Edinburgh) student
PAT ROTHNIE (Peeblesshire) civil servant
ANDREW GILCHRIST (Fife) civil servant
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)

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Encelmann
Unknown:
Margaret MacGregor
Unknown:
David Giddings
Unknown:
Andrew Gilchrist
Written By:
John P. Wynn.
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

A spontaneous discussion by BARONESS STOCKS
RT HON EDWARD DU CANN , MP THE BISHOP OF CREDITON
JOHN PARDOE, MP
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Barnstaple, Devon I
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be sent to Any
Answers?, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Baroness Stocks
Unknown:
Edward du Cann
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

by Kenneth John
Christine Monsey lives in a Norfolk fishing village. In spite of her mother, she tries to find a more exciting, loving life than the one she has.
(from Birmingham)

Contributors

Writer:
Kenneth John
Producer:
James Duckett
Carr:
Rhys McConnochie
Christine Monsey:
Carol Gray
Mrs Monsey:
Anne Cullen
Palgrave:
Roger Milner
Jim Bateman:
Brian Cant
Rachael:
Alex Johnston
Bolderow:
Arthur Pentelow

Introduced from Manchester by Judith Chalmers 1
The Cost of Being a Woman Alone-5: PATSY KUMM talks to two mothers without maintenance
House for Sale: DOROTHY YOUNG finds out what you can pay in Yorkshire, Wales, and Scotland No Passport Required: MOLLIE LEE reports on holidays in East Anglia
Room to Swing a Cat: BARBARA LAVINGTON on ways of making smal! rooms look spacious RICHARD HURNDALL reads
Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles by NIGEL BALCHIN (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Barbara Lavington
Unknown:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Nigel Balchin

A radio competition for bands Round 2: Programme 3 The Langley Band conductor DENNIS MASTERS St Dennis Band conductor E. J. WILLIAMS
Adjudicators E. c. BUTTRESS ALEX MORTIMER , VILEM TAUSKY Introduced by DOUGLS smith Produced by ALLAN GILES

Contributors

Conductor:
Dennis Masters
Conductor:
E. J. Williams
Unknown:
E. C. Buttress
Unknown:
Alex Mortimer
Unknown:
Vilem Tausky
Introduced By:
Dougls Smith
Produced By:
Allan Giles

A serial thriller in six parts by EDWARD BOYD with
Jonathan Ketch has still refused to reveal the name of the murderer. When he steals out of the hotel in the middle of the night Steve follows. 4: The Twist
Produced by EDDIE FRASER (from Glasgow)
(Repeated: Tuesday, 3.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Boyd
Unknown:
Jonathan Ketch
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser
Steve Gardiner:
Teddy Johnson
Jonathan Ketch:
Walter Carr
Mrs McPhee:
Pearl Colquhoun
Det-Insp Gordon:
Moultrie Kelsall
Judy Clark:
Janet Michael
Elspeth MacDonald:
Mary Riggans
Captain Siegfried Bevvis:
Robert Urquhart

with all the favourites from The Players' Theatre
Underneath the Arches at CharingCross
Chairman Dominic le Foe introduces
BARRY CRYER , MARION GRIMALDI ARCHIE HARRADINE , JAN HUNT DENIS MARTIN , IAN PATERSON and JENNY WREN plUS IAN WALLACE
Favourite Ballads for the Family Circle
HUGH PADDICK and SHEILA BERNETTE Two Straw Hats with a smile and a song
NORMAN KNIGHT
Prince of the Piccolo and The Songs of LESLIE STUART
At the piano PETER GREENWELL Additional script material by CARDEW ROBINSON. Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
(Sheila Bernette is in ' Aladdin ' at the London Palladium)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Marion Grimaldi
Unknown:
Archie Harradine
Unknown:
Jan Hunt
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Ian Paterson
Unknown:
Jenny Wren
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Leslie Stuart
Piano:
Peter Greenwell
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson.
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock
Produced By:
Sheila Bernette

by Val Gielgud freely adapted from the novel by Winston Graham
with Gary Watson
'To libel the dead is not in itself an offence known to our law.'

Cast in order of appearance
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Novel By:
Winston Graham
Unknown:
Gary Watson
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Paul Whitehouse:
Lockwood West
Donald Marlowe:
Gary Watson
Vincent Doutelle, QC:
Norman Claridge
Alan Rice:
Martin Friend
Warner Robinson:
Trevor Martin
Bennie Marlowe:
Jane Knowles
Roger Shorn:
Malcolm Hayes
Joanna Marlowe:
Eva Haddon
Narissa Delaney:
Nicolette Bernard
Aubrey Lytton, QC:
Gerald Cross
Judge:
James Thomason
Taylor Hutton:
Ronald Forfar
Dr Arthur Lippman:
John Gabriel

A late-evening conversation in which FRANK MCKENNA
ROSEMARY ANNE SISSON and MICHAEL HOLROYD exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
Produced by MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank McKenna
Unknown:
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Unknown:
Michael Holroyd
Produced By:
Michael Green

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