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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
7.48 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.8 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack de Manio
Introduced By:
John Timpson

Wanted: Desirable Residence.... For a swan? for a goldcrest? a swallow? a long.tailed tit?
BRUCE CAMPBELL ShOWS US a variety of nests, and explains why each seems an ideal home to the bird that built it.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Produced by DILYS BREESE
(from Bristol: shortened version of Sunday's broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Campbell
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Dilys Breese

History in Evidence
Restoration Britain 1: Sir Isaac Newton
Narrated by PATRICK MOORE
Written by MAURICE WHITBREAD Produced by ALAN EREIRA
9.45 Music Workshop 2
Another Shore: by JOHN PARRY and MICHAEL JESSETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Written By:
Maurice Whitbread
Produced By:
Alan Ereira
Unknown:
John Parry
Unknown:
Michael Jessett

Foreign Correspondent
Introduced by GRAHAM TAYAR
11.0 Inquiry.
Unit 6: The Third Airport - Written by BARRY CARMAN
(for the 15-16 age group)
11.20 Discovery
Colour and Texture - 1 by ARTHUR VIALLS
Presented by RICHARD BEBB
11.40 Contemporary History
5: The Independence of Ghana Written by KAYE WHITEMAN †

Contributors

Introduced By:
Graham Tayar
Written By:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Arthur Vialls
Presented By:
Richard Bebb
Written By:
Kaye Whiteman

Derek Cooper presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Moving About - on land and water: a barrister explains what the law says about touring with a caravan and taking a small boat on the river.
Other topical items too, and What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper

with Bernard Miles, Betty Marsden Written by HARRY IBBETSON based on the characters in the Larkin family saga by H. E. BATES
It's the day of the Summer Fete: by the time Pop Larkin's finished organising the affair, it's more like a cross between Barnum's Circus and Woburn Abbey on a Bank Holiday.
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Saturday, 9.0 pm)

12.55 Weather, information and news for your area

Contributors

Writer:
Harry Ibbetson
Based on characters created by:
H. E. Bates
Produced by:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Pop:
Bernard Miles
Ha:
Betty Marsden
Mariette:
Alexa Romanes
Angela Snow:
Amanda Murray
The Bishop:
Alexander John
Rev John Candy:
Alaric Cotter
Charley:
Michael Harbour
First Judge:
John Rye

Movement. Mime, and Music 1 by JAMES hODDING
2.28 1 Know Where I'm Going
Ways: first of three programmes on this theme compiled by STUART EVANS
(Books, Plays, Poems)
2.45 doing to the Seaside by DEBORAH STEINER. (Nature)

Contributors

Music By:
James Hodding
Unknown:
Stuart Evans
Unknown:
Deborah Steiner.

by CHARLES SIMON
Friendships in the Foreign Office may be at risk from purely professional rivalry.
Other parts ELIZABETH PROUD
JO MANNING WILSON , IAN FROST
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Simon
Unknown:
Elizabeth Proud
Unknown:
Jo Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Ian Frost
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Robert Malcolm:
Sean Arnold
Marjorie, his wife:
Gudrun Ure
John Gordon:
Leslie Heritage
Lord Fordhill:
Frank Henderson
Sir James:
Ian Cooper
Metcalfe, a butler:
John Ruddock
Det-Insp Brown:
Clifford Norgate

Being the adventures of the Bastable children In search of a fortune: by E. NESBIT abridged in eight episodes and told by DAVID DAVIS
8: The End of the Treasure-Seeking
' That was a wonderful day. It was a treasure, and no mistake! I never saw such heaps and heaps of presents - like things out of a fairv-tub '
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD †

Contributors

Unknown:
E. Nesbit
Told By:
David Davis
Produced By:
Graham Gauld

The news magazine that sums up vour 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

A play for radio by R. D. WINGFIELD with Hugh Burden and Michael Kilgarriff
'Now' look here, Inspector, I'm not a patient man at the best of times. You've barged your way in here and you've made some impertinent remarks. If you're here on official business. get straight to the point. If not, then I must ask you to leave - now! '
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY † (Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
R. D. Wingfield
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Robinson:
Hugh Burden
John Crampton:
Michael Kilgarriff
Gerry Landers:
Jill Shilling
Arnold:
Wilfrid Carter
Mr James:
Douglas Blackwell
Ada Page:
Sheila Grant
Mr Dennett:
Leslie Heritage
Jones:
Nigel Havers

With DEREK PARKER
PAUL JOHNSON discusses The Terrible Year - The Paris Commune 1871 by Alistair Home, The Paris Commune 1871 by Stewart Edwards , and other current books on the period
JOHN JULIUS NORWICH reviews Justinian and Theodora by Robert Browning, the biography of the peasant's son who became Emperor and the bear-keeper's daughter who was his Empress
LOU KOUSHNIK on The Oppenheimer Case - Security on Trial by Philip M. Stern
RICHARD WOLLHEIM on his own book about Freud and the novel about his life. The Passions of the Mind by Irvine Stone
Produced by ROSEMARY HART and MIRIAM RAPP †
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Paul Johnson
Unknown:
Stewart Edwards
Unknown:
Philip M. Stern
Unknown:
Richard Wollheim
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Miriam Rapp

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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