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7.0 News
The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by John Timpson and Douglas Cameron
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
8.0 News and more of Today
(including, in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra; and Today in the South and West introduced by DEREK JONES )
VHF East Anglia: see col 5
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Douglas Cameron
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

His radio story The Suitcase told by PETER TUDDENHAM
There was nothing very distinctive about the man in the train, except his suitcase....
The girl in the train did not appear old enough to have a past ..."

Contributors

Told By:
Peter Tuddenham

10.30 Voix de France
4: Une ville française - Nancy Compiled by GEOFFREY BRAITH
WAITE:. (Sixth Form French)
10.50 A Corner for Music by ALBERT CHATTERLEY. 4: The Wind (This programme should be tape-recorded)
11 Deutsch fur die Oberstufe
Der schriftsteller in Deutsch-land-heute
Written by HELM VON FABER
11.20 Listening and Writing
That's How It Was: first of three programmes on writing a novel, by MAUREEN DUFFY
11.40 Prospect
Gainful Employment. Satisfaction or boredom?
Compiled by GEOFFREY MORRIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Braith
Music By:
Albert Chatterley.
Unknown:
Von Faber
Novel By:
Maureen Duffy
Unknown:
Geoffrey Morris

John Edmunds presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Own Time
The Philatelic Bureau: a look at this branch of the Post Office which offers a unique service to stamp collectors. And other topical items too. VHF South West: see col 5

Contributors

Unknown:
John Edmunds

2.0 Let's Join In. The 99 Castles by MARGARET THOMAS
2.20 Art and Design Henri Cartier-Bresson : the great photographer tells of his life and work, and young people look at his photographs. Interview by CARL WILDMAN
2.40 Guitar School. Introduced by MICHAEL JESSETT (8)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Thomas
Design:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Guitar:
Carl Wildman
Introduced By:
Michael Jessett

by Rudyard Kipling: adapted for radio by A.R. Rawlinson
Selected for Friday
A chance to hear again some of the best one-hour plays broadcast in recent years.
(Next week: "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" by John Mortimer)

Contributors

Author:
Rudyard Kipling
Adapted by:
A.R. Rawlinson
Singer:
Beth Boyd
The setting for the song composed and played by:
Alan Paul
Producer:
David Davis
R.K.K.:
Lockwood West
Jane:
Barrie Shore
Mrs Harper:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Georgie (child):
Alexa Romanes
Policeman Day:
Alan Dudley
Miriam:
Ann Totten
Father:
Geoffrey Wincott
Georgie (man):
Denys Hawthorne
Mother:
Betty Hardy
Major:
Humphrey Morton
Adjutant:
Victor Lucas
Butter:
Ian Thompson
Mrs Zuleika:
Gudrun Ure

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening.
Presented by Nicholas Woolley and Roger Cook
5.56-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Nicholas Woolley
Presented By:
Roger Cook

A spontaneous discussion by i DICK TAVERNE , MP
LORD BYERS NEMONE LETHBRIDGE VISCOUNT WATKINSON
ChairmandavidJacobsi Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from the Annual Conference of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce, Harrogate, Yorkshire
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views for use in Any Answers! should be addressed to Any Answers?, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Taverne
Unknown:
Lord Byers Nemone Lethbridge
Unknown:
Viscount Watkinson
Producer:
Michael Bowen

The Most Distressful Country The Irish Question Reopened Whether we like it not- and there an quite a few people in Great Britain ar Northern Ireland who don'- the turmoil in Ulster has come close to reopening what used to be called ' The Irish Question.'
It isn'everybody who is prepared to discuss it. Tonight's programme includes contributions from some of those who are - in Dublin, in Belfast and in London.
Presented by Ian McIntyre Producer ROLAND CHALLIS

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian McIntyre
Presented By:
Roland Challis

Frances Stevenson joined the staff of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer before the First World War. Her diary, recently published in book form, has been hailed not only as a valuable contribution to history but as a moving Jove story.
Frances, Countess Lloyd George - in conversation with NICHOLAS WOOLLEY - recounts how she first met the man who invited her ito join him ' on his own terms ' and recalls memorable happenings from ithe diays when he was one of the major figures on the political scene,

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Stevenson
Unknown:
Countess Lloyd George
Unknown:
Nicholas Woolley

DAVID JASON , BILL WALLIS NIGEL REES and BILL MCGUFFIE at the piano look back at the week's news and illustrate the funny side. Script by PETER SPENCE Producers DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Saturday, 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Script By:
Peter Spence
Script By:
David Hatch
Script By:
Simon Brett

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