Programme Index

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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.* 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 below
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

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

10.30 La France Aujourd'hui 5: Toujours de service Written by ARIEL DAIGRE
Producer RAYMOND ESCOFFEY
10.45 Horizons de France 5: La famille francaise (i)
Written by GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE (Fifth-year French)
11.0 Time and Tune
The Magic Music Shop - 5
Script by DOUGLAS COOMBES
11.2* Man. 5: Dinosaurs by MARGERY MORRIS
Narrator BARRY FOSTER
11.40 Geography
Newport: a Severnside seaport by GRAHAM HUMPHREYS

Contributors

Written By:
Ariel Daigre
Producer:
Raymond Escoffey
Written By:
Geoffrey Braithwaite
Script By:
Douglas Coombes
Narrator:
Margery Morris
Unknown:
Graham Humphreys

John Edmunds presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature:
Your Health and Welfare
Just a Check-up: NIGEL REES inspects the teeth of the Dental Health Service,
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 2

Contributors

Unknown:
John Edmunds
Unknown:
Nigel Rees

2.30 Unos minutos nada mas 5: La nueva criada
Written by HARRY LAWSON
(For secondary school pupils in their third year of Spanish)
2.40 Learning about Life 5: The In Crowd
Arranged and introduced by JOHN STOCKBRIDGE

Contributors

Written By:
Harry Lawson
Introduced By:
John Stockbridge

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening.
Presented by Nicholas Woolley and Steve Race
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Nicholas Woolley
Presented By:
Steve Race

(Repeated: Friday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Brian Hayles
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Travers-Macy:
Angela Piper
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Lilian Bellamy:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Robin Freeman:
Peter Kenvyn
Joby Woodford:
George Woolley
Vicar:
Arnold Peters

A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion heard In last Friday's Any Questionst Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday, 4.0 pm)
If you wish to add your views to any of the subjects discussed in this week's Any Questions! (Friday, 8.30 pm), send them as soon as possible to BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Roy Hayward

A series of six programmes illustrating the composer's approach to his art as revealed through one of his major works. Introduced by Andrew Faulds 3: Our Symphony
Being an account of Tchaikovsky's friendship with Nadezhda von Meek, with special reference to his Fourth Symphony which was dedicated to her. with Written and produced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON with the assistance of Galina von Meek , great-niece of the composer and grand-daughter of his patron (from Manchester)
(Radio Times People: page 4)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Andrew Faulds
Produced By:
Stanley Williamson
Unknown:
Galina von Meek
Tchaikovsky:
John Daglish
Nadezhda von Meek:
Edythe French

A weekly review of the arts
Introduced by Julian Mitchell This edition includes:
The new Birmingham Repertory Theatre: an interview with the company's artistic director Peter Dews.
Getting On: Alan Bennett and Patrick Garland discuss Bennett's new play starring Kenneth More at the Queen's Theatre, London.

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Mitchell
Interviewee:
Peter Dews
Speaker:
Alan Bennett
Speaker:
Patrick Garland
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Producer:
Philip French

Meet the people whose research, discoveries and inventions are chancing our way of life and our understanding of the world around us.
Presenter PAUL VAUGHAN Producer LAURIE JOHN
9.59 Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Laurie John

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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