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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 Robert Robinson
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 column 5
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

9.30 History in Evidence
Anglo-Saxon Britain - 4: An Anglo-Saxon Lawsuat
Written by HUGH WOODHOUSE †
9.45 Listening and Reading
' Shadrach byMEiNDER TDEJONG Part 1: Waiting for the Rabbit Read by ELIZABETH ORNBO

Contributors

Written By:
Hugh Woodhouse
Unknown:
Meinder Tdejong
Read By:
Elizabeth Ornbo

10.30 Music Workshop 2
Written by WILLIAM MURPHY
11.0 Inquiry
Unit II: The Family Today
9: Old Way of Life in Africa Written by JIM CRACE (15-16 age group)
11.20 Discovery
Bridges - 2: The Tay Bridge by ALEX ALLAN and ARTHUR VIALLS
11.40 Guitar School Introduced by MICHAEL JESSETT (17)

Contributors

Written By:
William Murphy
Written By:
Jim Crace
Unknown:
Alex Allan
Guitar:
Arthur Vialls
Introduced By:
Michael Jessett

Derek Cooper presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you.
Today: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Furnished Tenancies: ignorance of the law can lead to misunderstandingbetweenlandlord and tenant. A tenant describes her unhappy experiences and a barrister explains how they might have been avoided. †and a Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
(Write to You and Yours, BBO,
Broadcasting House, London
WIA IAA: or phone [number removed], and record your letter)see column 5
VHF south West: see

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper

starring ' The Things'
Michael Robbins as Dad Pat Coombs as Mum Liz Gebhardt as Beryl Frank Abbott as Len with Ronald Fletcher as Himself
12: Trade'n'Industryan'that Written by TONY BILBOW and m.ke fentiman Producer MARTIN FISHER
12.55Weather, information and news for your area

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Robbins
Unknown:
Dad Pat Coombs
Unknown:
Mum Liz Gebhardt
Unknown:
Beryl Frank Abbott
Unknown:
Ronald Fletcher
Written By:
Tony Bilbow
Producer:
Martin Fisher

2.0 Movement, Mime and Music 1 for the 7-to-9-year-oIds by JAMES DOODING
2.20 Books, Plays, Poems Don Quixote by CERVANTES
A new adaptation for radao in six parts by VERNON SCANNELL -6 Music specially composed by MICHAEL GARRICK , played by the MICHAEL GARRICK trio: Michael Garrick (piano, harpsichord, organ); Dave Green (bass); Trevor Tomkins (drums)
DAVID MARCH as Don Quixote JOBS HOLLIS as Sancho Panza Narrated by VERNON SCANNELL Producer ELIZABETH ORNBO †
2.45 Nature: Water Birds by CLIO MATHESON

Contributors

Unknown:
James Dooding
Unknown:
Don Quixote
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell
Composed By:
Michael Garrick
Unknown:
Michael Garrick
Piano:
Michael Garrick
Bass:
Dave Green
Bass:
Trevor Tomkins
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Jobs Hollis
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell
Producer:
Elizabeth Ornbo
Unknown:
Clio Matheson

Aren'People Kind? by MARIAN CAMPBELL
'You know I wouldn'interfere, but to stand by and do northing when she's turned to us ...it doesn'seem natural.' an<l DAVID GOODERSON
Producer MARGARET ETALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Marian Campbell
Unknown:
David Gooderson
Producer:
Margaret Etall
Wyn:
Lala Lloyd
Alec:
Geoffrey Beevers
Ted:
Richard Scott
Lafctie:
Kate Binchy
Angela:
Eve Karpf

Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words.
1: Green Land, Red Bricks
The ancient Britons build the first round houses, but the Romans drive the first straight roads - until the breaking of the Wall ...
Composed and produced by MICHAEL MASON under the direction of Barry Cunliffe , Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton, who also speaks the commentary.
Speakers for the People BEN DAVIES. COLIN BUCHANAN , CHRISTOS ALEXIOUS, MICHOS KOSTOPOU-LOS, STELIOS PLATONOS , RITSA PA-PATHEOPHI1.OU, BERTHA BUTLER. ANDREAS PARPAXIAS , JANE JOSHUA , CHRIS ZISSIMOS , IDRIS OWEN , CHRISTOS DOULIDE. THOMAS EVANS. GEORGE HAJEFANIS. GLENNYS TOMBS Producer for the voices of the People CHARLES PARKER
Literary advisers MICHAEL ALEX ANDER. Lecturer in English, University of Stirling: RAYMOND Williams , Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and University Reader in Drama
Central consultants ASA BRIGGS, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex; GWYN Williams. Professor of History, University of York
Special music, sound composition and orchestration by DAVID CAIN , assisted by NORMAN MCLEOD THE EARLY MUSIC CONSORT directed by DAVID MUNROW
Folk music adviser MADEAU STEWART
Readers ANTHONY HALL
TREVOR MARTIN. NIGEL LAMBERT Additional commentary by JACQUETTA HAWKES. ANNE ROSS and MICHAEL DRAKE
Producer's assistant LIBBY MAUDE The series created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by MICHAEL MASON
(A 2.000-year story of everyday British folk: pages 17-19)

Contributors

Produced By:
Michael Mason
Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe
Unknown:
Colin Buchanan
Unknown:
Stelios Platonos
Unknown:
Bertha Butler.
Unknown:
Andreas Parpaxias
Unknown:
Jane Joshua
Unknown:
Chris Zissimos
Unknown:
Idris Owen
Unknown:
Christos Doulide.
Unknown:
Thomas Evans.
Unknown:
George Hajefanis.
Unknown:
Charles Parker
Unknown:
Michael Alex
Unknown:
Raymond Williams
Unknown:
David Cain
Assisted By:
Norman McLeod
Readers:
Anthony Hall
Readers:
Trevor Martin.
Commentary By:
Jacquetta Hawkes.
Commentary By:
Anne Ross
Commentary By:
Michael Drake
Unknown:
Libby Maude
Unknown:
Michael Mason

The questions and ideas you send are discussed today by Renée Houston
Nemone Lethbridge
Bettine Le Beau , Alice Hemming In the chair Anona Winn Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Producer CHRISTOPHER SERLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Renée Houston
Unknown:
Nemone Lethbridge
Unknown:
Bettine Le Beau
Unknown:
Alice Hemming
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Christopher Serle

Contributors

Written By:
Brian Hayles
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Lilian:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Jack:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Gregory Salt:
Gerald Turner
Bobby Waters:
Alaric Cotter
Ken Pound:
Michael Collins

The Traitor by ADRIENNE MANS translated by ARNOLD HINCHLIFFE with Geoffrey Beevers
In May 1940 German troops occupied Holland and a guerilla army - the Dutch Resistance - came into being. To young men like Jan Veenstra the choice seemed clear - the Germans were evil and must be destroyed. But he soon learned that the enemy was not so easily defined ...
Producer KAY PATRICK

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrienne Mans
Translated By:
Arnold Hinchliffe
Unknown:
Geoffrey Beevers
Unknown:
Jan Veenstra
Producer:
Kay Patrick
Jan:
Geoffrey Beevers
Jan a child:
Olwen Griffiths
Jan's mother:
Jane Knowles
SHEILA GRANT:
Alexaa Child
Spokesman of German High Command:
Leslie Heritage
Ribbentrop:
Gerald Cross
Announcer:
David Gooderson
British soldier:
Leslie Heritage
British officer:
William Fox
Levi:
Martin Friend
German sentry:
Antony Higginson
Kees:
David Valla
Alexa:
Eva Haddon
Cleaner:
Olwen Griffiths
Matron:
Sheila Grant
Partisan:
Antony Higginson
German soldier:
David Gooderson

with Philip Oakes
RICHARD MAYNE on Flaubert the Master, the second volume of Enid Starkie 's biography
JULIAN MITCHELL takes a look at some of the novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize the day before the winner is announced
MARGARET LANE talks about a new book on Mary Wollstone craft, an important figure in the Romantic movement and an early champion of women's rights. and other new books
Producers MICHAEL HEFFERNAN and MIRIAM RAPP

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Oakes
Unknown:
Richard Mayne
Unknown:
Enid Starkie
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Talks:
Margaret Lane
Unknown:
Mary Wollstone
Producers:
Michael Heffernan
Producers:
Miriam Rapp

from Chaucer to Yeats
An anthology in 26 programmes 9: George Herbert (1593-1633)
Introduced by ANTHONY THWAITE Reader GARY WATSON
Producer GEORGE MACBETH
(Nexrt week: Vaughan, Crashaw and Traherne)
9.59 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
George Herbert
Introduced By:
Anthony Thwaite
Reader:
Gary Watson
Producer:
George MacBeth

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