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7.0 News
The world this morning: introduced.by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
7.40 Todays Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
8.0 News and more of Today iincluding. in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra: and Today in the South and West. introduced by DEREK JONES )
VHF East Anglia: see column
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

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

Cherrie Bramwell Johnny Morris and John Westbrook as extraordinary a mixture as you will find anywhere, bring you the even more extraordinary personages who discovered those most extraordinary animals - the Dinosaurs.
You'll never believe a word, but the story is perfectly true! Producer LAURIE JOHN
(Radio Times People: page 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Cherrie Bramwell
Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Producer:
Laurie John

Nancy Wise presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you
Today: Your Home and Family Hazards in Home Cooking: food poisoning from inadequately cooked frozen foods is on the increase - particularly from frozen poultry. bryon QUIGLEY discusses the question with the Consumers Association and the Food Hygiene Laboratory.
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF .South West: see column 5

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Katharine Whitehorn try to talk for just a minute on this and that
(Repeated: Thurs, 6.15 pm)

12.55 Weather, information and news for your area

Contributors

Chairman:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Kenneth Williams
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Peter Jones
Panellist:
Katharine Whitehorn
Devised by:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
David Hatch

by CHARLES DICKENS adapted and produced in seven episodes by CHARLES LEFEAUX 4: Kate and Smike in Danger

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Charles Lefeaux
Narrator:
Martin Friend
Mrs Nickleby:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Mr Pluck:
Douglas Blackwell
Mr Pyke:
Leslie Heritage
Lord Verisopht:
Nigel Anthony
Sir Mulberry Hawk:
Michael Kilgarriff
Kate Nickleby:
Jane Knowles
Mrs Julia Wititterly:
Katherine Parr
Mr Henry Wititterly:
Gerald Cross
Ralph Nickleby:
Edward Kelsey
Newman NoggS:
Ronald Herdman
Nicholas Nickleby:
David Timson
Mr Mantalini:
Brian Hewlett
Mr Wackford Squeers:
John Gabriel
Smike:
David Valla
Charles Cheeryble:
Lewis Stringer
Ned Cheeryble:
Patrick Tull
Tim Linkinwater:
Willham Eedle
John Browdie:
Patrick Tull
Tilda Browdie:
Kate Binchy
Fanny Squeers:
Denise Bryer

visits Chaddesley Corbett. near Kidderminster. Members of the Worcestershire Federation of Women's Institutes put their questions to:
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS
ALAN GEMMELL. .. Question-master FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
Producer KENNETH FORD ‡

Contributors

Unknown:
Chaddesley Corbett.
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell.

by Ray Cooney and John Chapman
starring Moira Lister as Felicity Willow
Terence Alexander as Paul Willow and Doris Hare as Nanny

(Moira Lister and Terence Alexander are in "Move Over Mrs Markham" at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Cooney
Writer:
John Chapman
Producer:
David Match
Felicity Willow:
Moira Lister
Paul Willow:
Terence Alexander
Nanny:
Doris Hare
Mrs Cadwallader:
Judith Furse
Mary Flynn:
Denise Coffey
The Vicar:
Richard Goolden
Mr Smith:
Harold Bennett

[number removed]
Ring Robin Day to put your question on your Christmas Dinner-how to-buy and prepare it, what to drink with it and how to cope with the after-math - in person to
Prue Leith, of Leith's Restaurant and Cookery Editor of the Daily Mail
Derek Cooper. author of The Bad Food Guide and The Beverage Report
Harold Wilshaw , Cookery Editor of The Guardian
To promote a maximum flow of questions [number removed](16 lines) will take them from 6.0 pm onward, as well as while the programme is on the air. Producer WALTER WALLICH
(Shortened version Wed. 9.35 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper.
Unknown:
Harold Wilshaw
Producer:
Walter Wallich

...of poverty and unemployment, of marches and protests The despairing years of the 30s recalled by David Jessel.
Memories and opinions from LORD BOOTHBY, FENNER BROCKWAY, LORD RITCHIE-CALDER, RICHARD CROSSMAN, MP, PROFESSOR ALAN DAY, VIC FEATHER, WALTER GREENWOOD, DOUGLAS HOUGHTON, MP, SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, LORD SHINWELL, ALDERMAN PADDY SCULLION, PROFESSOR A.J.P. TAYLOR and GWYN THOMAS with the voices of NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, MACDONALD and RAMSAY MACDONALD
Producer HELEN FRY

Contributors

Recalled By:
David Jessel
Unknown:
Fenner Brockway
Unknown:
Richard Crossman.
Unknown:
Professor Alan Day
Unknown:
Sir Oswald Mosley
Unknown:
Professor A. J. P. Taylor
Unknown:
Cwyn Thomas
Unknown:
Neville Chamberlain
Unknown:
Davip Lloyd
Unknown:
George MacDonald
Unknown:
Ramsay MacDonald
Producer:
Helen Fry

Only Connect - on culture and communication by Richard Hoggart A series of six talks 5: Private Faces in Public Places
In his first four lectures Professor Hoggart concentrated upon communication between individuals in this country and abroad.
Tonight he looks at the mass media (particularly television) and examines their relationship and responsibilities to the culture which they serve,
9.59 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hoggart

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