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The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
7.48 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

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Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Robert Robinson

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:
Derek Jones

by Richard Compton-Hall
Read by Martin Muneaster

Listeners may remember a certain Leading Stoker whose adventures were first broadcast last year. Since the Great British Public has not come forward with a white flag, five further salvoes from the Navy's most dreaded weapon will now be launched. In short, Bootle is back. You have been warned.

Contributors

Author:
Richard Compton-Hall
Reader:
Martin Muneaster
Producer:
John Cardy

10.30 Halb gewonnen !
O-level course in German - 11 Written and produced by STEPHEN KANOCZ
11.0 Singing Together: presented by CLIFF MORGAN (11)
11.20 Springboard: House and Home, by EDWARD BLISHEN
11.40 Drama Workshop
1: Exploration (i) Quest for Knowledge: written by CHARLES SAVAGE and ALAN PENN
Presented by PETER PACEY

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Unknown:
Halb Gewonnen
Produced By:
Stephen Kanocz
Unknown:
Cliff Morgan
Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Written By:
Charles Savage
Written By:
Alan Penn
Presented By:
Peter Pacey

Presenter Jeanlne McMullen
Your Money - earning, saving and spending it
Are diamonds really a girl's s best friend? FRANCES BERTHELSEN discovers the sad truth.
Lower Mortgage Interest Rates: how do they work out for different kinds of borrowers? NORMAN GRIGGS , Secretary-General of the Building Societies Association, explains. Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 1

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Presenter:
Jeanlne McMullen
Unknown:
Frances Berthelsen
Unknown:
Norman Griggs

2.0 Exploration Earth
1: Rain in Britain - Dee Valley by PADDY FEENY 1
2.20 The Music Box by GORDON REYNOLDS With MARI GRIFFITH
Producer ALBERT CHATTERLEY
2.30 Speak: Being Human
' Wilderness ' by Carl Sandburg and an extract from ' On Aggression ' by Konrad Lorenz
2.40 Movement, Mime and Music 2 for the 9-to-ll-year-olds by BRIAN SANDERS

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Unknown:
Dee Valley
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Unknown:
Mari Griffith
Producer:
Albert Chatterley
Unknown:
Carl Sandburg
Unknown:
Konrad Lorenz
Unknown:
Brian Sanders

The Wind in the Willows by KENNETH GRAHAME abridged in ten episodes and told by DAVID DAVIS 6: Mr Toad
We have not heard much about Toad lately, but we shall! Meanwhile the Mole has returned to his old home underground, but he pays frequent visits to his friend the Rat in his house on the River Bank. Producer GRAHAM GAULD

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Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Told By:
David Davis
Told By:
Mr Toad
Producer:
Graham Gauld

Including the latest news, the evening press, the City, the people and talking points of the day. Presented by Robert Williams and PM's reporting team
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

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Presented By:
Robert Williams

from the television series based on the characters created by A...1. CRONIN with This week:
Call in Cameron
Written and adapted by HARRY GREEN
Broadcast by arrangement with GRAHAM STEWART
Producer PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Adapted By:
Harry Green
Arrangement With:
Graham Stewart
Producer:
Peter Titheradge
Dr Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Dr Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Dr Snoddie:
Eric Woodburn
Sgt Gilbey:
Duncan McIntyre
Jane Bruce:
Sheila Grant
Tarn Brown:
Tom Watson
Sam Wilson:
Duncan McIntyre
William Bruce:
Sean Barrett
Beth Bruce MARY:
Drew Robinson
Mr Kincaid:
John Dunbar
Procurator-Fiscal:
Sean Barrett
Edinburgh Advocate:
David Valla

Peter Cushing takes a break from making horror films to discuss With DEREK JONES his enthusiasm for the British countryside and its wildlife, aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archives. Producer JOHN BURTON (from Bristol)
(Radio Times People: page 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cushing
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Burton

Pegay Asheroft Festival The play by HENRIK IBSEN adapted for radio by MAX FABER from his English version with Peggy Ashcroft
Micheal Mac Liamm6ir David Markham
Producer DONALD MCWHINNIE (First broadcast in 1957)

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Unknown:
Pegay Asheroft
Play By:
Henrik Ibsen
Unknown:
Max Faber
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Micheal Mac
Unknown:
David Markham
Producer:
Donald McWhinnie
George Tesman:
David Markham
Hedda, his wife:
Peggy Ashcroft
Miss Julia Tesman, his aunt:
Gladys Boot
Judge Brack:
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Mrs Elvsted:
Rachel Kempson
Eilert Lovborg:
Michael Warre
Bertha:
Dorothy Dewhurst

Coming to the End of America In the first of five talks about a recent journey across America, Wilfred Dc 'Ath arrives on the West Coast. In San Francisco he experiences the shrinking sadness of reaching the end of America.
Producer RICHARD GILBERT

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Unknown:
Wilfred Dc
Producer:
Richard Gilbert

The Walking Stick by WINSTON GRAHAM abridged by PAUL HUMPHREYS Read by Ysanne Churchman
Deborah Dainton is 26 and has been crippled since her childhood. Very gently, she falls in love. At first all is beautiful but slowly her love leads her into playing a part in a very dangerous game.
Producer JAMES GALLAGHER (from Birmingham)
(First of 15 instalments)

Contributors

Unknown:
Winston Graham
Abridged By:
Paul Humphreys
Read By:
Ysanne Churchman
Read By:
Deborah Dainton
Producer:
James Gallagher

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