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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
Deputv editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
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
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

10.30 Halb gewonnen!
(An O-level course in German) 15: Munster und Miinsterland Written by WOLFGANG SCHEMANN (Radiovisioni
11.0 Singing Together
Script and production by DOUGLAS COOMBES I 15)
11.20 Springboard. The Library
11.40 Drama Workshop
3: Exploration (iii). Quest for Achievement: written by CHARLES SAVAGE and ALAN PENN Presented by PETER PACEY

Contributors

Written By:
Wolfgang Schemann
Production By:
Douglas Coombes
Written By:
Charles Savage
Unknown:
Alan Penn
Presented By:
Peter Pacey

Joan Yorke presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you.
Your Money - earning, saving and spending it
'Are Unit Trusts dying?' (headline in The Economist). Well, are they? NIGEL MURPHY looks at the future of the Unit Trust industry and gets practical advice for the small investor from DAVID GORDON , City Editor of The Economist, and JIM NICHOLS , Managing Director of Slater Walker Trust Management.
Other topical items too, and What's On. Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Nigel Murphy
Unknown:
David Gordon
Unknown:
Jim Nichols

2.0 Exploration Earth
5: The Mauritius Cyclone 1960 by GARRY LYLE
2.20 The Music Box by GORDON REYNOLDS With MARl GRIFFITH
2.30 Speak. So to Speak: starters for improvised drama
2.40 Movement, Mime and Music 2 .by BRIAN SANDERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Garry Lyle
Music By:
Brian Sanders

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by Robert Williams and PM's reporting team Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

To Janet a Son: written and adapted by DICK SHARPLES
GRAHAM STEWART
Producer PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Adapted By:
Dick Sharples
Unknown:
Graham Stewart
Producer:
Peter Titheradge
Dr Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Dr Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Actor:
Andrew Ramsay
Actor:
Dougal Ramsay
Maggie Ramsay:
Margot Boyd
Hamish Ramsay:
Sean Barrett
Fiona Ramsay:
Olwen Griffiths
Alan Ramsay:
Leo Maguire
Sgt Gilbey:
Duncan McIntyre
Effie Logan:
Elizabeth Proud
Baby:
Olwen Griffiths
Broadcast:
By Arrangementwith

The stars of Born Free and many other films, husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers talk to DEREK JONES about their passion for wildlife and its conservation, aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archives. Producer JOHN BURTON (from Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Virginia McKenna
Unknown:
Bill Travers
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Burton

The Egotist by CARLO BERTOLAZZI : translated and adapted by MARGARET ETALL with Tony Britton
Producer ARCHIE CAMPBELL
The action takes place in Milan and at the Marteno villa at Collato between 1864 and 1901. (Tony Britton is in ' Move Over Mrs Markham ' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London: Phillip Manikum is a fnember of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlo Bertolazzi
Adapted By:
Margaret Etall
Unknown:
Tony Britton
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Unknown:
Tony Britton
Unknown:
Mrs Markham
Unknown:
Phillip Manikum
Franco Marteno, a wealthybachelor:
Tony Britton
Renato, his younger brother:
Brian Hewlett
Dr Carlo Marti:
Leslie Heritage
Clelia his fiancée:
Yvette Rees
Giovanni Viani:
Gerald Cross
Bice, his daughter:
Jill Raymond
Elena Marteno:
Elizabeth Proud
Signor d'Arceno:
Charles Simon
Alberto, his son:
David Gooderson
De Cantini:
Phillip Manikum
Martina (12):
Cordelia Mansell
Anna, maidservant:
Cordelia Mansell
Don Angelo, priest:
Gerald Cross
Servants in the:
Marteno Houses:
Giuseppe:
Charles Simon
Maria:
Margot Boyd
Berondi:
Brian Hewlett
Pietro:
Phillip Manikum

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