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7.0 News
The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Douglas Cameron
Deputy 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 ) 8-40 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Douglas Cameron
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

10.39 Voix de France
18: Une personnalité française - JACQUES FAIZANT , interviewed by R. A. ESCOFFEY
(Sixth Form French)
10.50 A Corner for Music by ALBERT CHATTERLEY
8: Noah and the Flood (i)
11.0 Quest. A letter from Paul by GEOFFREY CURTIS
11.20 Listening and Writing A Breath of Fresh Air by F. c. BALL: part 1
11.40 Prospect. Ourselves: the sociologist and human groups Compiled by KEITH YEOMANS

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacques Faizant
Interviewed By:
R. A. Escoffey
Music By:
Albert Chatterley
Unknown:
Geoffrey Curtis
Unknown:
Keith Yeomans

The questions and ideas you send are discussed today by Renée
Houston Nemone Lethbridge Bettine Le Beau
Hilda Angus-Whiting
In the chair Anona Winn Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Producer CHRISTOPHER SERLE
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area

Contributors

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

2.0 Let's Join In. The Voyagers by VERA FERRA-MIKURA
2.20 Christian Focus fATK^si^LETorliscusseswork
JACK SINGLETON discusses work with young people
2.35 Interlude
2.40 Guitar School: written and introduced by MICHAEL JESSETT (28)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Jessett

Selected for Friday
No Quarter by BARRY BERMANGE
Two men, unknown to one another, ask for rooms in a hotel. A single room only is vacant. They share it ... with others.
Music composed by JOHN BUCKLAND
Producer JOHN GIBSON
1 A chance to hear again some of the best one-hour plays broadcast in recent years.

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Bermange
Composed By:
John Buckland
Producer:
John Gibson
The Proprietor:
Peter Pratt
The First Man:
Felix Felton
The Second Man:
Denys Hawthorne
The Third Man:
Carleton Hobbs

The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team including
STEVE RACE'S Radio Times Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title.
Chairman FRANKLIN ENGELMANN 5: Midlands (i)
MRS JOY MCQUADE (Herefordshire): housewife
DENIS FISHLEIGH (Warwickshire) credit card manager
RICHARD JOBY (Norfolk): teacher
AUBREY LAWRENCE (Worcester-shire): trainee librarian
Including ' Beat the Brains ' Devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Denis Fishleigh
Unknown:
Aubrey Lawrence
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson

(Repeated: Monday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written by:
Bruno Milna
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Mrs Travers-Macy:
Beatrice Kane
Lilian:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Christine:
Lesley Saweard
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora Salt:
Julia Mark
Zebedee Tring:
Graham Rigby
Gordon Armstrong:
Gordon Gardner
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart

NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV.
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research by JEAN STROUD
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON -
(Repeated: Saturday, 4.30 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Jean Stroud
Producer:
Phyllis Robinson

A spontaneous discussion by Malcolm Muggeridge
The Countess of Longford Cranley Onslow , mp
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views for use in Any Answerst should be sent to Any
Answers?, BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR (Radio Times People: page 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Unknown:
Longford Cranley Onslow
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

Rethink with Rothschild
Presented by Ian McIntyre
The recent Green Paper on Government Research and Development challenges many long-held assumptions about Government support for science. It has engendered controversy among scientists and seems 4ikely to be hotly debated at Westminster.
What should the role of Government be? Who should have the spending of the large sums of public money involved? What are the merits of Lord Rothschild's customer-contractor proposal?
Producer MICHAEL R. BRIGHT

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian McIntyre
Producer:
Michael R. Bright

The Story of Gwendolen Harleth from Daniel Deronda by GEORGE ELIOT : abridged and read by GABRIEL WOOLF. Producer VIRGINIA BROWNE-WILKINSON
(A six-part adaptation of ' Daniel Deronda '. begins on BBC2 next Sunday evening)

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Deronda
Unknown:
George Eliot
Read By:
Gabriel Woolf.
Producer:
Virginia Browne-Wilkinson
Unknown:
Daniel Deronda

In which travellers on the Southern Region pass their time like Chaucer's pilgrims by telling stories.
The Tale of the Eternal Student Written by RAY CONNOLLY and told by Simon Ward to JOHN SAMSON and MICHAEL KILGARRIFF Producer SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Saturday, 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Ray Connolly
Told By:
Simon Ward
Unknown:
John Samson
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Producer:
Simon Brett

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