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7.0 News
The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
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:
Robert Robinson
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

1: Cry Baby BracUley by SAMUEL SELVON
If Brackley and his wife lived somewhere else, things would be fine, and the expected baby a joy. But they don'live somewhere else, and Baby Brackley's quite a problem.
Producer GERRY JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Selvon
Producer:
Gerry Jones
Brackley:
Clifton Jones
B erta:
Jumoke Debayo
Winston:
Kenneth Gardnier
Ali ce:
Betty Baskcomb
Martha:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Hannah:
Lorna Rosslyn
Charles:
Martin Friend
Policeman:
Douglas Blackwell

Presenter Joan Yorke
Your Money - earning, saving and spending it: After the Budget. ALAN NELSON. a Certified Accountant and taxation expert, answers your queries. Other topical items too, and What's On Your Mind?

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Alan Nelson.

Cue for Treason by GEOFFREY TUEASE abridged for radio in five parts by i.inda polan
Read by Gordon Gardner
The story of young Peter Brownrigg 's adventurous journey from Cumberland to London and back again-set in Elizabethan England.
1: A Stonc's-Thmw to Danger Producer ANTHONY cornish (from Birmingham)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Tuease
Unknown:
I.Inda Polan
Read By:
Gordon Gardner
Unknown:
Peter Brownrigg

The news magazine: 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

from the television series based on the characters created by A. J. CRONIN with The Draper of Dumfries: written and adaped by DONALD BULL
Broadcast by arrangement with GRAHAM STEWART
Producer PETER TITHERADGE
(Rptd: Wednesday, 12 25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Cronin
Unknown:
Donald Bull
Arrangement With:
Graham Stewart
Producer:
Peter Titheradge
Dr Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Dr Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Robert Finlay:
Wilfred Pickles
Mrs Hamilton:
Kathleen Helme
Mrs McDowell:
Margot Boyd
Mr Murchison:
Simon Lack

to vie, says Irene Handl
In conversation with robin RAY , she describes, witli" illustrations, what makes her laugh-on stage, off stage, in the bus and on the air.
Producer PAMELA HOWE (from Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Irene Handl
Unknown:
Robin Ray
Producer:
Pamela Howe

by Alan Plater, based on stories by Sid Chaplin with songs by Alex Glasgow
[Starring] Colin Douglas
and John Woodvine, Bryan Pringle

'The miner... he walks about like a god. If he feels like working, he works. Nobody can hold the big whip over him. It doesn't exist.'

(from Leeds)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Plater
Based on stories by:
Sid Chaplin
Songs:
Alex Glasgow
Drummer:
Jerry Rochfort
Musical Director:
Bill Southgate
Musicians:
Members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Producer:
Tony Cliff
Will Jobling:
Alan Hockey
Thomas Milburn:
Colin Douglas
Expert:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Vicar:
Alex Glasgow
Mary Ann Milburn:
Brenda Peters
Geordie:
Bryan Pringle
Jackie:
John Woodvine
John Milburn:
Malcolm Terris
Frank Milburn:
Ralph Watson
Ruth:
Valerie Georgeson
Pitwoman:
Jean Becke

The Liberty Man by GILLIAN FREEMAN abridged by BARBARA HENDERSON Read by Elizabeth Morgan
He was a sailor in bell-bottoms, she a graduate teacher. He was handsome, she had class. It was to be a passionate affair. But had it any future? Producer JOHN CARDY
(First of 12 instalments)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gillian Freeman
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Read By:
Elizabeth Morgan
Producer:
John Cardy

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