6.50-7.0 Regional news. weather and programme news
7.0 News
The world this morning: a special Bank Holiday edition introduced by Michael Aspel
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
Five stories written and read by Darrell Bates 1: Mr Fong
' Is that a lady of degree?' ' At what age do English ladies marry? ' ' That female, is she of good quality? '
Mr Fong was very interested in girls and sometimes he would ask me some rather unusual questions.
Producer JOHN CARDY
Zena Skinner , Kenny Everett Kenneth Robinson and who knows who
Producer RICHARD GILBERT
NEM p 29: Christ the Lord is risen! (BBC HB 100); Psalm 16: Mark 16, vv 1-8 (av); Jesus lives! (BBC HB 106)
tells her own story - a personal account of life in and out of show business and the songs she has made famous. With music, of course!
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK †
Charles Chilton, who has been a staff member of the BBC for almost 40 years, is well known to radio audiences all over the world for his musical and historical documentary programmes.
For the time of his life he has chosen the period of his childhood, the 20s and 30s, when he was growing up in London.
A Bank Holiday Roundabout at 33 rpm in which they personally introduce selected grooves from their BBC record Producer JOHN BROWELL
and voices and topics In and behind the headlines introduced by Robert Williams
Another chance to hear Hancock Joins the Police with Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques, and Kenneth Williams
Script by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON
David Davis
Black Light
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Beau Geste by P. C. WRKN adapted for radio in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by Douglas Leach 1: The Strange Events at Zinderneuj
A famous novel of romance and adventure which begins with the story of Major Henri de Beaujolais and what he discovers at a beleaguered French Foreign Legion outpost. Producer BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)
The news magazine: presented by Robert Williams and PM's reporting team
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
A Matter of Confidence
(For cast see Wed. 12.25 pm)
Chris Underwood presenting world news and views
An East Anglian childhood by SPIKE MAYS : abridged and read by MICHAEL KILGARRIFF 4: Last Days at School ‡
to me, says Richard Briers
In conversation with ROBIN RAY , he describes, with illustrations, what makes him laugh, and explores the paradox of comic desperation.
Producer PAMELA HOWE (from Bristol)
(Easter Holiday People: p 5)
The Royal Visit by HECTOR MACMILAN.
In August 1822 George IV arrived at Leith - the first Hanoverian monarch to visit Scotland. Two men wrote songs to celebrate the occasion One was a flattering piece by Sir Walter Scott. The other, to the same air, was of a rather different point of view.
Fiddle played by LINDSAY SCOTT Producer GORDON EMSLIE. (First broadcast on Radio 4 Scotland)
Douglas Stuart reporting
Britain has the longest unbroken tradition of graphic sa-tire in Europe. But how effective a weapon is the pen or the brush in the hand of the contemporary cartoonist? How does he see his own profession and the world around him?
DEREK COOPER talks to five well-known cartoonists. Tonight: W. J. Jones of the Daily Mail, creator of JON'S Sporting Types.
The Liberty Man by GILLIAN FREEMAN
Read by ELIZABETH MORGAN (6)
preceded by Weather
