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7.0 News
The world this morning introduced by Robert Robinson and John Timpson
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:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Derek Jones

The Sea Leaper
Burn in a British river, its youth spent in deep ocean, the Atlantic Salmon migrates thousands of miles and yet will eventually return to the stream of its birth. Just one mystery in the life of this remarkable fish.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer SUE COATES
(from Bristol: shortened version of Sunday's broadcast)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Sue Coates

9.30 History in Evidence Stuart Britain 2:
The Siege of Farnham Castle Written by HUGHWOODHOUSE Producer DAVID LYTTLE
9.45 Listening and Reading 3
Melon City: a dervish story adapted by DAVID WADE
9.55 Nous y sommes!
2: Ajoutez un peu de sel Written by ARIEI. DAIGHE
(Fourth-year French: 11-12)
10.5 Poetry Corner
If all the world was paper

Contributors

Producer:
David Lyttle
Adapted By:
David Wade

10.30 Music Workshop 2
Preparation for a performance of Uagoromo. a Noh play by Seami adapted by ANTHONY THWAITE with music by GERARD VICTORY
11.0 Inquiry. Unit 5: The Worker. 2: Strike by JOHN WILES Producer JOHN PARRY (15-16 age group)
11.20 Discovery. Prime Movers 2: Watt and the steam engine by ARTHUR VIALLS
Presented by Richard BEBB
11.40 Foreign Correspondent
Each week, an examination in depth of a major current international issue
Presented by GRAHAM TAYAR

Contributors

Adapted By:
Anthony Thwaite
Music By:
Gerard Victory
Unknown:
John Wiles
Producer:
John Parry
Presented By:
Richard Bebb
Presented By:
Graham Tayar

Presenter Joan Yorke Your Rights and Responsibilities
Helping the police with their enquiries: MICHAEL ZANDER explains the powers of the police and the rights of the citizen.
Other topical items too. and a selection from vour letters in What's On Your Mind?

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Michael Zander

2.0 Movement, Mime and Music 1 for the 7-to-9-year-olds by JAMES DODDING
2.20 Books, Plays, Poems
Heroes: a programme of poems Script by STUART EVANS
2.45 Nature. Mushrooms and Toadstools by CHRISTINE DUDLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
James Dodding
Script By:
Stuart Evans
Unknown:
Christine Dudley

Poor Tom, Poor Martha by BILL KIRTON with David Buck and Jane Wenbam
A burial at sea can be an ordeal, especially for the wife of the deceased.
Producer MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Poor Martha
Unknown:
Bill Kirton
Unknown:
David Buck
Unknown:
Jane Wenbam
Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Bill:
David Buck
Martha:
Jane Wenham
Tom:
Cyril Shaps
George:
Manning Wilson

Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain based upon their own words.
23: Hunger March: the 1920s and 1930s
Speakers for the People: JACQUELINE PRENTICE, SHARON CONLON, CHRISTINE TILTENSCR, GEOFFREY WILKINSON, HAROLD BROWN, SARAH BULLEN, IAN KIRK, KENNETH HIND, REG MOSS, LESLIE ASHTON, TED VIGGARS, JOHN BARRETT, GEORGE SUNDERLAND, JIM O'CONNOR, REV GEOFFREY WEBB, ST JOHN CROUCH, COLIN SELF, JAMES GRAY, GODFREY CORNWALL, CLIVE POUGDALE. BRIAN O'CONNOR, JEAN MIKHAIL, NORMAN POWELL, MR MCCORMELLA, JEAN EASTWOOD, MICHAEL HOLT, ROGER MOON, C.W. BARTLE, WILLIAM MOORE, W. HOLLINS, DR DAFYDD HUGHES, CALUM GRAHAM, NATHAN JACOBS, MR WINTERBURN, ALBERT HOWE.
Producer for the voices of the People: CHARLES PARKER, assisted by JOHN MERSON and JON CROOK
Special music by DAVID CAIN
Programme realisation by DICK MILLS, LLOYD SILVERTHORNE
EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON directed by DAVID MUNROW
Readers: NIGEL ANTHONY , SEAN BARRETT
Additional commentary by MICHAEL DRAKE

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacqueline Prrntice
Unknown:
Sharon Conlon
Unknown:
Christine Tiltenscr
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Unknown:
Brown. Sarah Bullen.
Unknown:
Ian Kirk
Unknown:
Kenneth Hind
Unknown:
Reg Moss.
Unknown:
Leslie Ashton
Unknown:
Ted Viggars
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
George Sunderland
Unknown:
Jim O'Connor
Unknown:
Geoffrey Webb
Unknown:
St John Crouch
Unknown:
Colin Self
Unknown:
James Gray
Unknown:
Godfrey Cornwall
Unknown:
Clive Pougdale.
Unknown:
Brian O'Connor
Unknown:
Jean Mikhail
Unknown:
Norman Powell
Unknown:
Mr McCormella
Unknown:
Jean Eastwoop.
Unknown:
Michael . Holt
Unknown:
Roger Moon
Unknown:
C. W. Bartle
Unknown:
William Moore
Unknown:
W. Hollins
Unknown:
Dr Dafydd Hughes
Unknown:
Calum Graham
Unknown:
Nathan Jacobs
Unknown:
Mr Winteriwrn.
Unknown:
Albert Howe.
Unknown:
Charles Parker
Assisted By:
John Merson
Music By:
David Cain
Unknown:
Dick Mills
Unknown:
Lloyd Silverthorne
Directed By:
David Munrow
Readers:
Nigel Anthony
Commentary By:
Michael Drake

Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Norman Hackforth. Peter Glaze with a mystery guest
David Franklin in the chair Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Repeated: Friday, 12.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Norman Hackforth.
Unknown:
Peter Glaze
Unknown:
David Franklin
Producer:
John Cassels

Tarnished Brass by PHILIP BARKER
Doomsdale is proud of its brass band. and the brass band is proud of its so!o cornet. But the solo cornet is also the village police constable, and sometimes duty conflicts with music.
Producer BRlDGET MARROW
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Barker
Producer:
Brldget Marrow
Dooey:
David Valla
Albert:
Ronald Herdman
Owen:
Nigel Anthony
Stan:
Leonard Fenton
Les Roberts:
Geoffrey Beevers
Betty Roberts:
Jane Knowles
Police Inspector:
Edward Kelsey
Wally:
John Rowe
Lenny:
Stephen Thorne
Alfred:
Nigel Anthony
Clancev:
Ronald Herdman
Chief Constable:
Alan Dudley

with Richard Mayne
A thousand a time in a ship the size of the Cutty Sark. What happened to the millions who left Britain for America in the mid-19th century? Terry Coleman's book Passage to America tells their story.
A look at the month's paperbacks and an unpublished book by Trollope, The New Zealander
Producers MICHAEL HEFFERNAN and KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Mayne
Unknown:
Terry Coleman
Producers:
Michael Heffernan

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