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7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Producer ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Producer:
Anthony Parkin

9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
Contributed by the BBC'S Foreign News staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
NORMAN HUNT reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by BRYAN MARTIN
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
Narrator STUART FORSYTH Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE BERNARD TATE. MARTIN COX

Contributors

Read By:
Bryan Martin
Narrator:
Robert Carvel
Producers:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Producers:
Bernard Tate.

Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM Producer JOHN HASLAM
Latest news and prospects of a big afternoon's sport including: Soccer preview-West Germany v England; Racing from Lingfield Park; Rugby League Cup Final; Tennis and Golf. both from Bournemouth; Cricket (Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Producer:
John Haslam

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title
Second Round: featuring each week three winners from the first round of the contest
Chairman FRANKLIN ENGELMANN 1: London and Home Counties WILLIAM T. BLUNDELL (London) retired musician
ROBERT DIMMICK (London) computer programmer MICHAEL HICKS (Surrey) marketing consultant
Including ' Beat the Brains ' in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON (Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
William T. Blundell
Unknown:
Robert Dimmick
Unknown:
Michael Hicks
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson

A spontaneous discussion by Robert Kee , Elizabeth Manners Lord Willis. Russell Braddon Chairman DAVID JACOBS Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Felixstowe, Suffolk

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Kee
Unknown:
Elizabeth Manners
Unknown:
Lord Willis. Russell Braddon
Unknown:
Chairman David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

Introduced by Judith Chalmers Guest Michael Hordern , CBE
What the European papers say. Village Cricket: MARYON EELES. President of Arkesden Cricket
Club, talks to JUDITH CHALMERS
Small Jobs in the Garden: seasonal tips from GEOFF AMOS
Countercheck - 7: in the last of this series in association with the Housewife's Trust. NORMAN TOZER tries to get answers to some of the questions raised
Principle by STAN BARSTOW abridged by PAT MCLOUGHLIN read by TIMOTHY WEST

Contributors

Introduced By:
Judith Chalmers
Introduced By:
Guest Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Geoff Amos
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Abridged By:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
Timothy West

presents a round-up of releases including
Michael Caine in Kidnapped
Bette Davis and Robert Wagner in Madame Sin
John Mills and Carol White in Dulcima
Introduced by JOHN BENTLEY Written by LYN FAIRHURST Producer BOBBY JAYE

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Caine
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Robert Wagner
Unknown:
John Mills
Introduced By:
John Bentley
Written By:
Lyn Fairhurst
Producer:
Bobby Jaye

In which travellers on the Southern Region pass their time like Chaucer's pilgrims by telling stories. The Navvy's Tale
Written by ALAN LOTHIAN (a winner in the Commuters' Tales competition) and told by T. P. McKenna to ROBIN BROWNE and WILLIAM EEDLE
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Lothian
Told By:
T. P. McKenna
Unknown:
Robin Browne
Unknown:
William Eedle

It's Called Happy Families by GWEN CHERRELL with Caroline Blakiston and Geoffrey Matthews
' Things have changed in the last few million years. The functions of men and women are interchangeable in modern society. Good Lord, it began with the invention of the feeding bottle ... '
Producer ROGER PINE
(Repeated: Monday. 3.0 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Cherrell
Unknown:
Caroline Blakiston
Unknown:
Geoffrey Matthews
Austin:
Douglas Blackwell
Peter Bruce:
Martin Friend
Vanessa Felton:
Eva Haddon
Roy Squires:
Geoffrey Matthews
Pamela Squires:
Caroline Blakiston
James Squires:
Stanley Bates
Amanda:
Helen Worth
Andrew:
John Bryning
Gasman:
David Gooderson
Joan Bruce:
Pauline Letts
Tom:
Nigel Lambert
Rick Price:
Geoffrey Beevers
Dave Mossheim:
Peter Marinker
Joe Gramsdyke:
Robin Browne
Sandy:
Manning Wilson

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