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7.0 News
The world this morning: a special Bank Holiday edition introduced by Michael Aspel
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
7.40 T,)day's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.9 Regional news, weather and programme news
8.0 News and more of Today
8.40 Today's Papers

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Aspel
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart

by FARLEY MOWAT abridged by F. J. R. WRIGHT read by John Glen (1) Producer JOHN CARDY
There below me were four small. grey beasties engaged in a wrestling match. At first 1 did not recognise them. The fat faces with pinprick ears. the butterball bodies as round as pumpkins. were so far from my conception of a wolf that my brain refused to make the connection.'

Contributors

Abridged By:
F. J. R. Wright
Read By:
John Glen

A second chance to hear a portrait in words and music of the Mozart children. Maria Anna and Wolfgang Amadeus , on their European tours
Narrator...... DAVID MAHLOWE Leopold Mozart. ..GEOFFREY BANKS Other parts read by MARAH STOHL JOHN BI. AIN, RONALD HARVI PAUL WEBSTER
Written by MICHAEL KENNEDY. Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (from Manchester)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Anna
Unknown:
Wolfgang Amadeus
Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Narrator:
Leopold Mozart.
Read By:
Marah Stohl
Read By:
John Bi.
Unknown:
Ronald Harvi
Unknown:
Paul Webster
Written By:
Michael Kennedy.

A special holiday edition introduced by Nancy Wise in which
NIGEL MURPHY takes a sauna DEREK COOPER has a facial
MARGARET KORVING dresses for success
JOAN YORKE hits the nature trails and a look at the train to nowhere

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nancy Wise
Unknown:
Nigel Murphy
Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Joan Yorke

Another chance to hear Agricultural 'Ancock with Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques, and Kenneth Williams
Script by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON
Theme and incidental music by WALLY STOTT
Producer DENNIS MAIN WILSON (Broadcast in 1957)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Hancock
Unknown:
Sid James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Script By:
Ray Galton
Script By:
Alan Simpson

Some of the .songs and voices that went to make up the 1972 National Guide Festival of Song featuring Brownies, Guides, Rangers and Guiders from all parts of the British Isles
Narration by Bowles Bevan Hesearch TONY ASPLER
Producer RICHARD WILICOX

Contributors

Unknown:
Bowles Bevan
Unknown:
Hesearch Tony Aspler
Producer:
Richard Wilicox

The Three Musketeers by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Abridged for radio in ten parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Martin Jarvis
Producer MARTIN JENKINS
The Three Musketeers is the first of the great romantic swashbuckling. stories. It tells of the adventures and the love affairs of the three musketeers Porthos. Athos and Aramis, and their Gascon friend D'Artagnan. 1: In Defence of the King

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Martin Jarvis
Read By:
Martin Jenkins

The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by Robert Williams and PM's reporting team Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.58-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

Based on the book by HENRY CECIL starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby in Manipulation Written by HENRY CECIL and BASIL DAWSON Producer THAFFORD WHITELOCK (Full details: Wed, 12 25 pm)

Contributors

Book By:
Henry Cecil
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Written By:
Henry Cecil
Written By:
Basil Dawson

Radio spans the world to link the cities of Sydney. Wellington, Winnipeg and London in a general knowledge contest between schoolchildren in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom team: Ruth Lewis, Matthew Cobb, Andrew Barker
Questionmaster John Ellison

Australian team: Laurel Meers, Charles Maddison, Igor Nossar
Questionmaster John Dease

(Also broadcast on the networks of ABC Australia, NZBC New Zealand and CBC Canada)

Contributors

Questionmaster (UK):
John Ellison
Contestant (UK):
Ruth Lewis
Contestant (UK):
Matthew Cobb
Contestant (UK):
Andrew Barker
Questionmaster (Australia):
John Dease
Contestant (Australia):
Laurel Meers
Contestant (Australia):
Charles Maddison
Contestant (Australia):
Igor Nossar
Questions set by:
Roy Smith
Producer:
John Bridges
Producer:
Hal Lashwood

A comic tour of the British Isles guided by Frank Muir stopping this week in Scotland. with illustrations from PETER REEVES and the voices of STANLEY BAXTEK, HARRY LAUDER PETER SELLERS, TONY HANCOCK ANDY STEWART , JIMMY LOGAN and many others
Research by TONY ASPLER Producers DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Peter Reeves
Unknown:
Harry Lauder
Unknown:
Tony Hancock
Unknown:
Andy Stewart
Unknown:
Jimmy Logan
Unknown:
Tony Aspler
Producers:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Simon Brett

Billy Liar by WILLIS HALL and KEITH WATERHOUSE
Bored by his family and lacking enthusiasm for his job as an. undertaker's clerk. Billy finds it easier to live in the world of his imagination. Producer
ALFRED BRADLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Liar
Unknown:
Alfred Bradley
Billy Fisher:
Neville Smith
Geotfrey Fisher:
Ronald Baddiley
Alice Fisher:
Ruth Holden
Florence Boothrovd:
Nita Valerie
Arthur Crabtree:
Christopher Godwin
Barbara:
Wendy Taylor
Rita:
Carole Hayman
Liz:
Fiona Walker

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