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The world this morning: what Britain's getting up to, plus the news from anywhere on earth, introduced by Robert Robinson and John Timpson
S.50 Travel news, What's' on, and Keep Fit with Eileen Fowler VHF: Regional news, weather
6.15 Weather, programme news
7.0 News and more of Today including, at 7.25 Sportsdesk: at 7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Travel news. What's on VHF: Regional news, weather
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today including at 8.25 Sportsdesk; at 8.35 Today's Papers
Regional VHF: see Variations

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler

by H. <;. WELLS abridged by BARBARA HENDERSON Read by Robert Hardy
He awoke to find that he had slept for 200 years. Strange things had happened while he had slept, ominous things with which he was in some way connected.
You are King of the Earth,' they told him. 'You are absolute owner of the world.' Producer JOHN CARDY
(First of ten instalments)
(More of H. G. Wells , 7.30 pm)

Contributors

Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Read By:
Robert Hardy
Producer:
John Cardy
Unknown:
H. G. Wells

10.30 Halb gewonnen! (2)
(An O-level course in German)
Written by STEPHEN KANOCZ
(recorded in Studio Munster, WDR)

11.01 Singing Together
Script by DOUGLAS COOMBES

11.20 Springboard (7-9) A Bit of Nonsense
Written and presented by TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR

11.40 History in Focus: Nationalism in Europe: My Country Right or Wrong
(Radiovision)
Written by MAURICE WHITBREAD
Producer ALAN EREIRA

Contributors

Written By:
Stephen Kanocz
Script By:
Douglas Coombes
Presented By:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Written By:
Maurice Whitbread
Producer:
Alan Ereira

Joan Yorke presents this anniversary edition of the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Work and Money
Equal pay for.... ROSEMARY SIMON investigates the likely effects of the Equal Pay Act on pay and jobs for women.
A drink to You and Yours: ZENA SKINNER and DEREK COOPER taste and place in order of merit, and cost. your suggestions for a celebratory drink. Other topical items too, and Wh;tt's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see Variations

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Rosemary Simon
Unknown:
Zena Skinner
Unknown:
Derek Cooper

2.0 Exploration Earth. Last Grain Race by BARRY CARMAN : an adaptation of the book Last Grain Race by ERIC NEWBY
2.20 The Music Box by GORDON REYNOLDS with MARI GRIFFITH
2.30 Speak. Pressure by RAY JENKINS
2.40 Movement, Mime and Music II by BRIAN SANDERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Eric Newby
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Unknown:
Mari Griffith
Unknown:
Ray Jenkins
Unknown:
Brian Sanders

Uncle Brrnac by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLK abridged for radio in five parts and read by David Geary
Louis de Laval returns secretly to his native France in the year 1805. Accidentally he stumbles upon a plot to murder the Emperor Napoleon. His life is in mortal danger! 1: The Ruined Cottage
Producer MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doylk
Read By:
David Geary
Read By:
Louis de Laval
Producer:
Martin Jenkins

Written and adapted for radio from their television series by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps
starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as the Bishop, John Barron as the Dean and Jonathan Cecil as the Chaplain with Michael Kilgarriff as Mr Brown
(Repeated: Wed. 12.25 pm)

Contributors

Writer/adapted for radio by:
Pauline Devaney
Writer/adapted for radio by:
Edwin Apps
Producer:
John Dyas
The Archdeacon:
Robertson Hare
The Bishop:
William Mervyn
The Dean:
John Barron
The Chaplain:
Jonathan Cecil
Mr Brown:
Michael Kilgarriff

A not-particularly-solemn quiz in which Ned Sherrin puts literary questions to literary people. This week:
Caryl Brahms. John Gross Clive James
Questions compiled by BARRY CARMAN and GORDON SNELL Producer ALAN JONES
(BBC World Service production)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Caryl Brahms.
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Producer:
Alan Jones

by Alick Howe
with and Michael McClain, Michael Smee
'There's always someone. Somewhere. Oh I know you may not be out there physically, but there's always someone. In some form. Watching smugly, waiting to see what happens. Someone little, someone cramped.'
Producer RICHARD WORTLEY

Contributors

Writer:
Alick Howe
Producer:
Richard Wortley
the Man:
David Buck
Observer :
: Michael Smee
Interviewer:
Michael McClain
June:
Helen Worth
June's mother:
Eva Stuart
Journalist:
William Sleigh
Fiona:
Jane Knowles
Throstle:
Brian Haines
Christina:
Caroline John
Cathy:
Sian Davies
Roberta:
Jan Edwards
Delilah:
Joy Harrison
Admiral:
Wilfrid Carter
Williams:
Haydn Jones
Unknown:
Michael McClain
Unknown:
Michael Smee

Five programmes in Which GEOFFREY GOODMAN , Industrial Editor of the Daily Mirror, looks at the problems of shop stewards and trade union officers
Gconrey Goodman talks tonight to DICK ETHERIDGE , convener and chairman of Combine Committee, British Leyland.
Producer JOHN TURTLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Goodman
Talks:
Gconrey Goodman
Unknown:
Dick Etheridge

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