Programme Index

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The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Douglas Cameron
6.50 Travel news, What's on, and Keep Fit with EILEEN FOWLER VHF: Regional news, weather
9.55 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
METROPOLITAN ANTHONY OF SOUROZH
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
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
Regional VHF; see Variations

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Douglas Cameron
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart

9.5 Frisch begonnen .. , German for Beginners - ( written by STEPHEN KANOCZ
(A radiovision programme recorded in collaboration with West German Radio)
9.30 Foreign Correspondent Choosing the President
RAYMOND BARKER reviews the course of the campaign and examines the choice facing the American electorate.
9.45 Music Workshop I
Preparation for a performance of Alice, a play adapted from Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland, with music by WILLIAM HOWARD PARRY

Contributors

Written By:
Stephen Kanocz
Unknown:
Raymond Barker
Unknown:
Lewis Carroll
Music By:
William Howard Parry

10.30 Voix de France. French VI 6: Frederick Lemaitre written by ODETTE LHENRY
10.50 A Corner for Music by ALBERT CHATTERLEY 6: The Grand Band
11.0 Deutsch fur die Oberstufe Fahrerflucht by ALFRED ANDERSCH adapted by H. VON FABER Producer STEPHEN KANOCZ
11.2* Listening and Writing
The Zoo: short story by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS , and the poem The Funereal Cockatoo by ZOE BAILEY
11.40 Prospect. Experiment In the Arts. 5: Imaginative Writing: PETER PORTER reviews the main themes, with readings by HUGH DICKSON and ALAN BARRY

Contributors

Written By:
Odette Lhenry
Unknown:
OBErstufe Fahrerflucht
Unknown:
Alfred Andersch
Adapted By:
H. von Faber
Producer:
Stephen Kanocz
Story By:
William Carlos Williams
Unknown:
Zoe Bailey
Unknown:
Peter Porter
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Unknown:
Alan Barry

Presenter John Edmunds You and the Law
Cut off without a penny: can a husband exclude his wife from his will? Who can contest a will, and how? A barrister explains the law.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? VHF South West: see Variations

Contributors

Presenter:
John Edmunds

2.0 Let's Join In.
The Wizard That Wasn'by MARGARET THOMAS
2.20 USA - Humanities 6: The Real West by PETER FOZZARD (radiovision)
2.40 Guitar School (12)
Written by MICHAEL JESSETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Thomas
Written By:
Michael Jessett

Selected for Friday
The Browning Version by TERENCE RATTIGAN adapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE with John Glelgud , Angela Baddeley The schoolboy Taplow meant well when he gave Mr Crocker -Harris a copy of the Browning version of the Agamemnon to mark the master's retirement from school. But why did ' the Crock ' blub?
Producer NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
John Glelgud
Unknown:
Angela Baddeley
Unknown:
Mr Crocker
Producer:
Norman Wright
Schoolboy:
Warren Bearnden
TaplOW:
Tony Adams
Frank Hunter:
Brewster Mason
Millie Crocker-Harris:
Angela Baddeley
Andrew Crocker-Harris:
John Gielgud
Dr Frobisher:
Clive Morton
Peter Gilbert:
Denis Goacher
Mrs Gilbert:
Anne Cullen

The news magazine: presented by Gordon Clough with PM's reporting team Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50 VHF: Regional news, weather
5.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Clough
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

(Repeated: Monday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Malcolm Lynch
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora Salt:
Julia Mark
Robin Freeman:
Peter Kenvyn
Zoe Freeman:
Margot Young
Angela Cooper:
Elizabeth Revill
Gwyn Evans:
John Ogwen
Dylan Evans:
Donald Houston
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Alan:
Raymond Skipp

NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research JEAN STROUD
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Repeated: Saturday, 10.30 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Introduced By:
Research Jean Stroud
Producer:
Phyllis Robinson

A spontaneous discussion by John Arlott
Sir Jack Longland
Baroness Stocks Sir Edwin Leather
Chairman David Jacobs Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Winchester, Hampshire. (Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views should be addressed to Any Answers?, BBC, Bristol, BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Sir Jack Longland
Unknown:
Baroness Stocks Sir Edwin
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

A distinguished gathering in London's Guildhall celebrates the 50th anniversary of the BBC. Speeches by The Prime Minister
RT BON EDWARD HEATH , UP and The Chairman of the BBC
LORD HILL OF LUTON
Scene described by JOHN SNAGGI (Highlights on BBC1 at 10.15) (50 years on the air: page 3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bon Edward Heath
Unknown:
John Snaggi

DAVID JASON , BILL WALLIS NIGEL REES and bill MCGUFFIE at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side
Script by PETER SPENCE and CHRIS MILLER. Producers
SIMON BRETT and DAVID HATCH
(David Jason is in ' No Sex Please.... We're British at the Strand Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Script By:
Peter Spence
Script By:
Chris Miller.
Unknown:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
David Jason

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