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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
6.50 Travel news, What's on, and Keep Fit with Eileen Fowler
6.55 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
All this week: Donald Swann and Sydney Carter
7.50 Travel news
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 last column

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Presenter:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
Sydney Carter
Deputy editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart

10.45 France (series in English) 5: Les colonies de vacances compiled by JOANNA CARR
11.0 Singing Together
Edited by DOUGLAS COOMRES
11.2* Springboard. Sea Change by CAROLYN FREWER
Rudiouision for Schools: To follow certain broadcasts described as a ' radiovision ' programme it is necessary to have the accompanying film strip.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Carr
Edited By:
Douglas Coomres
Unknown:
Carolyn Frewer

A series invoking lost life-styles Frances Pitt At the age of 73, the nature writer and photographer looked back with PHtL DRABBLE over a life with largely animal land. marks. FRANCES PITT was utterly devoted to the countryside and nature-study, and her strange, robust gentility found a place for nurturing pets and for being Master of the Hunt.
(BBC Sound Archive recording)

Presenter Jeanine McMullen Work and Money
Selling Your House: how much can you safely do for yourself and how much money will it save you? NANCY wise investigates.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Editor DENNtS LOWER

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanine McMullen

2.0 Exploration Earth 5: Coastline of Britain by JOHNNY MORRIS (radiovision) Producer GEOFFREY SHERLOCK
2.2* The Music Box
With GORDON REYNOLDS and MARI GRIFFITH
2.30 Speak. Fame
Ambitions realised: MARYHAGAN, child star, tells her story
2.40 Movement. Mime and Music II by BRIAN SANDERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Producer:
Geoffrey Sherlock
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Unknown:
Mari Griffith
Unknown:
Brian Sanders

The news magazine: presented by Michael Cooke with PM's reporting team Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50 medium irate only Stock Market report
5.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Cooke
Editor:
Derek Lewis
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

The antidote to panel games from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie under the supervision of Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and Dave Lee at the piano.
(Repeated: Wed, 12.25 pm)

Contributors

Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
Bill Oddie
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Pianist:
Dave Lee
Producer:
John Cassels

Another chance to hear "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov translated by David Magarshack in the production first broadcast in 1968: with Irene Worth, Ian McKellen, Zena Walker, Hugh Burden and Jack May.

Sorin's country estate in 1896.

"Magnificent Chekhov" (The Times)

followed by an interlude

Contributors

Writer:
Anton Chekhov
Translator:
David Magarshack
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Semyon Medvyedenko, a schoolmaster:
Anthony Jackson
Masha, Shamrayev's daughter:
Barbara Mitchell
Pyotr Sorin, Arkadina's brother:
Ronald Herdman
Konstantin, Arkadina's son:
Ian McKellen
Nina, a young girl:
Zena Walker
Yakov, a workman:
Bernard Brown
Polina, Shamrayev's wife:
Marjorie Westbury
Yevgeny Dorn, a doctor:
Jack May
Shamrayev, manager of Sorin's estate:
Victor Lucas
Madame Irina Arkadina, an actress:
Irene Worth
Boris Trigorin, a novelist:
Hugh Burden

by David Rook
Abridged in ten parts.
Read by Paul Rogers

'Er ... Mr Kendrick, sir ... Ruin's nursing a fox-cub ... It was damn near dead so I put it in with her.'
'Well damn me!' Kendrick roared. What an amazing huntsman I've got!'

(from Bristol)
(Paul Rogers read another story by David Rook, "The White Colt", as "A Book at Bedtime" in 1970.)

Contributors

Author:
David Rook
Reader:
Paul Rogers
Producer:
Michael Bowen

A nightly review of the arts and science
People. ideas, events - opinion and discussion. What's new in theatre, books, cinema, painting, architecture, scientific advance ... Introduced tonight by Ronald Harwood
Producers this week ALAN HAYDOCK, LOUISE PURSLOW MIRIAM RAPP , JOY HATWOOD

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Harwood
Unknown:
Louise Purslow
Unknown:
Miriam Rapp

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