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Michael Aspel and the Weekend Today team join the Bank Holiday getaway brigade in a 70-minute special direct from Gibraltar.
7.50 Travel news and What's on in Britain
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today from Gibraltar including, from London, at 8.30* Sportsdesk; at 8.40* Today's Papers
Michael Aspel 's Choice: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Aspel
Unknown:
Michael Aspel

9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Talking Politics
Leading politicians talk to ANTHONY KING about themselves and their lives in and away from politics.
4: RT HON REGINALD PRENTICE , MP
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
COLIN VALDAN reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by STUART FORSYTH Narrator ROY WILLIAMSON Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE ANNE SLOMAN , BERNARD TATE

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Unknown:
Reginald Prentice
Unknown:
Colin Valdan
Read By:
Stuart Forsyth
Producers:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Producers:
Anne Sloman

Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
The Big Kick-Off: news and prospects on the first day of the Football League season.
Also: Third Test-England v West Indies; International Athletics - Gt Britain v Hungary; County Cricket; Rugby League; Racing from Goodwood.
(Sport on 2: from 2.2 pm) Cover story: pages 52-55

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

Presented by Roger Cook
Country Style: in which a glum farmer tells JEANINE MCMULLEN what's gone wrong with the harvest; REG DADE talks about 23 years as a water bailiff; GEOFFREY PALMER reports on harvest festivals; and ROGER COOK puts his all on a horse.

Contributors

Presented By:
Roger Cook
Unknown:
Jeanine McMullen
Unknown:
Geoffrey Palmer
Unknown:
Roger Cook

A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge with the Services stationed in West Germany and Gibraltar.
Panel: NAN WINTON, TED MOULT, NEIL DURDEN-SMITH v 28th Signal Regiment, Krefeld, West Germany: TOM BROWN, TED MCKIE, BARRY GROVES, PHIL SHARMAN
Questionmaster ALUN WILLIAMS
Questions set, devised and produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS
(By arrangement with BFBS)
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)

12.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan Winton
Unknown:
Tom Brown
Unknown:
Ted McKie
Unknown:
Barry Groves
Unknown:
Phil Sharman
Questionmaster:
Alun Williams
Producer:
Michael Tuke-Hastings

Introduced by Anne Gregg The week in Woman's Hour
What the European papers say.
The Great British Public: PAMELA howe meets those who have to deal with it.
Mammon's Mile - 1: FRANCES CAIRN CROSS and HAMISH MCRAE examine our financial institutions.
Wrap It Up! -2: GORDON SNELL 'S critical look at packaging. He Was Asking After You by MARGERY ALLINGHAM abridged by EVANGELINE BANKS Read by Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Introduced By:
Anne Gregg
Unknown:
Pamela Howe
Unknown:
Frances Cairn
Unknown:
Hamish McRae
Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Unknown:
Margery Allingham
Abridged By:
Evangeline Banks
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs

A play by Clifford Terence
with Rolf Lefebvre and Mary Wimbush

"To be fair one must first be clear. There can be no discipline and no authority, and no justice for the boys either, unless the rules are clear and the rules are kept."

Contributors

Play By:
Clifford Terence
Producer:
John Theocharis
Fingleton:
Rolf Lefebvre
Shirley Fingleton:
Mary Wimbush
Jenison:
Nigel Anthony
Johnson:
Vernon Joyner
Dodd':
Crispin Gillbard
Saunders:
Nicholas Evans
Smith:
Robin Browne
Harper:
David Sinclair
Oswald:
Edward Kelsey
Others taking part:
E. Morgan
Others taking part:
S. Clark
Others taking part:
Hilda Schroder

Introduced by John Dunn
Adventures of the Incredible Dr McLoon by BRIAN THOMPSON With JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS and CAROLE HAYMAN Producer TONY CLIFF
4.5 Dial Your Career
Telephone the experts for advice on all kinds of careers. Today actress Beryl Reid and tv producer David Rose answer your telephoned questions. Presenter MAUREEN STAFFER Producer DAVID SHUTE
Dial a Scientist again: 6 Oct.
4.30 The Hawks and the Doves A thriller series for the young and fearless: written for radio by PAT and DEREK HODDINOTT
1: Operation: Power Struggle
While in Britain, an attempt is made to assassinate Dr Damone. President of Retambo, a Pacific island. As a result, the Doves fly to Retambo to weed out an underground organisation intent on returning the country to a Dictatorship.
Producer DAVID H. GODFREY Editor GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Dunn
Unknown:
Brian Thompson
Unknown:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Carole Hayman
Producer:
Tony Cliff
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Producer:
David Rose
Producer:
David Shute
Producer:
Derek Hoddinott
Producer:
David H. Godfrey
Editor:
Graham Gauld
Sam:
Chris Range
ViC:
David Griffin
Brad:
Nigel Anthony
Dr Damone:
Edward Kelsey
Radio interviewer:
Nigel Graham
Barnado:
John Gabriel
Airport announcer:
Julie Hallam
Men JOHN SAMSON,:
Vernon Joyner

A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Peter France Producers MIRIAM RAPP
JOY HATWOOD, ALAN HAYDOCK
MICHAEL BRIGHT, ROSEMARY HART
5.55
Weather, programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter France
Producers:
Miriam Rapp
Unknown:
Alan Haydock
Unknown:
Rosemary Hart

Expensive Toys Left Out in the Rain by CHRISTINE EADE with Robert Beatty , Bonnie Hurren and Trader Faulkner
' When you Americans left you left us a lot of expensive toys we were too young to play with - and we've left them out in the rain and tried to repair them with rubber bands and chewing gum. So nothing works as it was meant to any more ..."
The place: Mindanao in the Philippines. The events and the characters are fictitious.
With PETER CRAZE, SAM DASTOR Guitarist GEORGE ELLIOTT Producer BETTY DAVIES
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm) Exotic experience: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine Eade
Unknown:
Robert Beatty
Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren
Unknown:
Sam Dastor
Unknown:
Guitarist George Elliott
Producer:
Betty Davies
Harrison:
Robert Beatty
Lefty:
Bonnie Hurren
Miguel:
Trader Faulkner
The General:
David March
Ramon, chief of police:
Kevin Flood
Waiter:
Robin Browne
Party organiser:
Kristopher Kum
Inteiviewer:
Julie Hallam
George:
David Sinclair

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