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The world this morning 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 7.35* Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
All this week: LEONARD BARNETT
7.50 Travel news
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today rncluding at 8.25 Sportsdesk; at 8.35* Todays Papers
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
Regional VHF: see last column

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler
Unknown:
Leonard Barnett
Editor:
Alastair Osborne
Editor:
Marshall Stewart

Aided by Linda Blandford , Harriet Crawley , Lance Perci val, Kenneth Robinson , Fritz Spiegl and other Monday morning regulars, he takes a lively look round and meets surprise guests for whom this week promises to be special. Producer MICHAEL EMBER

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Blandford
Unknown:
Harriet Crawley
Unknown:
Lance Perci
Unknown:
Kenneth Robinson
Unknown:
Fritz Spiegl
Producer:
Michael Ember

'Some snakes poison their prey, while others hug them to death.' say some young listeners from Newbury. ' Why should that be? ' If you've been wondering, too, listen to the team's discussion of this and other wildlife problems.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer DILYS BREESE
Questions (on a postcard) to Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

NEM p 37; Jesus, Lord, we look to thee (BBC HB 374); Psalm 98; St Mark 11, vv 11-20 (AV); The race that long in darkness pined (BBC HB 496)
A new edition of the book New Every Morning is available from booksellers, price £ 1.00 (cloth), 50p (paper)

Contributors

Unknown:
St Mark

The Proud Horse by EDGAR WALLACE
Read by DEREK FOWLDS
'Educated Evans' had made up his mind to have a great day at the races. All Ernie wanted was to see a ' Prahd orse.'
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Wallace
Read By:
Derek Fowlds
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Queen Victoria at Osborne presented by Sir Hugh Casson , RDI, FRIBA with Marjorie Westbury as Queen Victoria GABRIEL WOOLF , KATHERINE PARR
Osborne House, in the Isle of. Wight, was built by Albert between 1845 and 1851 as a private retreat and to house his growing family. Every year Queen Victoria paid three or four visits there.
SIR HUGH CASSON sets the scene, and introduces some snapshots of her life at Osborne, before Albert's death and after it. Producer RICHARD KEEN

Contributors

Presented By:
Sir Hugh Casson
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Queen Victoria Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Sir Hugh Casson

Presenter Nancy Wise Work (ind Money
How to make the best of your small savings: NANCY WISE talks to the experts.
'A stitch in time can bring in hard cash: TOM wisdom explains how.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Editor DENNIS LOWER
Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA

Contributors

Presenter:
Nancy Wise

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Diary of an Engagement - 3: RITA MARCHAM and DAVID BRADY talk about their forthcoming marriage.
Reading your letters.
Tycoon: ROY VINCENT WRIGHT -the bricklayer who made a million.
MARVIN KANE reads The Man Who Loved Cat Dancino by MARILYN DURHAM (8)
Deputy editor TERESA MCGONAGLE Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Rita Marcham
Unknown:
David Brady
Unknown:
Roy Vincent Wright
Unknown:
Marvin Kane
Editor:
Teresa McGonagle
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

The Leopard by GIUSEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA : translated by ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN abridged in five parts by DENYS HAWTHORNE
Read by Nigel Graham
A graphic portrait of a 19th-century Sicilian aristocrat and his family, faced with the gradual but irresistible forces of change which were to culminate in the new unified Italy and forever alter their traditional way of life.
Introduction to the Prince - May 1860
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Unknown:
Archibald Colquhoun
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Read By:
Nigel Graham
Producer:
John Scotney

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

Contributors

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

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Clement Freud. Peter Jones Ian Carmichael Aimi Macdonald try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by IAN MESSlTER Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Rptd: Wednesday, 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud.
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Ian Carmichael
Unknown:
Aimi MacDonald
Unknown:
Ian Messlter
Producer:
John Cassels

(Repealed: Tuesday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Brian Hayles
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Lilian:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Haydn Evans:
Charles Williams

and investigates the humour of the subject with the help of Alfred Marks with the voices of BOB NEWHART , JOHN CLEESE
TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR , DAVID HATCH ERIC SYKES , HATTIE JACQUES PETER COOK , DUDLEY MOORE and others
Producers SIMON BRETT and BOB OLIVER ROGERS
Humorist Frank Muir is featured in RADIO TIMES Anniversary Souvenir on sale now at 50p

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Bob Newhart
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Eric Sykes
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Dudley Moore
Producers:
Simon Brett
Producers:
Bob Oliver Rogers
Unknown:
Frank Muir

Suzanna Andler by MARGUERITE DURAS translated and adapted for radio by BARBARA BRAY with Vivien Merchant and David Buck
Husband or Lover? Under a screen of superficial banality, the author of Hiroshima, mon Amour probes deeply and sensitively into the mind of a rich and beautiful woman poised on the brink of emotional crisis.
Suzanna Andler. VIVIEN MERCHANT
With DEBORAH DALLAS
Producer ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Mme Duras sets up her intensely emotional situation in terms of no emotion ... an astonishing piece of apparent non-art. Archie Campbell handled this gem with the finesse of an expert (THE LISTENER)

Contributors

Unknown:
Suzanna Andler
Unknown:
Marguerite Duras
Unknown:
Barbara Bray
Unknown:
David Buck
Unknown:
Suzanna Andler.
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Unknown:
Mme Duras
Unknown:
Archie Campbell
Riviere:
Godfrey Kenton
Michel Cayre:
David Buck
Monique Combes:
Nicolette Bernard
Jean:
Richard Hurndall

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 Angela Huth
Producers this week
ALAN HAYDOCK, LOUISE PURSLOW LIZ BLUNT

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Huth
Unknown:
Louise Purslow

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