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Introduced by John Timpson and Douglas Cameron
Including at 6.50 and 7.50 Travel news. What's on. and (6.50 only) Keep Fit: Weather and programme news at 6.55 and 7.55.
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 7.25 and 8.25; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35*: and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson

Shoplifting - Is There Such a Thing?
Or should we call it theft, the offenders thieves, and treat it like any other form of crime? What is it that makes it an increasingly serious problem? Is it greed and a decline in honesty, or are the shoppers subjected to unnecessary temptations?
With George Scott in the chair. ring [number removed]to discuss with other listeners your views on the subject of shoplifting in this people-to-people edition. Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
George Scott

Before the first night of his opera Carmen, Bizet foresaw 'a definite and hopeless flop.' He was right - and three-months later he died, broken by its failure. But within a year the opera had begun its triumphant progress through the opera houses of the world.

Contributors

Narrator:
Brian Trueman
Writer:
Ian Horsbrugh
Producer:
Gillian Hush

medium wave only from 2.0
Introduced from Bristol by Daphne Hubbard
School Bullies: a report on violence in the playground.
2.0-2.2 News
Ooh! Michael Crawford.
Living together: AMANDA THEUNISSEN visits The Dove Centre, a self-supporting community near Glastonbury.
JILI BALCON reads That Lady (5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Daphne Hubbard
Unknown:
Michael Crawford.

Maugham The Storyteller The Alien Corn by w. SOMERSET MAUGHAM adapted for radio by eric EWENS In Art. the difference between the amateur and the professional is immeasurable. Neither great riches nor burning passion can bridge the gap, and this knowledge may prove more bitter than some can bear. with Other parts: HILDA KRISEMAN FREDERICK TREVES
Pianist PAUL HAMBURGER
Producer ARCHIE CAMPBELL (1969)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Somerset Maugham
Radio By:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Hilda Kriseman
Pianist:
Frederick Treves
Pianist:
Paul Hamburger
Producer:
Archie Campbell
the storyteller:
Alan Wheatley
Ferdy Rabenstein:
John Wyse
Sir Adolphus Bland:
Cyril Luckham
Muriel his wife:
Grizelda Hervev
George, their son:
Martin Jarvis

(Repeated: Monday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Peter Stevens:
Anthony Smee
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Woolley:
Philip Garston Jones
Hazel Woolley:
Hilary Armstrong
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Robin Freeman:
Peter Kenvyn
Gordon Armstrong:
Gordon Gardner
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Trina Muir:
Judith Carey
Haydn Evans:
Charles Williams
Mary Weston:
Catherine Crutchley
George Barford:
Graham Roberts

1,000th Edition
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Robens, Rt Hon Richard Marsh, Robin Day, Marghanita Laski
Chairman David Jacobs
from Great Bookham. Surrey
(Rptd: Sat. 1.15; Mon. 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Marsh
Unknown:
Robin Day.
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

Introduced by Valerie Jenkins Producer ALEC REID. With at
18.30
Week Ending.... 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 JOHN MASON and COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH
Producer SIMON BRETT

Contributors

Introduced By:
Valerie Jenkins
Producer:
Alec Reid.
Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Script By:
John Mason
Script By:
Colin Bostock-Smith
Producer:
Simon Brett

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