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Introduced by Robert Robinson 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:
Robert Robinson

(medium wave only)
Chosen and told by Hugh Burden
'Mrs Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street ... with a tiger-skin rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation...'
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Told By:
Hugh Burden
Told By:
Mrs Packletide
Unknown:
Mrs Packletide
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
One Man's Freedom: CLEO SYL-VESTRE regrets her lack of freedom to live in a place of her choice.
Leisure and Pleasure: pursuits, entertainments and places to go.
JILL BALCON reads That Lady (9)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Jill Balcon

Four Days to Kill by ROBERT BARR
A six-part serial continuing the story of Jim Nicholson in which he undertakes a vital mission to rescue or kill a captured agent. with Edward de Souza and Geoffrey Frederick 1: The Fortress
Producer CHARLES MAXWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Barr
Unknown:
Jim Nicholson
Unknown:
Geoffrey Frederick
Producer:
Charles Maxwell
Jim Nicholson:
Edward De Souza
Paul O'Donnell:
Geoffrey Frederick
The Commander:
Gerald Cross
Colonel Doyle:
Frederick Treves
Sara Gale:
Kate Binchy
Lt Farrell:
Geoffrey Collins
Sgt Kelly:
Derek Seatqn

A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Fr'day's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday, 4.5 pm)
Write to Any Answerst, BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Roy Hayward

Five classic cases in the story of British criminal investigation as we know it today. 2: Dead Giveaway by JEAN MCCONNELL
The 1905 case which established for all time the validity of finger-printing as a means of establishing criminals' guilt. Narrated by Murray Brown with Michael Cochrane as Alfred Stratton
Other parts played by WILLIAM SLEIGH , CARL FORGIONE FRASER KERR , MANNING WILSON SAM DASTOR , NIGEL GRAHAM
KEVIN BRENNAN , NIGEL LAMBERT HUGH ROSS , VERNON JOYNER GODFREY KENTON
ELIZABETH MORGAN
SHEELAH WILCOCKS , HILDA SCHRODER TONY LEARY , DAVID HOWE and MARK BURTON
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean McConnell
Unknown:
Murray Brown
Unknown:
Michael Cochrane
Unknown:
Alfred Stratton
Played By:
William Sleigh
Played By:
Carl Forgione
Played By:
Fraser Kerr
Played By:
Manning Wilson
Played By:
Sam Dastor
Played By:
Nigel Graham
Unknown:
Kevin Brennan
Unknown:
Nigel Lambert
Unknown:
Hugh Ross
Unknown:
Vernon Joyner
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Elizabeth Morgan
Unknown:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Unknown:
Hilda Schroder
Unknown:
Tony Leary
Unknown:
David Howe
Unknown:
Mark Burton
Producer:
Christopher Venning

SALT and Stability
Since the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) adjourned in November, the technology and strategy of nuclear war have developed at an unsettlingly fast pace. Have events already outrun the salt I arms control agreement of May 1972? Is the stability of the nuclear power balance threatened? As the American and Russian SALT delegations meet again in Geneva, Analysis ass esses the prospects for a second agreement, and examines the outlook for international security. Presented by Laurence Martin , Professor of War Studies, King's College, London
Producer ANTHONY RENDELL
9.29 Weather

Contributors

Presented By:
Laurence Martin
Producer:
Anthony Rendell

The Well of Loneliness by RADCLYFFE HALL abridged and edited by EVANGELINE BANKS
Stephen Gordon 's parents wanted a boy so she was christened Stephen and she grew to discover that her feelings were different from those of other women. The famous novel of forbidden love. Read by Judy Parfitt Producer JOHN CARDY
First of 17 instalments
For the love of womankind: page 5

Contributors

Edited By:
Evangeline Banks
Edited By:
Stephen Gordon
Read By:
Judy Parfitt
Producer:
John Cardy

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