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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. Including at 6.50 and 7.50 med wave only Travel news. What's on, and (6.50 only) .Keep Fit with EILEEN FOWLER ; Weather and prog 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 All this week:
THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

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Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
John Timpson.
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler

abridged in five episodes by EILEEN CAPEL from
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by ANITA LOOS with Toby Robins as Lorelei, the girl from Little Rock, Arkansas
1: Fate Keeps on Happening
' Kissing a girl's hand may make her feel very very good, but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever - Producer john cardy

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Unknown:
Eileen Capel
Unknown:
Toby Robins

Spring is coming! So - what bird songs and calls can we listen out for now, and what do they mean? Hints, too, about how visitors to the countryside can avoid upsetting farmers, and more of your letters, including some strange stories about rats and false teeth! Introduced by DEREK JONES

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Introduced By:
Derek Jones

medium ivave only
The Wessex Saddleback by MICHAEL JAY
Read by Kerry Francis
The top brass are agog over this one. It's the window display we've got lined up for Leather Week. We're featuring the biggest pig you ever saw!

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Unknown:
Michael Jay
Read By:
Kerry Francis

Presenter George Luce
Work and Money
That First Interview.... can hold the key to training for future success. What does the man or woman on the other side of the table look for? MARGARET KORVING finds OUt. Editor DENNIS LOWER

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Presenter:
George Luce

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Cooks' Question Time: questions from the Mid and South Cheshire Federation of Towns-women's Guild answered by Monica Mawson and Zena Skinner.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
My Child Lives with his Father: a personal story.
Remember the covered wagon of the Western movie? TIM MATTHEWS reports on a popular holiday in Sweden. At the Fort Flag by MARGERY SHARP abridged by Fiona MacPherson Read by PAULINE LETTS
(First of two instalments)
Deputy editor TERESA MCGONAGLE
Editor WYN KNOWLES

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Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Ica Mawson
Unknown:
Zena Skinner
Unknown:
Fort Flag
Read By:
Pauline Letts
Editor:
Teresa McGonagle
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

from the original TV series by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT starring Arthur Lowe
John Le Mesurier. Clive Dunn 6: The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones featuring JOHN LAURIE
JAMES BECK and BILL PERTWEE
PEARL HACKNEY. RICHARD DAVIES With ELIZABETH MORGAN
DIANA BISHOP and JOHN SNAGGE Producer JOHN DYAS
(Rptd: Wednesday, 12.27 pm)

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Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
David Croft
Unknown:
Arthur Lowe
Unknown:
John Le Mesurier.
Unknown:
Clive Dunn
Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
James Beck
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Pearl Hackney.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Morgan
Unknown:
John Snagge
Producer:
John Dyas

by DANIEL KATZ. A comedy translated by KEVIN O'MALLEY from RENAUD rosset's French version of the Finnish original
with Eleanor Bron, Nerys Hughes, Leonard Fenton
Benno, a Finnish Jew, is, because of his Russian origin, conscripted into the Tsar's army in the 1914-18 war. When he is reported injured, his wife Vera and her friend Lena set off to find him. Their adventures are funny but the implications of the story are often serious and moving.
Other parts: JOHN BULL, ANTHONY DANIELS, BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT
Piano ANNA BERENSKA
Cornet Michael Laird
Accordion GERALD CROSSMAN
Galkine's song composed by PETER GREENWELL
Producer BETTY DAVIES
(Rptd: next Sunday afternoon)
Eleanor Bron's Choice: page 5

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Unknown:
Daniel Katz.
Unknown:
Kevin O'Malley
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Leonard Fenton
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Anthony Daniels
Piano:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Accordion:
Gerald Crossman
Composed By:
Peter Greenwell
Producer:
Betty Davies
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Benno:
Leonard Fenton
Vera:
Eleanor Bron
Lena:
Nerys Hughes
The Ironmonger:
David Timson
Commander Kassoulkine:
Vernon Joyner
Wolf Blonder:
Nigel Graham
Hammu:
Judy Bennett
Golde:
Julie Hallam
Tania:
Elizabeth Revill
Lieutenant:
Sion Probert
Captain:
Timothy Bateson
RakitiS:
Anthony Hall
Galkine:
David Sinclair
Rabbi:
David Lawton
Receptionist:
Rolf Lefebvre
Police-Sergeant Bobrowski:
Clifford Norgate
Major Von Essen:
Bruce Beeby

Five talks by Peter Nichols , Rome correspondent. The Times 1: Words and Confrontations
Orson Welles once said ' the Italians are a nation of actors of whom the worst end up on stage.' Are the Italians the flamboyant talkers they are so often pictured as being, and if so. why?

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Unknown:
Peter Nichols

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