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Introduced by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
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: Todays Papers at 7.35* and 8.35'; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Robert Robinson

medium wave only from 9.20
The British Way of Life
What are specifically ' British values ', and how are they changing? Which of those values are worth preserving? What should go? What's happening to our sense of fair play? Our tolerance? Our respect for the freedom of the individual? What do newcomers find attractive about life in Britain? And what new influences can improve the British way of life? Put your questions to Lady Longford and William Davis, Editor of Punch. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call 01-5" 4411 from 8.0 am. Another aspect of the British way of life - Pubs - in Friday Call: 9.5 am Radio 4. And another view from Bill Tidy: p 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Lady Longford
Unknown:
William Davis.

Pregnant Pause by MAVIS ARRAND
Read by Eva Haddon
' We're gonna have the most lovely day at the sales, honey.' I rarely saw my aunt Carrie, but although the outcome of her visits was unpredictable, they were always lively.
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Mavis Arrand
Read By:
Eva Haddon
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Presenter Nigel Murphy Home and Family
Executive Hopscotch: an unfunny game sweeping the United States. If it catches on here some families could be in for a move every year.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Murphy

A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards. Ted Ray
Arthur Askey , Cardew Robinson In the chair McDonald Hobley Special guest Frank Muir
From an idea by jimmy EDWARDS Producer EDWARD TAYLOR
(Repeated: Thursday, 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards.
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Arthur Askey
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Producer:
Edward Taylor

from 2.0 Presenter Sue MacCregor
The fewer your children the happier your life ': JOHN ARDAGH reports on the progress of women's emancipation in Iran.
2.0-2.2 News
Nursing Banks: new opportunities for part-time nurses. Reading your letters.
The Person My Childhood Made Me - 2: Sir Barnes Wallis. CBE, FRS, talks to ELIZABETH WEBB about some lessons that lasted. A Classic Meal - 1: DORA SAINT describes Parson Woodforde 's dinner of 1794 and gives some modern adaptations. PHIL BROWN reads
Miss Addie was a Widow (4)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ardagh
Unknown:
Sir Barnes Wallis.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Webb
Unknown:
Parson Woodforde
Unknown:
Phil Brown

visits Norfolk
Members of the Acle and District Flower Arrangement Club put questions to FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and GEOFF SMITH
Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Geoff Smith
Unknown:
Questionmaster Michael Barratt
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden

Scent of Victory
Narrated by Michael Flanders including:
Triumph in North Africa and Sicily; Invasion of Italy The Dam-ouster Raid Wartime comedy
Leslie Howard shot down
Churchill on peacetime reconstruction
25th anniversary of the RAF 21st anniversary of the BBC King George VI in Malta
Midget submarine attack on Tirpitz
Music of the time
With the recorded voices of: MARSHAL PIETRO BADOGLIO
REAR-ADMIRAL C. B. BARRY
RT HON BRENDAN BRACKEN
RT HON WINSTON CHURCHILL
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER BBC Reporters FRANK GILLARD and ROBERT DUNNETT
TOMMY HANDLEY
THE KENTUCKY MINSTRELS
KENNETH MACKSIE
AIR VICE-MARSHAL H. G. MARTIN
THE MILLS BROTHERS LT PLACE, vc, and LT CAMERON, VC
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
DR BARNES WALLIS
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company: JOHN BULL ANTHONY HALL. WILLIAM SLEIGH Research assistant COLIN HEID Written and produced by JOHN BRIDGES

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Flanders
Unknown:
Leslie Howard
Unknown:
Marshal Pietro Badoglio
Unknown:
Rear-Admiral C. B. Barry
Unknown:
Rt Hon Brendan Bracken
Unknown:
Rt Hon Winston Churchill
Unknown:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reporters:
Frank Gillard
Reporters:
Robert Dunnett
Unknown:
Tommy Handley
Unknown:
Kenneth MacKsie
Unknown:
H. G. Martin
Unknown:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Unknown:
Dr Barnes Wallis
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Anthony Hall.
Unknown:
William Sleigh
Unknown:
Colin Heid
Produced By:
John Bridges

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More