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Introduced by Robert Robinson and John Timpson
Including at 6.50 and 7.50 nedium wave only 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 Sportsdesk at 7.25 and 8.25, including news from Germany of the build-up to the 1974 World Cup: Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35*; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
John Timpson

The Night and the Lady by SEAN LINDEY
Read by Timothy Earle
' Help! ' The voice called from inside the park. But the park was shut ... ' Is there anybody there? ' cried Howard.... He was not a lucky man.... and yet ... the situation had all sorts of possibilities ... Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Lindey
Read By:
Timothy Earle
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

medium leave only
Marghanita Laski introduces her selection of Rudyard Kip -ling's poems.
A series of five programmes 3: From the Civil War to the death of Napoleon
Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Readers GARY WATSON
MONTY MODLYN , JOHN SAMSON JOSEPH OCONOR , JOHN ARLOTT ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY RICHARD PIELOW
Producer HELEN FRY X

Contributors

Introduces:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
Rudyard Kip
Readers:
Gary Watson
Readers:
Monty Modlyn
Readers:
John Samson
Unknown:
Joseph Oconor
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Rosalie Crutchley
Unknown:
Richard Pielow
Producer:
Helen Fry

by Angela Huth

"Arnold is the nicest person to do things with I've met. Why shouldn't he like airports and stations and things? You like whatever you like. He makes you see quite ordinary things - all funny."

Contributors

Writer:
Angela Huth
Producer:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Arnold Fibre:
Ronald Herdman
Nora Huntley:
Katherine Parr
Hilary:
Julie Hallam
Roger:
Fraser Kerr
Lynn:
Diana Bishop
Gary:
Sion Probert

from 2.0 Presenter Sue MacGregor
Guest of the week: Johnny Mercer. lyric-writer, whose songs include ' Moon River - and Something's got to give.'
2.0-2.2 News
As I See It: SILVINO TROMPETTO with a chef's working philosophy.
'Part of my liver lies in Sumatra': SHIRLEY DEANE came through a test of magic with flying colours.
On Your Allotment - 5: FRANCES PERRY advises JEAN AND JOHN TUSON about growing vegetables.
Anthony Trollope by JAMES POPE-HENNESST abridged in 15 parts by MADGE HART Read by Richard (1)
The life of the great Victorian novelist
(Music: Lakme by Delibes)

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Mercer.

A Theatre in the Family A new trilogy by A. R. RAWLINSON with John Rve
Miriam Margolyes and Jane Knowles
3: The Leading Lady
The Landseer, although now nearly 70 years old. is still a successful West End theatre, still has its mascot on the foyer wall, and is still in the hands of the Balsom family.
Producer IAN COTTERELL

Contributors

Unknown:
A. R. Rawlinson
Unknown:
John Rve
Unknown:
Miriam Margolyes
Unknown:
Jane Knowles
Producer:
Ian Cotterell
Simon Vallon:
John Rye
Juliet BalSOM:
Miriam Margolyes
Robert Balsom:
Anthony Hall
Alistair Balsom:
Siôn Probert
Emma:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Bill:
Nigel Graham
Tracy Tenbury:
Jane Knowles
Nurse:
Sandra Clark
Doctor:
Godfrey Kenton
Joan:
Diana Olsson
Stage Door Keeper:
William Sleigh
Constable:
Sam Dastor

Anona Winn. Joy
Adamson Norman Hackferth , Peter Glaze with a mystery truest
Peter Jones in the chair Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Repeated: Friday, 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn.
Unknown:
Adamson Norman Hackferth
Unknown:
Peter Glaze
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Producer:
John Cassels

Inspector Ghote and the River Man by H. R. F. KEATING
' In the course of inquiries. Inspector, the Customswallahs heard this old. destitute fellow, commonly called the River Man. also referred to by the local fisherfolk as Valsingem Doctor. Now, that name stuck... , .
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. R. F. Keating
Producer:
John Scotney
Inspector Ghote:
Kevork Malikyan
Superintendent:
Saeed Jaffrey
River Man:
Aubrey Woods
Dr Abrahams:
Sheila Mitchell
Dr Doctor:
Heather Emmanuel
Parson:
Godfrey Kenton

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