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Introduced by John Timpson
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

Is there a substitute for mumf Many mothers who go out to work are worried that, however good the arrangements made for their care, the children may in future suffer in their mental or emotional development.
PADDY FEENY introduces a discussion between parents, children and DR MARTIN RICHARDS on the effects of ' maternal deprivation.'
Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Introduces:
Paddy Feeny
Introduces:
Dr Martin Richards
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Crack ol Dawn by JOHN TARRANT Read by Duncan Carse
A voice spoke quietly from the shadows of the cabin. ' Hold it there, Captain.' Killip stood as if petrified, peering helplessly into the darkness.
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tarrant
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Something Nasty in the Woodshed
With Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons punctured forever the pretensions of heavy-breathing sagas of rustic life.
'And who's to know what will happen to me when the sukebind is out in the hedges again, and I feel so strange on the long summer evenings? '
Kenneth Williams, Arthur Marshall, and Amanda Theunissen meet their Doom in darkest Sussex.

Contributors

Speaker:
Kenneth Williams
Speaker:
Arthur Marshall
Speaker:
Amanda Theunissen
Producer:
Pamela Howe

by John Kirkmorris

'You know what this business needs? Heart. It needs a pretty girl singing her pain on an empty stage. You couldn't do it on your own, Scottie. I'd keep on shoving you along the hardest road of all... And I'd look after you too.'

Contributors

Writer:
John Kirkmorris
Producer:
Peter Novis
Wally:
John Rowe
Hilda:
Joan Matheson
Scottie:
Elizabeth Proud
Dave:
Sion Probert

Presenter Sue MacGregor
Guests of the week: John and Jean Wilson , the President of the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness and the Chairman of its campaign executive.
2.0-2.2 News
Rabbits in Football Jerseys: GEORGE BRIGHOUSE talks to KEITH STEVENS about the world of the champions and their breeders.
Letter to Another Woman: thoughts from medical social worker CAROI.E HARRIS.
On Your Allotment 6: FRANCES PERRY advises JEAN and JOHN TUSON on growing vegetables. COLETTE O'NEIL reads

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue MacGregor
Presenter:
Jean Wilson
Unknown:
Keith Stevens
Unknown:
Frances Perry
Unknown:
John Tuson
Unknown:
Colette O'Neil

Expediency by T. D. WEBSTER with Hugh Burden and Malcolm Terris
Shawcross Comprehensive is in many respects a model school and the headmaster prides himself on his progressive views. What is he to do when a young teacher threatens to upset the applecart?
Producer SUSANNA CAPON

Contributors

Unknown:
T. D. Webster
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Malcolm Terris
Producer:
Susanna Capon
Jane:
Sandra Clark
Frank Edwards:
Hugh Burden
Alice:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Stephen:
Diana Olsson
Charles:
Wilfrid Carter
Peter Hammond:
Malcolm Terris
Arthur Smithson:
Godfrey Kenton
Dr Stewart:
Gerald Cross
Martin:
David Timson
Older teacher:
Alan Rowe
Val Pearson:
Liane Aukin
Bernard Rock:
Antony Viccars
Christine Hammond:
Jane Knowles

from RAF Brize Norton
Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Norman Hackforth , Peter Glaze try to guess objects presented by their hosts
Peter Jones in the chair Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Repeated: Friday, 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brize Norton
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Norman Hackforth
Unknown:
Peter Glaze
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Producer:
John Cassels

The Beecham Magic
An international Lancastrian. Sir Thomas Beecham outraged and delighted his contemporaries and made recordings which hold their place among the best of today.
JACK BRYMER , a member of one of his orchestras for 16 years, recalls the man and his music. Producer GILLIAN HUSH
How Beecham tooHapouder: p4

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Jack Brymer

A series of Father Brown stories to celebrate the birth of G. K. CHESTERTON adapted by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Leslie French as Fr Brown and William Rushton as Chesterton 4: The Dagger with Wings
Fr Brown learns that the antidote to Black Magic is - White Magic!
(Repeated: Thursday. 3.5 pm) The Mirror and the Magistrate: 31 July

Contributors

Unknown:
G. K. Chesterton
Adapted By:
Archie Campbell
Adapted By:
Leslie French
Unknown:
Fr Brown
Unknown:
William Rushton
Unknown:
Fr Brown
Dr Boyne:
Hugh Ross
John Strake:
Peter Yapp
Arnold Aylmer:
Sam Dastor
Insp Collins:
Stephen Thorne
PC Robinson:
Hugh Ross
Producer:
Christopher Venning

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