Programme Index

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Introduced by Barry Norman : including at 7.50 med wave only Travel news. What's On: Weather, prog news at 7.55.
At 8.0
News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 8.30*; Papers at 8.40*

Contributors

Introduced By:
Barry Norman

9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Conference Special Liberal Party Assembly
Delegates and observers look back at the week's events in Brighton and discuss their likely impact on Liberal party strategy for the General Election.
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
COLIN VALDAR reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by EDWARD COLE Narrator SHEILA TRACY Producers TOM READ
BERNARD TATE , ANNE SLOMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Valdar
Read By:
Edward Cole
Producers:
Tom Read
Unknown:
Bernard Tate

Some happy moments from a crowded artistic repertory of film. broadcasting and gramophone records uncover the exuberance, wit and flair of this raconteur and performer extraordinary.
Producer ROGER THOMPSON
(First broadcast in Celebration)

Contributors

Producer:
Roger Thompson

Presenter Sandi Jones
The week in Woman's Hour.
Know Your Place: as the only child of their families, PATRICIA KER6HAW and IRENE THOMAS talk to THORNTON PEARN.
What the European papers say; Guest: Dame Ngaio Marsh
Consumer Commentary: NORMAN TOZER with a round-up.
Sitting Duck by BRUCE FRASER abridged by SALLY SKRIMSHIRE read by KERRY FRANCIS (1)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Jones
Unknown:
Patricia Ker6haw
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Thornton Pearn.
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Unknown:
Bruce Fraser
Abridged By:
Sally Skrimshire
Read By:
Kerry Francis

Another Life by MALCOLM MACDONALD : the last of three plays based on his book World from Rough Stones
Lord John and Nora look forward to, and Arabella gives birth to, another life.
Producer RICHARD WORTLEY
World from Rough Stones pub 23 Sept (Hodder & Stoughton)

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm MacDonald
Producer:
Richard Wortley
Lord John:
Barry Foster
Nora:
Nerys Hughes
Walter and:
Hugh Ross
Arabella:
Carole Boyd
Betty:
Emily Richard
Noah:
David Lincoln
Chambers/Dr Douglas:
Don McKillop

Introduced by John Dunn Arthur Poskett - 12
With JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS and CAROLE HAYMAN written by BRIAN THOMPSON
4.5 Behind the Scenes
GWYN RICHARDS goes aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Producer DAVID SHUTE
4.25 Painting Competition
TONY HART names the winners
4.30 The Prince and the Pauper Read by GABRIEL WOOLF (6)
4.45 Number Please
A nationwide game devised by VALERIE HODGETTS. 6: Scotland
SUSANNE MCMAHON and JUNE O'KANE (Bellarmine Secondary School, Glasgow) challenge JOHN TOFFOLO and IAN GOURLAY (Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow). Chairman TOM COYNE Editor GRAHAM GAULD
4D Annual pub 26 Sept, 90p, from bookshops

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Dunn
Introduced By:
Arthur Poskett
Unknown:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Carole Hayman
Written By:
Brian Thompson
Unknown:
Gwyn Richards
Producer:
David Shute
Unknown:
Tony Hart
Read By:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Valerie Hodgetts.
Unknown:
John Toffolo
Unknown:
Ian Gourlay
Unknown:
Tom Coyne
Editor:
Graham Gauld

Six short stories dramatised and produced for radio by DEREK HODDINOTT
5: The Breakthrough
Ronald Pickup as Saunders Richard Leech as Mac Saxmere was an experimental station in the marshes. What went on there no one knew ...
(BBC World Service production)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Hoddinott
Unknown:
Saunders Richard Leech
Unknown:
Mac Saxmere
Ken Ryan:
David Griffin
Robbie:
Nigel Lambert
Niki:
Diana Olsson
Mrs JanUS:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Voice of Charon:
Siôn Probert

by Tony Bilbow
'All those years with the old firm I nursed the idea of writing one novel, sort of a thriller really, based on fact. A gang of four men - never committed a crime in their lives - £2 million... You don't write it. You do it!'
(Leeds)
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)

9.58 Weather

Contributors

Writer:
Tony Bilbow
Producer:
Tony Cliff
John Grantley:
John Rowe
Phillip Green:
Derrick Gilbert
Tom Cork:
Denis Lill
Mike Downs:
Tony Bilbow
Employer/Benny Haydock:
Ronald Herdman
Marsha:
Eileen O'Brien
Jenny:
Janet Dale
Gordon/Mr Granger:
Geoffrey Banks
Mr Clyde/Flying instructor:
Christopher Godwin
Barney/Security guard:
Barrie Rutter

Three programmes in which BENNY GREEN recalls the so-called ' golden age ' of the late 19th and early 20th century. 3: Sir Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm was the leading wit of his time and equally famous as a cartoonist and as a public personality: he knew everyone worth knowing and had something to say about each of them.
BENNY GREEN looks at the period as seen through his eyes. Producer DAVID CORNET
(Repeated: Friday, 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Max Beerbohm
Unknown:
Max Beerbohm

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