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Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman
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
Introduced By:
Barry Norman

by GRAHAM GREENE : abridged in 15 parts by ROSAMUND SHAW Read by David March (1)
Murder didn'mean much to Raven. Assassinating an idealistic war minister to boost the armaments industry was just a job. But when he was paid in stolen notes he determined to revenge himself against his corrupt employers.
Producer PEGGY BACON. (Series postponed from last month)

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Rosamund Shaw
Producer:
Peggy Bacon.

by Dorothy L. Sayers: adapted in five episodes by Chris Miller
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter and Peter Jones as Bunter
with Patricia Routledge as the Dowager Duchess

Contributors

Author:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Adapted by:
Chris Miller
Producer:
Simon Brett
Lord Peter:
Ian Carmichael
Bunter:
Peter Jones
The Dowager Duchess:
Patricia Routledge
Inspector Parker:
Gabriel Woolf
Mr. Thipps:
Norman Bird
Mrs. Thipps:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Inspector Sugg:
Stephen Thorne

John Amis blows away another layer of dust from his past and this week recalls what happened when he was....
2: Let toose in a record shop
It was a time of discovery, from Debussy's La Mer and Paderewski's Piano Concerto to Jack Teagarden 's Junkman. Producer DEREK DRESCHER

Contributors

Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
La Mer
Unknown:
Jack Teagarden
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Monica by PAULINE MACAULAY
James had arranged things very well. His evening was completely organised and nothing could go wrong. Then Leonard appeared....
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Pauline MacAulay
Producer:
Christopher Venning
James:
Garrick Hagon
Leonard:
Geoffrey Matthews
Porter:
Trader Faulkner

from 2.0 Presenter Sue MacGregor
Guest of the Week: Mike Denness, Kent and England cricket captain.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Costing it Out (4): Soup. Heather Formani investigates.
What help for latch-key children? Mary Redcliffe investigates a Save the Children Fund report.
Starting a Garden 13): Building a rockery; a water garden.
SHEILA MITCHELL reads Daniel Come to Judgement (8)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Denness
Unknown:
Heather Formani
Unknown:
Mary Redcliffe
Unknown:
Sheila Mitchell

Tangled Web by JOHN GRAHAM
It seemed perfectly straightforward to Q. Webb. Why not entertain the delectable Stella in his managing director's penthouse flat? Oh what a tangled web we weave.... with MADI HEDD, PAULINE LETTS Producer GLYN DEARMAN
(Lockwood West is in ' Billy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Jack May in Pygmalion' at the Albery Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Pauline Letts
Producer:
Glyn Dearman
Q Webb:
With David Valla
Stella:
And Kate Coleridge
Sir Alec Lithgow:
Locswood West
Mr Thorneycroft:
Jack May
Amanda:
Norma Ronald
Hepple:
Alan Downer
Brian:
Nigel Lambert
Mrs O'Mallie/Mrs Goulder:
Katherine Parr

Written by ANNE JONES starring Mollie Sugden and Deryck Guyler as Mr and Mrs Wheeler In 2: Finding a Little Job
Producers Richard MADDOCK and PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Written By:
Anne Jones
Unknown:
Mollie Sugden
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Mrs Wheeler
Producers:
Richard Maddock
Producers:
Peter Titheradge
Mr Bailey:
Norman Rossington
Ange:
Ysanne Churchman
Nev:
John Baddeley

The questions and ideas you send discussed this week by Rente Houston. Isobel Barnett Annetta Hoffnung and Sheila Van Damm. In the chair
Anona Winn. who says:
Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITCR
Producer JOHN bridges

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Annetta Hoffnung
Unknown:
Sheila van Damm.
Unknown:
Anona Winn.
Unknown:
Ian Messitcr
Producer:
John Bridges

The ' My Fair Lady ' Men
In addition to the record-breaking My Fair Lady the teamofLernerandLoewe wrote Gigi and many other distinguished musicals.
Celebration presents highlights from the successes of a curiously contrasted partnership. Written by FRANK DIXON
Introduced by RAY moors Producer HERBERT SMITH (Manchester)

Contributors

Written By:
Frank Dixon
Introduced By:
Ray Moors
Producer:
Herbert Smith

Saturday Roster by R. D. WINGFIELD
Hastler's job in Security is to ensure that only the right secrets are leaked to the Russians. Hastier is very ambitious, therefore he has a lot to lose when things go wrong .. ,
Producer KAY PATRICK
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
R. D. Wingfield
Producer:
Kay Patrick
Hastier:
John Pullen
Byrne:
David Gooderson
Gordon:
Sion Probert
Sally:
Frances Jeater
Maggie:
Jean Trend
Valery:
Emily Richard
Mrs Wallace:
Elizabeth Morgan
Porter:
Peter Pacey

A series of five programmes written and introduced by Edgar Lustgarten in which he reconstructs some of the most notorious murder cases of the past 60 years. 2: Blank Spot
London. 1959: a blackmailer's telephone call starts a tragic sequence of events.... Producer ROGER PINE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten

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