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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

from Scotland
The Ginger Jar by COLIN KILPATRICK
Read by Mary Riggans
For wee Henry Sullivan , when he was introduced to the delights of ginger, it seemed that an endless supply of the delicacy could be his if only he could get a ginger jar for his mother's birthday. But where, in these inflationary days, can a small boy get a ginger jar for 12 pence?
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Kilpatrick
Read By:
Mary Riggans
Unknown:
Henry Sullivan
Producer:
Allan G. Rogers

from 2.0 Presenter Sue MacGregor
A Chosen Exile: US expatriates with their experience of the British way of life.
2.0 2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Reporter for a Day: Woman's Hour listener MRS RHODA LEE takes the microphone around a small dairy farm, to follow the day-to-day routine of a Devon farmer.
Christmas Presents - light as a feather! : ANN GREGG finds good ideas in small parcels. ANN MORRISH reads
Angel by ELIZABETH TAYLOR (11)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Rhoda Lee
Unknown:
Ann Gregg
Unknown:
Ann Morrish
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor

from the TV series based on the characters created by A. J. CRONIN
The Anxious Man written by JOHN MAITLAND adapted by PAT DUNLOP
Jamie Strachan has a complaint which mystifies and intrigues his advisers until Dr Finlay has a brainwave, with surprising results.
Broadcast by arrangement with GRAHAM STEWART
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Cronin
Written By:
John Maitland
Adapted By:
Pat Dunlop
Adapted By:
Jamie Strachan
Arrangement With:
Graham Stewart
Dr Cameron:
Andrew Crulckshank
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Dr Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Alyson:
Millar BridgetmcConnel
Jamie Strachan:
Jim McManus
Maggie Strachan:
Christina Gray
Murdoch:
John Dunbar
Robertson/Mr Millar:
Alaric Cotter

(Repeated: Friday, 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Keith Miles
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jennifer Macy:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Christine:
Lesley Saweard
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joby Woodford:
George Woolley
Ken Pound:
Garard Green
Mary Pound:
Ysanne Churchman
Armstrong:
Gordon Gardner
Mrs Mead:
Peggy Anne Wood
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Colin Drury:
John Baddeley
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Pat Lewis:
Patricia Gallimore
Eric Selwyn:
John Corvin

A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Fridays Any Questionsr Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday. 4.5 pm)
Write to Any Answersr, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Roy Hayward

How many people suffer from migraine and how awful a complaint is it? Why do chocolate and cheese sometimes trigger it off?
DICK TRACEY talks to SIR BARNES WALLIS and other migraine sufferers and asks PROFESSOR MERTON SANDLER of London University: is there any hope of a lasting cure?
Producer PETER be ROSA
(Extended version of the programme broadcast on 15 May)

Contributors

Talks:
Dick Tracey
Unknown:
Sir Barnes Wallis
Unknown:
Merton Sandler

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