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Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman
Including at 6.55 and 7.55 Weather and programme news At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 7.27 and 8.27; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35"; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50. English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Barry Norman

from Scotland
Tbere's the Eight o'clock Bell by DOROTHY HAYNES
Read by Victor Carin
The sound of that eight o'clock bell controlled our life more than we realised - as lads, it sent us to bed, it hurried us to school in the morning ... but how was it that we heard it ringing across the seas and the continents at a time when no bells tolled?
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Haynes
Read By:
Victor Carin
Producer:
Allan G. Rogers

Terry Wogan invites personalities from the world of literature, show business, sport and other fields to join him in conversation.
This week his guests include Helen Mtrren , Nigel Dempster and James Burke

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
Helen Mtrren
Unknown:
Nigel Dempster
Unknown:
James Burke

REG VALLINTINE , director of the British Sub-Aqua Club, talks to divers about their fascinating and often hazardous operations, and learns what they have discovered in that silent, mysterious world below the sea. Second of six programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Reg Vallintine

Presenter Lyn Macdonald
Shopping Basket: MARGARET KORVING looks at the cost of everyday items and reports on ' best buys.'
BILL BRECKON continues his series on surviving the stress points in life,

Contributors

Presenter:
Lyn MacDonald
Unknown:
Margaret Korving
Unknown:
Bill Breckon

Presenter Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Spare a Penny: HARRY BUTLER with some do-it-yourself tips to save pounds. 2: Filling gaps and cracks.
A Family Home: SUSAN EVERSHED has given her house to mentally handicapped adults.
Leisure and Pleasure: pursuits, entertainments and places to go. BRENDA BRUCE reads
Mother Knew Best (9) by DOROTHY SCANNELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Butler
Unknown:
Susan Evershed
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Dorothy Scannell

(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Brian Hayles
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Jennifer Macy:
Angela Piper
Lilian:
Elizabeth Marlow
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Jobv Woodford:
George Woolley
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Harry Booker:
Gareth Armstrong
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy

A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday 4.5 pm)
Write to Any Answers', BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Roy Hayward

[Starring] Frank Duncan

On 2 November 1944 Lancaster K for King of 405 Pathfinder Squadron was approaching its target in the Ruhr when an anti-aircraft shell exploded alongside. The pilot was badly wounded. Flight-Lieutenant George Martin, the navigator, found himself in charge.
A quick conference with the rest of the crew decided his course of action. The unconscious pilot could not bale out, therefore they must stick with the plane and try to get back to England. But George Martin had never flown a plane in his life, let alone landed one. Now, it seemed, was his chance to learn.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Alan Burgess
George Martin:
Frank Duncan
[Actor]:
Jack Carr
[Actor]:
John Bull
[Actor]:
David Ericsson
[Actor]:
Peter Pacey
[Actor]:
David Ryall
[Actor]:
Peter Whitman

Much of the teaching profession seems to be in a state of disarray, disenchantment or despair. The consequences affect every family which has children of school age.
What are the causes of the malaise? And what, if any, are the remedies? A report by Brian Redhead
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (Manchester)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Producer:
Stanley Williamson

Lolly Willowes by SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER abridged in seven instalments by VIRGINIA BROWNE
Read bv Rosalie Crutchley
As someone else's daughter, sister, maiden aunt. Laura Willowes had lived, vicariously, half her allotted span. But slowly, surely, an ambition was growing in her that would surprise and shock everyone. Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Virginia Browne
Unknown:
Rosalie Crutchley
Unknown:
Laura Willowes
Producer:
John Cardy

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