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The world this morning: what Britain's getting up to. plus the news from anywhere on earth, introduced by John Timpson and Desmond Lynam. Including at 6.50 and 7.50 VHF Regional news and weather; 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.
Editor ALASTAIR OSPOHNE
English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam.

aided by Harriet Crawley, Sheridan Morley, Lance Percival, Esther Rantzen, Kenneth Robinson, Fritz Spiegl.
Enjoy a mixture of argument, humour and music as they meet the personalities, preview the popular arts and discuss a theme of the week ahead.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harriet Crawley
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Unknown:
Lance Percival
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Unknown:
Kenneth Robinson
Unknown:
Fritz Spiegl.
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

When, if ever, does the earwig fly? I've never been able to persuade one to do so ... This is one of the small mysteries solved today by the Wildlife team.
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) Questions to: Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

The Model by A. c. RUTLAND Read by Geoffrey Matthews
Nathaniel Lack was a quiet-voiced man; neat and small. He liked little things, and. so far as he could, he shut out the large and clumsy world and lived in miniature . -
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Read By:
Geoffrey Matthews
Read By:
Nathaniel Lack
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Presenter Jeanine McMullen
Gold: an investment or a speculative metal? TIM MATTHEWS investigates.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Editor DENNIS LOWER
Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 1AA

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanine McMullen
Unknown:
Tim Matthews

medium ware only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MaeGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Top to Toe: a series of weekly exercises with ESTHER FAIRFAX to help you look and feel better. Holidays in Britain (4): PATSY KUMM with ideas for the independent, from cycling to exchanging your home. MONICA GREY reads
Battledore and Shuttlecock by BARBARA GOOLDEN (6)
Deputy editor TERESA MCGONAGLE Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue Maegregor
Unknown:
Patsy Kumm
Unknown:
Barbara Goolden
Editor:
Teresa McGonagle
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

medium ivave only
Story: Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce by MARGARET GORE Presenters this week
SEAN BARRETT and AURIOL SMITH Written and produced by JENYTH WORSLEY
Listen with Mother Stories, £2.00 from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Gore
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
Auriol Smith
Produced By:
Jenyth Worsley

North Star by HAMMOND INNES abridged for radio in ten parts and read by DAVID MAHLOWE
Mike Randall is a confused idealist who has gone to Shetland in search of his father's mysterious past and to escape from having to identify two erstwhile comrades accused of arson. 6: Trial by Perjury Producer HERBERT SMITH (Manchester)

Contributors

Read By:
David Mahlowe
Read By:
Mike Randall
Producer:
Herbert Smith

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams
Clement Freud , Peter Jones Sheila Hancock try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer JOHN LLOYD
(Rptd: Wednesday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

Saint Joan by BERNARD SHAW abridged for radio from the six scenes of the Chronicle by NORMAN WRIGHT with and Stephen Murray Maurice Denham
Noel Johnson. Michael Williams Douglas Storm
Students of the LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART
Technical assistants cordon
BOWEN. MARY BARRETT, CAROL MCSHANE. DAVID GREENWOOD Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS
(Judi Dench is in ' The Good Companions ' at Her Majesty's) See note on page 4
Major Barbara: Tues 9.0 BBC2

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Norman Wright
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Noel Johnson.
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Carol McShane.
Unknown:
Judi Dench
Saint Joan:
Judi Dench
Narrator:
Allan McClelland
Captain Robert de Baudricourt:
Kerry Francis
Steward:
Peter Tuddenham
Joan:
Judi Dench
Bertrand de Poulengey:
Nigel Lambert
Lord Chamberlain, Mgr de la Trémouille:
Alan Dudley
The Archbishop of Rheims:
John Richmond
Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard):
Michael Spice
Captain La Hire:
Sean Arnold
Charles, the Dauphin:
John Rye
Duchesse de la Trémouille:
Cecile Chevreau
DunoiS:
Michael Williams
Earl of Warwick:
Noel Johnson
John de Stogumber:
Douglas Storm
The Bishop of Beauvais, Mgr Cauchon:
Maurice Denham
Inquisitor:
Stephen Murray
Canon John d'Estivet:
Alan Rowe
Canon de Courcelles:
Stephen Thorne
Brother Martin Ladvenu:
Michael Deacon
Executioner:
Clifford Norgate
Pages:
Peter Whitman
Pages:
David Ericsson

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