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Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman 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. English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Barry Norman

from Scotland
Jinty Logan's Parasol by DAVID ADAMSON
Read by Mary Riggans
Old Jinty Logan was a force to be reckoned wiith. She handled her parasol as if it were King Arthur's Exoalibur and, when vandals struck, it was the local policeman who found himself at the business end of her sword of justice.
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
David Adamson
Read By:
Mary Riggans
Read By:
Old Jinty Logan
Producer:
Allan G. Rogers

Presenter Lyn MacDonald
Serviceable and Safe: MOLLY PRICE-OWEN visits the Electricity Council's appliance testing laboratories.
In Shopping Basket MARGARET KORVING , looks at the cost of everyday items.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lyn MacDonald
Unknown:
Molly Price-Owen
Unknown:
Margaret Korving

Reading your letters,
Any Other Business: the brighter side of Parliament.
My Holiday Choice 1975 (3): it's the South of Spain for MAEVE BINCHY.
Cooking with Herbs: Ideas from MONICA MAWSON.
A Bachelor's Complaint on the Behaviour of Married People by CHARLES LAMB read by CYRIL LUCKHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Lamb
Read By:
Cyril Luckham

based on the original TV series by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT starring
Arthur Lowe. John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn If the Cap Fits

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
David Croft
Unknown:
Arthur Lowe.
Unknown:
John Le Mesurier
Unknown:
Clive Dunn

Green Beach by JAMES LEASOR who also introduces the programme The book adapted and produced by ai.an burgess
Green Beach ' was the code name for Pourville near Dieppe where on 19 August 1942 Canadian and British troops landed in Operation Jubilee, an essential rehearsal for the D-Day landings two years later.
Jack Nissenthall , RAF Flight-Sgt and radar expert, landed with them. His job was to investigate the secret German radar post on the cliff top. His use to the enemy, if captured, might have had an incalculable effect on the war effort. His bodyguard of ten sharp-shooters had orders to kill him if any possibility of capture arose.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Leasor
Unknown:
Jack Nissenthall

Conservatives In Opposition
With the question of the Conservative leadership now settled the party is able to concentrate on being an effective opposition and preparing itself for the future.
Gerald Priestland examines the state of the party and the likely shape of its political philosophy.
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Priestland
Producer:
Greville Havenhand

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More