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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

and investigates its humour with the help of Alfred Marks and the voices of PETER COOK , DUDLEY MOORE
DONALD SWANN , JIMMY EDWARDS DICK BENTLEY , JUNE WHITFIELD BOB NEWHART and WOODY ALLEN Producers SIMON BRETT and JOHN LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Dudley Moore
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Whitfield Bob Newhart
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Producers:
Simon Brett
Unknown:
John Lloyd

When did we last have Chocolate Biscuits? by PETER SILCOCK
1 You can owe yourself on many things . , . but to owe yourself money is to fracture a fundamental rule of economics ... Anyway, I don' really mind doing without toothpaste.'
Producer BRIAN MILLER (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Silcock
Producer:
Brian Miller
Paul Miller:
Tim Fearon
Linda Miller:
Christine Bradwell

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Lady Barnett
2.0-2.2 News
After a Mastectomy: BETTY WESTGATE and RETTA BALL offer practical help to patients who have had a breast operation.
Cooking the Jewish Way (3): main dish soups, EVELYN ROSE'S suggestions for stretching the food pound.
Crossroads of the Countryside: ANNA PERRY surveys the English hedge - past, present and threatened future.
VIRGINIA STRIDE reads Joy as tt Flies by BRENDA LITTLEK (3)

Contributors

Unknown:
MacGregor Guest
Unknown:
Betty Westgate
Unknown:
Anna Perry

The Fall and Rise of Big Artbnr with Eric Allan as Arthur
' Arthur has seen his heart's desire and he feels that everything and everybody is conspiring to stop him getting it. It's as good a basis for a tragedy as any I know.'-
Producer BARRY CATLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Allan
Producer:
Barry Catlin
Phyllis:
Diana Bishop
Mrs Bell:
Kathleen Helme
Mr Bailey:
Ronald Baddiley
Erie:
Paul Gaymon
Foreman/Official:
Malcolm Haves
Mr Evans/Steward:
Siôn Probert
Det-Sgt:
Michael Deacon

A day in the life of country vet. James Herriot. JEANINE MCMULLEN travels with him on his rounds of Yorkshire hill-farms. Herriot, now one of the best-selling authors in the .world. still prefers to spend his days up to his armpit inside cows finding out why they cannot hold in calf, rather than living a life of luxury in the Bahamas.
Producer PETER DE ROSA

Contributors

Unknown:
James Herriot.
Unknown:
Jeanine McMullen
Producer:
Peter de Rosa

You and the C linon Market
The last in our series of programmes giving you a chance, before the Referendum. of putting your points, questions and arguments on this great issue. This edition will provide an opportunity of covering the whole range of problems raised by British membership of the European Economic Communitv. Your guests:
Rt Hon Anthony Wedgwood Benn, hp. Secretary of State for Industry, who wants us to get out:
Rt Hon Reginald Maudling , up, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, who thinks we should stay in. Presenter Robin Day
Producer WALTER WALLICH
Call 01-580-4411 from 6.6 pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Wedgwood
Unknown:
Reginald Maudling
Producer:
Walter Wallich

The Story of Vicky by ELIZABETH HOLFORD with Doran Godwin as Vicky and Renée Asherson as Queen Victoria
The significant and eventful life of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter Princess Victoria, or ' Vicky ' as she was affectionately oaUed by her parents. Married to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1857 and removed to the rigours of Junker-dominated Berlin, she became a leading adversary of Bismarck. Empress of Germany and mother of Wilhelm II - the living embodiment of the destruction of all her hopes. with EVA HADDON
HECTOR ROSS and DAVID RYALL
Producer BRIAN MILLER (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Holford
Unknown:
Doran Godwin
Unknown:
Prince Frederick William
Unknown:
Eva Haddon
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
David Ryall
Producer:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
John Rye
Prince Albert:
Laurence Payne
Frederick William:
Alan Moore

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