Programme Index

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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; Today's Papers at 7.35* and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50 English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

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from 9.20 Writing for Publication
If you're an aspiring writer, what do you need to know to get your work published? For Instance, where do you begin to offer tour workt What are the markets for short stories or leaturesf How do you took for a publisher for your first novelt
In the studio to answer your questions are Marie Joseph , author and contributor to various magazines, and Rosemary Gould , a literary agent.
In the chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Joseph
Unknown:
Rosemary Gould

You Need a Bucket to Catch a Bird by G. BOSLEY
Read by Norman Shelley
' You got me that time all right. A fine trick to play on an old man.' ....'Come on down, then. We've got a job to do this morning.... Remember? ' producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
G. Bosley
Read By:
Norman Shelley
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

based on the original TV series by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT starring
Arthur Lowe , John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn
All is Safely Gathered In
Captain Mainwaring and his men try to work alongside the wardens to bring in the harvest. But not even the presence of the Vicar can ensure peaceful co-existence. featuring JOHN LAURIE
ARNOLD RIDLEY , IAN LAVENDER With BILL
PERTWEE FRANK WILLIAMS , NAN KENWAT and JOHN SNAGGE
Adapted for radio by MICHAEL KNOWLES and HAROLD SNOAD Producer JOHN DYAS
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
12.55 medium icare only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
David Croft
Unknown:
Arthur Lowe
Unknown:
Clive Dunn
Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
Arnold Ridley
Unknown:
Ian Lavender
Unknown:
Pertwee Frank Williams
Unknown:
Nan Kenwat
Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Michael Knowles
Unknown:
Harold Snoad
Producer:
John Dyas

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor A Singer with a Song:
Magdalena Buznea. described as ' a second Piaf,' in conversation With MAEVE BINCHY.
2.0-2.2 News
Other People's Kitchens: DILYS MORGAN visits ALAN MELVILLE to see what he wants in, and from. his kitchen.
In One Man's Lifetime: 50 years ago DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL started work in Local Government.
MADGE RYAN reads
Miss Elizabeth Arden (5)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Magdalena Buznea.
Unknown:
Alan Melville
Unknown:
David Scott Blackhall
Unknown:
Miss Elizabeth Arden

Musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE John Amis and Frank Muir
Challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the chair Steve Race
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Challenge Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden

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