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 7.45-7.51 English Regions: see column I

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

Good Motoring and Learning to Drive
Few people admit to being bad drivers but most could improve their skills.
What are the most common driving faults and how can they be overcomef If learners keep failing their test, should they give up? How important is it to know what goes on under the bonnett
Advice from Anne Hall , the former international rally driver who now runs her own driving school, and Robert Peters , Chief Executive of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
In the chair Teresa McGonagle Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Hall
Unknown:
Robert Peters
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle

The Wednesday Train by MARK BOURNE
Read by John Leeson
It was some days before I connected the young boy with the old man. A caravan site in August is hardly the place to make out relationships.... Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Read By:
John Leeson
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Presenter Jeanine McMullen
Walk right in ... sit right down ...: the principle behind a new concept in education - the community school. LESLIE ROBINSON visits one of Britain's latest educational experiments and asks parents, teachers, and the children, what they think about it.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 1AA

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanine McMullen
Unknown:
Leslie Robinson

based on the original TV series by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT
Starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn

Captain Mainwaring and Corporal Jones get 'carried away' in their efforts to secure a runaway barrage balloon.
featuring JOHN LAURIE, ARNOLD RIDLEY, IAN LAVENDER
With BILL PERTWEE, FRANK WILLIAMS, EDWARD SINCLAIR, MICHAEL KNOWLES and JOHN SNAGGE
Adapted for radio by MICHAEL KNOWLES and HAROLD SNOAD
Producer JOHN DYAS
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)

12.55 Weather and programme news
VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
David Croft
Unknown:
Arthur Lowe
Unknown:
John Le Mesurier
Unknown:
Clive Dunn
Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
Arnold Ridley
Unknown:
Ian Lavender
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Frank Williams
Unknown:
Edward Sinclair
Unknown:
Michael Knowles
Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Michael Knowles
Unknown:
Harold Snoad
Producer:
John Dyas

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
How Do You Do?: a quiz to cut the cost of living, played by Carys Bell, Christina Bridger and Deirdre Edington.
With Irene Thomas in the chair.

2.0-2.2 News

In the Patients' Interest: Beryl Urquhart explains the role of Community Health Councils.
Kidneys: Pru Leith proves that offal isn't awful.
Sunday Sweet Sunday: Brenda Kidman spends the day with Anthony and Victoria Jarvis at their Stately Home in Lincolnshire.
Madge Ryan reads Miss Elizabeth Arden by A.A. Lewis and C. Woodworth (10)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Played By:
Carys Bell
Played By:
Christina Bridger
Played By:
Deirdre Edington
Guest:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Beryl Urquhart
Unknown:
Pru Leith
Unknown:
Brenda Kidman
Unknown:
Victoria Jarvis
Unknown:
Madge Ryan
Unknown:
A. A. Lewis
Unknown:
C. Woodworth

5: Counter Plots

Contributors

Narrator:
Godfrey Kenton
Gina:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Fabrice:
Michael Williams
Count Mosca:
Noel Johnson
Marchesa del Dongo:
Cecile Chevreau
Clelia Conti:
Carole Boyd
Prince Ernest:
Michael Deacon
Ferrante Palla:
John Rye
Rassi:
Peter Woodthorpe
General Conti:
Alan Rowe
Ludovico:
Clifford Norgate
Elena:
Eva Haddon
Giulia:
Kate Coleridge
Cecehina:
Liane Aukin
Giacomo:
Nigel Lambert
Sentry:
Roger Gartland

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challengee
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the chair Steve Race , who also compiled the questions
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

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

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