Programme Index

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Introduced by 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 OSBORNE
English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Editor:
Alastair Osborne

aided by David Jessel, Sheridan Morley, Mavis Nicholson, Lance Percival, Esther Rantzen, Kenneth Robinson and Fritz Spiegl.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
David Jessel
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley
Unknown:
Mavis Nicholson
Unknown:
Lance Percival
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Unknown:
Kenneth Robinson
Unknown:
Fritz Spiegl
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

How do slugs reproducer If, as I believe, each slug is both male and female - do they need a mater
The team tells of the problems of a teenage slug and deals with another batch of your wildlife questions.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol)
Questions to Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison
Producer:
Dilys Breese

The Scarf by N. L. DAY
Read by Annette Crosbie
Emma - pink tip of her tongue touching her upper Up in concentration - picked up the silk, its folds giving way to luxuriant length, shimmering in the midday sunshine. By turns jade. then emerald, the scarf seemed alive in her fingers ... Producer TANIA GARNER

Contributors

Unknown:
N. L. Day
Read By:
Annette Crosbie
Producer:
Tania Garner

Presenter Nigel Murphy
Girls in Blue: a day in the life of a woman police constable observed by SYLVIA MARGOLIS.
Editor DENNIS LOWER
Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A IAA

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Murphy
Unknown:
Sylvia Margolis.

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
The Lady Drives an ' Artie ': DEIRDRE RAYSON , woman in the world of the heavy goods vehicle.
Only Child's Play?: ANN HEYNO uncovers the importance of play in a child's development.
Anti-Mass, Anti-materialism: BERNARD JACKSON visits the craftsmen's guild of Sts Joseph and Dominick at Ditchling.
Norfolk Child by JANE WHITE abridged by ANN REES -JONES read by Eileen Atkins
First of five instalments
I remember our arrival at the house as a smell of leaves and of apples drying - a wooden staircase and our feet thundering on it! (Music: Shostakovich's Symphony No 1) Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Deirdre Rayson
Unknown:
Ann Heyno
Unknown:
Bernard Jackson
Unknown:
Jane White
Abridged By:
Ann Rees
Read By:
Eileen Atkins
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

The Nightcomers by ERIC AMBLER , abridged in ten parts by LOUIS BATTYE Read by Gary Watson 1: The Officers Arrive
I am a reasonable man but my companions are a little different. They may look for other satisfactions. Things may grow difficult ... Understanding is a fine thing but sometimes it is better to carry a revolver. Producer TONY CLIFF (Leeds)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Ambler
Read By:
Gary Watson

starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in Postal Disorder with NORMA RONALD. RONALD BADDILEY and JOHN GRAHAM. Written by EDWARD TAYLOR and JOHN GRAHAM Producer EDWARD TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Norma Ronald.
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Unknown:
John Graham.
Written By:
Edward Taylor
Written By:
John Graham
Producer:
Edward Taylor

Frank Muir and Alfred Marks on the humour of the subject.

'I used to do a bit of painting myself. One day a lovely girl came to see me and said "Can you paint me in the nude?" I said "Certainly, madam, but I'll have to keep my socks on - must have somewhere for the brushes."'

and the voices of: Peter Sellers, Irene Handl, Michael Bentine, Tony Hancock, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Muir
Reader:
Alfred Marks
Producer:
Simon Brett
Producer:
John Davis

Viviette
A radio play by FREDERICK BRADNUM, based on the novel Two on a Tower by THOMAS HARDY, with Sarah Badel, Michael Kitchen. The lady of the manor scarcely knows of the existence of a tower on her estate until a young man from the village starts using it to look at the stars.
Producer JANE GRAHAM
(Rptd: next Sunday 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Play By:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Sarah Badel
Unknown:
Michael Kitchen
Producer:
Jane Graham
Viviette, Lady Constantine:
Sarah Badel
Louis Glanville:
Christopher Bidmead
Dobbs:
Peter Whitman
Swithin St Cleeve:
Michael Kitchen
Granny Martin:
Susan Richards
Tabitha Lark:
Emily Richard
Hannah Underwood:
Gladys Spencer
Rev Talkingham:
Denis McCarthy
Bishop of Melchester:
Haydn Jones
Verger:
Peter Whitman
Capt Humfrey:
Malcolm Hayes

by John Buchan
Read by Noel Johnson (1)
'All the same,' said Leithen, 'I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London. And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. " They also serve who only stand and wait." you know.'

Contributors

Author:
John Buchan
Reader:
Noel Johnson
Producer:
Gordon Emslie

The views of young people on seven contemporary questions - and the solutions they propose.
Proceedings chaired by Jill Burridge with Dr Edward de Bono attempting to steer a logical course.
1: The Teenage Drinking Habit, and How to Get it Under Control Super-bot would satisfy the advertisers and the drinkers, but not make you drunk.' Producer PAT TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Unknown:
Dr Edward de Bono
Producer:
Pat Taylor

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