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Introduced by John Tlmpson and Malcolm Billings 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 Tlmpson

Rob Roy Goes to the Tattoo by DOROTHY K. HAYNES
Read by Howard Lockhart
Edinburgh Festival ... the Tattoo, it was all so Scottish and stirring to the ancestral blood of visiting American Hiram J. Cormac. To Zena his wife it meant nothing ... 4 she just hoped to God he wouldn' buy himself a kilt.' Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Roy
Unknown:
Dorothy K. Haynes
Read By:
Howard Lockhart
Unknown:
Hiram J. Cormac.
Producer:
Allan G. Rogers

Dennis McCarthy reports on some of the strange places he's been to and the more unusual p.eople he's met.
This week: two heavy beer-drinkers - a pony and a goat, and the publican who has hit on an infallible method of emptying his pub at closing time.
Producer PETER DE ROSA

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis McCarthy
Producer:
Peter de Rosa

A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Ted Ray Arthur Askey
Cardew Robinson
In the chair McDonald Robley Special guest: Nerys Hughes
From an idea by JIMMY EDWARDS Producer EDWARD TAYLOR
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Arthur Askey
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Producer:
Edward Taylor

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Poets Cornered: PAUL BARNES visits a residential course for writers.
Begone, Dull Bulge: Is Cellulite a myth. and if not, how do you get rid of it?
BARBARA MITCHELL reads Sarah Whitman by DUNE PEARSON (8)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Paul Barnes
Unknown:
Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
Sarah Whitman
Unknown:
Dune Pearson

A Night in October A play for radio by MAURICE CALLARD
Ann is the only person who can save an innocent man from life imprisonment for murder. But will she be prepared to put her marriage at risk to do so? Producer BRIAN MILLER (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Callard
Producer:
Brian Miller
Ann:
Sandra Clark
Mabel:
Yvonne Antrobus
Robert:
Manning Wilson
Peter:
Bowabd Goorney
Ruth:
Daphne Rogers

The antidote to panel games from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and William Rushton
Under the supervision of Humphrey Lyttelton in the Chair with Colin Sell at the piano.

Contributors

Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
William Rushton
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Pianist:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Simon Brett

(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Macy:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Simon Gipps-Kent
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Christine:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig

Written by James Follett, based on "Black Boomerang" by Sefton Delmer
Three stories of intrigue and Intelligence from World War II

'The so-called Soldiers' Radio Calais, which evidently originates in England, has given us something to worry about. The station does a very clever job of propaganda and from what is put on the air, one can gather that the British know exactly what they have destroyed and what they have not.' (Goebbels)

Contributors

Writer:
James Follett
Based on "Black Boomerang" by:
Sefton Delmer
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Sefton Delmer:
Nigel Graham
Others taking part:
Bruce Alexander
Others taking part:
Hector Ross
Others taking part:
David Sinclair
Others taking part:
Denis McCarthy
Others taking part:
Nigel Lambert
Others taking part:
Roy Stephens
Others taking part:
Roger Snowdon
Others taking part:
Garard Green
Others taking part:
Cari Hedderwick

A series of four programmes In which Harry Rée, a former headmaster and Professor of Education at York University, offers a personal survey of the present-day educational scene. 1:The Death of Dad
An analysis of the ways in which changes in the world at large have made an impact on the world of school.
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (Manchester)

As the Jewish New Year 5736 approaches - it starts tomorrow night - the Chief Rabbi, Dr Immanuel Jakobovits , talks with a colleague. Dr Irving Jacobs , about the Jewish understanding of prayer.

Contributors

Talks:
Dr Immanuel Jakobovits
Unknown:
Dr Irving Jacobs

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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