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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 and 8.27; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.3S* and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50. English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

Sex and the Young Person
Most of us now accept the term ' permissive society ' - but are not clear how we have arrived there. ts it a question of parents relaxing parental control or young people knocking down the barriers of moral behaviour? How much can parents influence their children's standards' And at what stage should tfoungsters make up their own minds about relationships?
Helen Palmer talks to parents and children.
Producer MARY REDCLIFFE

Contributors

Producer:
Mary Redcliffe

Rabbits by W. MONTAGU EVEHITT
Read by Carleton Hobbs
Caridew Snuggins was extremely annoyed at having been blatantly cheated; that old fool in the ticket office of this ridiculous column had distinctly told him there were 311 steps. There weren't. There were 309. It would have been more to the point had the idiot mentioned that the balcony was caged. For Caridew Snuggins had made that climb for the express purpose of throwing himself off ...
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Montagu
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs
Read By:
Caridew Snuggins
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Escape Me Not by DONALD MCCARTHY
NANCY: The trouble with you, Henry, is you haven't enough push.
HENRY: It's nothing to do with push, you have to have the right qualifications.
NANCY: Stuff and nonsense . . . it's what you're made of that counts in this world, Henry ... you haven't got what it takes.
Producer DAVID b. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald McCarthy
Producer:
David B. Godfrey
Henry Sayer:
John Bryning
Nancy, his wife:
Madi Hedd
Bert Raynor:
Douglas Blackwell
Pam:
Anne Jameson

Programme 3
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge. Panel: Nan Winton
Ted Moult , Neil Durden-Smith v a team representing the Army and Royal Navy stationed in Singapore
Bob Tanner. Barry Vargas Alan Groves , Bill Bisset
Questionmaster PETER JONES
Questions set, programme devised and produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS
(By arrangement with British Forces Broadcasting Service)
(Repeated: Friday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan Winton
Unknown:
Ted Moult
Unknown:
Neil Durden-Smith
Unknown:
Bob Tanner.
Unknown:
Barry Vargas
Unknown:
Alan Groves
Unknown:
Bill Bisset
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Produced By:
Michael Tuke-Hastings

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Susan Hill, novelist
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters
Have Books, Will Travel: ANNA PERRY reports on the Provincial
Booksellers' Fairs.
Nature's Way - 2: Sleeping it Off! ' PHIL DRABBLE with some hibernation tales.
Cereal Story - 3: Barley and Rye.
Washington Square (7)

Bananas: a play for radio by ROY BAINBRIDGE
When I was a child, the Second World War meant we had no bananas. Hitler and the Axis denied us them. The absence of bananas wouldn't have signified anything if the sadistic powers hadn't planted the image of bananas in my brain.'
Producer BRIAN MILLER

Contributors

Radio By:
Roy Bainbridge
Producer:
Brian Miller
Bent:
Ian Thompson
Betty:
Penelope Nice
Clarice:
Yvonne Antrobus
Mother:
Miriam Margolyes

A close-up of her solo performances by those who work with her: joe DAVIS , lighting director; WILLIAM BLEZARD , musical director;
ANTHONY CHARDET , stage director. With recorded statements and songs from ' the legend ' herself. Interviews and presentation Anne Suter
Producer MADEAU STEWART

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Davis
Director:
William Blezard
Unknown:
Anthony Chardet
Unknown:
Anne Suter
Producer:
Madeau Stewart

[Starring] James Bolam and Rodney Bewes as Terry Collier and Bob Ferris
with Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers
and Robert Gillespie
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Adapted for radio and produced by John Browell
(Repeated: Friday 12.27pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Dick Clement
Writer:
Ian La Frenais
Adapted by/Producer:
John Browell
James Bolam:
Terry Collier
Rodney Bewes:
Bob Ferris
Thelma Chambers:
Brigit Forsyth
[Actor]:
Robert Gillespie

André Previn, composer, conductor, pianist. and one of the most versatile musicians of his generation.
Ring Robin Day to put your questions in person to the man who won four Oscars for film scores he wrote and conducted in Hollywood, and today is Principal Conductor of one of Britain's finest orchestras, Producer WALTER WALLICH
Call [number removed]from 6,0 pm

Contributors

Producer:
Walter Wallich

A ten-part series on some of the men in the private and public life of Queen Elizabeth 1, based on the book by NEVILLE WILLIAMS with Judy Parfitt as the Queen Narrated by Gabriel Woolf
5: My Dear Frog written by JOHN O'HARE with Paul Lavers as the Duke of Alencon
She who had sworn that, being wedded to England, she would marry no man, was involved in marriage plans with a French youth described by a contemporary as ' a vicious little chap, who says he is a Catholic - but keeps himself surrounded by atheists.' with the voices of CHRISTOPHER BIDMEAD. HOWARD GOORNEY HAL JEATES , VAL LORRAINE
MOLLIE PETRIE. STEPHEN THORNE and FREDERICK TREVES Producer BRIAN MILLER

Contributors

Book By:
Neville Williams
Unknown:
Judy Parfitt
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Written By:
John O'Hare
Unknown:
Paul Lavers
Unknown:
Christopher Bidmead.
Unknown:
Howard Goorney
Unknown:
Hal Jeates
Unknown:
Val Lorraine
Unknown:
Mollie Petrie.
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Frederick Treves
Producer:
Brian Miller

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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