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Introduced by John Timpson 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 Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
English Regions; see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Editor:
Alastair Osborne

Sleeping Like a Child by ERIC BEAN
Read by Paul Webster
Richard was all ready for bed. His face had been scrubbed to a polished, rosy texture, so that his plump cheeks were like delectable apples. His normally tousled hair was combed and brushed. He was a cherubim of cleanliness. Producer HERBERT SMITH (Manchester)

Contributors

Read By:
Paul Webster
Producer:
Herbert Smith

from 2.0 Introduced from Cardiff by Teieri Sevan
In Partnership: ANNE HOWELLS and RYLAND DAVIES, who make their first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, next month.
2.0-2.2 News
An Odd Malformation: CLAIRE BAYLIS , mother of a baby born with a hare lip and cleft palate.
The Law's Unfair: the problems of re-entering the legal profession.
A look at the work of a special unit in Cardiff to help pupils suspended from schools for acts of violence and indiscipline. Producer TELERI BEVAN Cereal Story - 5: Cornj John GLEN reads
Washington Square by HENRY JAMES (9)

Contributors

Unknown:
Teieri Sevan
Unknown:
Anne Howells
Unknown:
Claire Baylis
Producer:
Teleri Bevan
Unknown:
John Glen
Unknown:
Henry James

Story: Mrs Gigglepot's Geraniums by IVY 0. EASTWICK
Presenters MAUREEN MORRIS and MICHAEL RICHMOND
Written by MICHAEL RICHMOND Producer BRIAN SCOTT-RUGHES Editor JENYTH WORSLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivy 0. Eastwick
Presenters:
Maureen Morris
Presenters:
Michael Richmond
Written By:
Michael Richmond
Producer:
Brian Scott-Rughes
Editor:
Jenyth Worsley

Steeple-Chasers by RICHARD O'KEEFFE
The radio version of the play which won the 1974 RADIO TIMES Television Drama Award. with and ' I watched you this afternoon in that garden - the brainless rustic idyll personified. Admit it! You, a successful oil executive? Don't make me howl! You're a failed market gardener! '
Keep-Fit instructor MADI HEDD Producer HARRY CATLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard O'Keeffe
Unknown:
Madi Hedd
Producer:
Harry Catlin
Gerard:
David Buck
Robert:
Sam Kelly
Phillida:
Penelope Lee
Deirdre:
Joan Matheson
Marlene:
Emma Jean Richards
Letter voice/Landlord:
Alan Dudley
Bunny:
Michael Shannon
Derek:
Christopher Bidmead

Double Snare by ROSEMARY HARRIS , abridged in ten parts by the author Read by MIRIAM MARGOLYES 10: The Final Truth Producer KAY PATRICK
(Starting on Monday: 'The Gates ' by Jenuijer Johnston , read by Kate Binchy )

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Harris
Read By:
Miriam Margolyes
Producer:
Kay Patrick
Unknown:
Jenuijer Johnston
Read By:
Kate Binchy

A spontaneous discussion by Baroness Phillips, Rt Hon Richard Marsh, Ludovic Kennedy, Rt Hon William Whitelaw, MP
Chairman David Jacobs
from County Durham
(Rptd: Sat 1.15; Mon 11.5 am)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at 7.30 pm) to: Any Answers? [address removed]

Contributors

Chairman:
David Jacobs
Panellist:
Baroness Phillips
Panellist:
Richard Marsh
Panellist:
Ludovic Kennedy
Panellist:
William Whitelaw
Producer:
Michael Bowen

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