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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 8.35*; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50 English Regions: see column 3

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

With the advance of medical care, more handicapped children survive than ever before; and more families have to adapt and cope with the very special problems of integrating the handicapped child into the family.
You're invited to put your questions, views and experiences to the panel: Dr Lindy Burton, a psychologist, and Margaret Atkin, a social worker, both specialists in this field; and to Hannah Mussett. mother of a mongol child.
In the chair Barbara Myers

Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0am
(medium wave only from 9.20 am)

Contributors

Chair:
Barbara Myers
Panellist:
Dr Lindy Burton
Panellist:
Margaret Atkin
Panellist:
Hannah Mussett

Afternoon with Charlotte by BARBARA BENNETT
Read by Carleton Hobbs
The girl who opened the door was wearing trousers and a drab-coloured shirt which looked as if she wore nothing beneath. Her dark hair was roped into a thick plait. Not at all like her grandmother, Gerald thought ...
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Bennett
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

A panel game controlled (I) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams Derek Nimmo Clement Freud Alfred Marks try to talk for Just a minute on this and that.
Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer JOHN LLOYD
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
A Stress Occupation: JOAN YORKE looks at the work of one social service department and spends a day with one of the Held-workers.
2.0-2.2 News
If Only More Women Would ... walk gracefully, says DONALD NORFOLK.
Glamour, plus a Tenner a-Day: BERNARD JACKSON on the world of the film extras.
SHIRLEY COOKLIN reads Walls (9)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Donald Norfolk.
Unknown:
Bernard Jackson

visits the College of Agriculture, Bishop Burton , North Humberside.
Questions answered by FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster MICIHEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD

Contributors

Unknown:
Bishop Burton
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Questionmaster Micihel Barratt
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge
Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the chair Jack Longland Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Anne Scott-James
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Peter Moore

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