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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 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam

aided by Sheridan Morley, Mavis Nicholson, Lance Percival, Esther Rantzen, Kenneth Robinson and Fritz Spiegl
Enjoy a mixture of argument, humour and music as they meet the personalities, preview the popular arts and discuss a theme of the week.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheridan Morley.
Unknown:
Mavis Nicholson
Unknown:
Lance Perci
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen.
Unknown:
Kenneth Robinson
Unknown:
Fritz Spiegl
Producer:
Leslie Robinson

How many limes can a lizard grow a new tail? What is a robin's pincushion Why would a chifjehaff roll in the dewt
Answers, views or opinions from the team prompted by your wildlife questions.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE

Contributors

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

The Private Life of Ifor Tombs by ANNE MERRILL
Read by Valerie Wyn Williams Ifor believed in being economical. He also believed that when the Great Accountant came, prudent pious shop-keepers would be entered into his credit columns but painted harlots marked down in red.' Into which column Ifor will actually go becomes problematical as the story goes on. Producer HARRI GWYNN (Wales)

Contributors

Read By:
Valerie Wyn Williams
Producer:
Harri Gwynn

from 2.0

Introduced by Sue MacGregor

Talk till Two.

2.0-2.2 news

Reading your letters.

Man and his 'Isms' - 2: Anthony Quinton on Idealism.

Clinic: Jill Burridge takes her two-month-old baby for advice.

John Westbrook reads George III at Home by Nesta Pain (6)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Reader (George III at Home):
John Westbrook
Author (George III at Home):
Nesta Pain
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

A panel game for four hands Leader of the pack and Chairman is David Nixon who deals to June
Whitfield Patrick Moore. William Rushton Devised and shuffled by IAN MESSITER
Produced and cut by RICHARD WILLCOX

Contributors

Unknown:
David Nixon
Unknown:
Whitfield Patrick Moore.
Unknown:
William Rushton
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Unknown:
Richard Willcox

A play for radio by Terence Rattigan
[Starring] Diana Dors
with Gwen Watford, Carleton Hobbs, Robert Harris, Noel Johnson, Robin Browne

This is the author's first play for radio and is based on the sensational Rattenbury murder case in 1935.
With ROSALIND ADAMS, MADI HEDD, DEBORAH PAIGE, MICHAEL BURLINGTON, ALAN DUDLEY, TRADER FAULKNER, DENIS MCCARTHY, CLIFFORD NORGATE, HECTOR ROSS and ANTHONY SMEE Newsreader ALVAR LIDELL
Technical assistants PATIENCE PRATT, MARSAIL MCCUISH and DAVID HITCHINSON
Songs Night brings me you and Dark-haired Marie composed by ALMA RATTENBURY (Lozanne) Pianist MARTIN GOLDSTEIN Producer NORMAN WRIGHT
(Peter Whitman is in "Kennedy's Children" at the Arts Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Dors
Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Unknown:
Gwen Watford
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
Robin Browne
Unknown:
Rosalind Adams
Unknown:
Deborah Paige
Unknown:
Michael Burlington
Unknown:
Alan Dudley
Unknown:
Trader Faulkner
Unknown:
Dems McCarthy
Unknown:
Clifford Norcate
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
Anthony Smee
Unknown:
Alvar Lidell
Unknown:
Patience Pratt
Unknown:
Marsail McCuish
Unknown:
David Hitchinson
Composed By:
Alma Rattenbury
Pianist:
Martin Goldstein
Producer:
Norman Wright
Unknown:
Peter Whitman
Alma Rattenbury:
Diana Dors
Mr Rattenbury:
Haydn Jones
Christopher Rattenbury:
Peter Whitman
George Alfred Wood:
Robin Browne
Mr Davenport:
Peter Williams
Mrs Davenport:
Gwen Watford
Davenport Jr:
Gareth Johnson
The Judge:
Carleton Hobbs
Mr J D Casswell:
Robert Harris
Mr T J O'Connor, KC:
Noel Johnson
Mr R P Croom-Johnson, KC:
Peter Pratt
Montagu:
Michael Deacon
Harvey:
Garard Green
Irene Riggs:
Katherine Parr
Joan, the Wardress:
Betty Baskcomb
Miss Wilkinson:
Polly Murch
Miss Johnson:
Cecile Chevreau
Street girl:
Frances Jeater

In a Beautiful Pea-Green Boat by J. M. SCOTT. abridged in nine parts by MADGE HART Read by Kerry Francis (1)
He found himself adrift on the wide ocean with a very thin chance of survival and in the company of a small child. Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
J. M. Scott.
Unknown:
Madge Hart Read
Unknown:
Kerry Francis
Producer:
John Cardy

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