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Introduced hy 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

Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Desmond Lynam

medium race only from 9.20 am School Worries
Is your child slow at readingt Does he refuse to go to school, or play truantt How do you cope with a child who is ' difficult ' at home but well-behaved at school-
How many parents know what help there is in the school and outside for children with educational and emotional difficulties? Is there a ' right ' or a ' wrong ' time to ask for advice and where should you go? If you're worried about how your child is getting on at school ring in and discuss your problem with Anne-Marie Beattie , educational psychologist, and Thornton Pearn. headmaster. In the Chair Judith Chalmers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne-Marie Beattie
Unknown:
Thornton Pearn.
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers

Dog Watch by EVELYN SWANSER
Read by Norman Shelley
Only a couple of yards separated Sam from the window ... but the dog got there first. The expression on the animal's face was surprisingly apologetic

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Swanser
Read By:
Norman Shelley

A panel game controlled by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams Derek Nimmo , Peter Jones and Aimi Macdonald 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:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Aimi MacDonald
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Violence in the Community: a look at the growing tendency of conflict in the family and society at large, and the chances of a solution,
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
' I'm a People Career ': English-born MARJORIE LYNCH talks about her political career in America and her part in the bi-centennial celebrations.
Entertainment Round-up: GORDON cow reporting.
Running Man by BILL PRONZINI abridged by EVANGELINE BANKS Read by Blain Fairman

Contributors

Talks:
Marjorie Lynch
Abridged By:
Evangeline Banks
Read By:
Blain Fairman

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dllys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Anne Scou-James
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Peter Moore

Materials that could blow up a village or dissolve you in your car are transported in large quantities on our roads. In the event of a road accident, how do the emergency services cope, and how can the transport and storage of dangerous substances be made safe? Written by david OWEN
Narrated by Paul Vaughan Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT

Contributors

Written By:
David Owen
Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Michael Bright

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