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Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman 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:
Barry Norman

medium waveonly from 9.20 am First Aid
If you're first at the scene of a road accident, what should you dot How do you know if someone has broken a bonef When should you apply a tourniquet? How do you give artificial respiration? Treatment for burns seems to vary - which method is correct? 1 work with an epileptic - what should I do if she has a fitt How do you stop a nose bleedt Put your questions on First Aid to Dick Herring , a first aid instructor; and Dr Robert Andrew , a family doctor.
In the Chair Barbara Myers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Herring
Unknown:
Dr Robert Andrew
Unknown:
Barbara Myers

The Gift by JOSEPHINE CLARKE
Read by Shirley Dixon
It was a thoughtful day for me - thoughtful because ... well, because a decision had to be made ...
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Josephine Clarke
Read By:
Shirley Dixon
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which
Kenneth Williams Clement Freud
Peter Jones and Liz Fraser 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:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Liz Fraser
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

medium ivave only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Don't Show Your Ankles, Sister! : nursing at the turn of the century - a handful of memories compiled by LYN MACDONALD.
2.8-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Practical Books for Christmas: JUNE KNOX-MAWER chooses some for presents and some for herself.
Babble of Babel: ROS THUlLLlER works as a freelance interpreter.
DAVID MARCH reads
The Moon and Sixpence by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (5)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Lyn MacDonald.
Unknown:
June Knox-Mawer
Unknown:
Ros Thullller
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
W. Somerset Maugham

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dllys 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:
Dllys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Anne Scott-James
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Peter Moore

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