Programme Index

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Introduced by John Timpson and Brian Redhead 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:
Brian Redhead

D.I.Y.
Another chance to air your questions, problems or suggestions on aU aspects of Do-It-Yourself.
It's never too late, and certainly not yet. to consider how much of your money is literally going straight out of the window - D.I.Y. insulation can save pounds and cost pennies. It's not too late either to think of some simple D.I.Y. projects or economy presents for Christmas. And it's just the right time to be planning your household ' facelift ' for the New Year.
Whatever the protect or problem, ring in to Tony Wilkins , Editor of Do-It-Yourself magazine.
In the chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Wilkins

A Cup of Strong, Sweet Tea by PAT GARROD
Read by Denise Bryer
' Everybody's got to have a god. Mine was my father. I could never understand, when I was young, that he wasn't my mother's god, too. But he wasn't. She didn't like him.' Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Garrod
Read By:
Denise Bryer
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Presenter Nancy Wise
Careers without O-levels: the fourth in our series about people who started their careers without any O-levels is about a residential social worker.
Careers without O-levels, including today's story and 19 others: £1.00 from bookshops,

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams Derek Nimmo. Peter Jones and Sheila Hancock 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:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Songs of Praise: PAUL BARNES compares the old with the new in church music.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Wine and Women - 2: john GRINTER looks on the wine when it is white.
You Win Some, You Lose Some: GILES BRANDRETH plays with the latest games, and suggests some of his own.
Cookery Sense - for Christmas: JANET WARREN and SUE NICHOLS with ideas for family Christmas fare.
Pawley's Peepholes by JOHN WYNDHAM
Read by ANTHONY HEATON (2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Barnes
Unknown:
Giles Brandreth
Unknown:
Janet Warren
Unknown:
John Wyndham
Read By:
Anthony Heaton

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

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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