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Introduced by John Timpson and Malcolm Billings
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

Aunt Edith and the Gremlins by MARGARET CONRAD Read by June Barrie
' The unforgettable vision then is of my aunt. large, solid as the Bank of England, disappearing unhurriedly but completely - being inexorably engulfed by a tide of White Elephants ...
Producer PAMELA HOWE (BBC Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Conrad
Read By:
June Barrie
Producer:
Pamela Howe

Introduced from Bristol by Daphne Hubbard
John Dankworth and Cleo Laine : at home to BRIAN GEAR.
2.0-2.2 News
Finding Foster Children: DEREK ROBINSON discovers it's not so simple.
Great Garden Ideas: ANNE Scott-James -gives some to PAMELA HOWE.
Ten Types of Hospital Visitor: CHARLES CAUSLEY presents his own sequence of verse.
LAURENCE HARRINGTON reads Shake Hands Forever by RUTH RENDELL (3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Daphne Hubbard
Unknown:
John Dankworth
Unknown:
Cleo Laine
Unknown:
Derek Robinson
Unknown:
Pamela Howe.
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Laurence Harrington
Unknown:
Ruth Rendell

Story: Little Grey Donkey helps Father Christmas by BERENICE ROBBINS
Presenters AURIOL SMITH and SEAN BARRETT
Written by MICHAEL RICHMOND Producer JENYTH WORSLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Berenice Robbins
Presenters:
Auriol Smith
Presenters:
Sean Barrett
Written By:
Michael Richmond
Producer:
Jenyth Worsley

Out of an Autumn Past A play for radio by ALLAN PEACOCK
The Wood People ride broom-sticks again over the Quantocks when poachers threaten their domain.... with and Producer BRIAN MILLER (BBC Bristol)

Contributors

Radio By:
Allan Peacock
Producer:
Brian Miller
Alexander Hogarthy:
Peter Jeffrey
Jane:
Kim Hartman
Gran:
Marjorie Westbury
Trevor:
Blaln Fairman
Ben:
Haydn Jones
Robbie:
David Jackson

A spontaneous discussion by Lord Soper Christopher Mayhew John Selwyn Gummer Yvonne Mitchell
Chairman David Jacobs Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from the West Midlands
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at 7.30 pm) to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Lord Soper Christopher Mayhew
Unknown:
John Selwyn Gummer
Unknown:
Yvonne Mitchell
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

Charlie by ALAN BOWER
Read by MICHAEL HARBOUR 5: The Cow's Nest
The last of our stories about Kent country life.
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING (Starting on Monday, Geraldine McEwan reads ' Tenterhooks
Book 2 of ' The Little Ottleys by Ada Leuerson)

Contributors

Read By:
Michael Harbour
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Unknown:
Geraldine McEwan

David Jason , Bill Wallis Nigel Rees and Bill McGuffie at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side.
Script by COLIN BOSTOCK SMITH DAVID RENWICK and others Producer JOHN LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Script By:
Colin Bostock Smith
Script By:
David Renwick
Producer:
John Lloyd

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