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

from 9.20 am Holidays Abroad
In the studio will be two travel writers, Jill Crawshaw of the Daily Mail and John Carter of The Times, to help you decide where to go abroad; how to get there; what to do; and to give practical advice about holidays for the family, holidays for people on their own and holidays for people with special interests and hobbies. In the Chair Jndlth Chalmers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Crawshaw
Unknown:
John Carter
Unknown:
Jndlth Chalmers

The Third Chair by DIANA MORGAN
Read by Sheila Mitchell
' Mr Fyfe was one of those detectives so dear to women writers. He was slight, fair and aristocratic ... his equine face bore an expression of reassuring vacuity ... His author had every reason to be grateful to him ...'
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Read By:
Sheila Mitchell
Read By:
Mr Fyfe
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

Presenter Nancy Wise
Careers without O-levels: the ninth in our series about people who started their careers without any O-levels, is about a catering lecturer.
Careers without O-levels, including today's story and It others: £1.00 from bookshops.

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams
Derek Nimmo , Clement Freud and Alfred Marks 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:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

from 2.0
Introduced by June Knox -Mawer Music Knows No Frontiers: joy HYMAN and JENNIFER RICE talk about their travels and the music they've sung to cope with awkward international situations.
2.0-2.2 News
From Your Booklist: VALERIE JENKINS chooses some recent novels.
The Healthiness of Health Foods - 1: Cereals.
I Had a Little Nut Tree written and abridged by Louis BATTYE
Read by TONY ROBINSON (Final instalment)

Contributors

Introduced By:
June Knox
Unknown:
Jennifer Rice
Unknown:
Valerie Jenkins
Abridged By:
Louis Battye
Read By:
Tony Robinson

A musical quiz devised by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryani
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race

(BBC Birmingham)

(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Quiz Deviser:
Edward J. Mason
Quiz Deviser:
Tony Shryani
Contestant:
John Amis
Contestant:
Frank Muir
Contestant:
Ian Wallace
Contestant:
Denis Norden
Chairman/Question Compiler:
Steve Race

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More