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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

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from 9.20 am Children's Hobbies and Talents in and out of School
Music, Painting, Dancing - frills or necessitiesf How important is it for an 11- or 12-year-old to have a hobby and how seriously should it be taken' What opportunities and facilities are available for developing children's interests in and out of school* How early can an exceptionally gifted child be recognised and trained! Is it too early to teach music to a talented four-yearoldt
Put your questions to Doris Masterman. a Secondary School Headmistress, and Dr Eric Ogilvie , Director of Nene College and ex-primary school Headmaster.
In the Chair Judith Chalmers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Masterman.
Unknown:
Dr Eric Ogilvie
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers

Emily the Last Chance by KAREN CURRY
Read by Ysanne Churchman
'It had been sheer folly to leave a goat unattended in a car, and positive negligence to have omitted to check that the door was properly secured . s Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Karen Curry
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

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
New Admissions: ANNE MACNAMARA goes into hospital.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Food Facts on Cheese - 2: DILYS WELLS explains its nutritional value.
Background Reading - 2: Greece and Crete. ADRIENNE KEITH COHEN and JEAN ROBERTSON with some suggestions for your booklist.
TENNIEL EVANS reads The Sad Fortunes of The Rev Amos Barton by GEORGE ELIOT (2)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Crete. Adrienne
Unknown:
Keith Cohen
Unknown:
Jean Robertson
Unknown:
Amos Barton
Unknown:
George Eliot

visits Cheshire
Members of the Aston and Wrenbury District will put their questions to Fred Loads, Bill Sowerbutts and Alan Gemmell
Questionmaster Michael Barratt
BBC Manchester
Gardeners' Question Time 3, 40p from bookshops

Contributors

Questionmaster:
Michael Barratt
Panellist:
Fred Loads
Panellist:
Bill Sowerbutts
Panellist:
Alan Gemmell
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden

Five Roundabouts to Heaven by JOHN BINGHAM abridged and adapted in ten parts by GRIZELDA HERVEY and ELISABETH ROWLEY
Read by DENYS HAWTHORNE (Final instalment)
Producer HARRY CATLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bingham
Unknown:
Grizelda Hervey
Unknown:
Elisabeth Rowley
Read By:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Harry Catlin

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