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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 Fresh Starts
Redundancies, lay-offs, and unemployment figures are everyday news affecting old and young alike. For many, the problem now is how to make a second start in another job or even a new career.
What sort of employment is available in different parts of the country? Can a man or woman over 50 hope for a new career? What chance has a redundant junior executive of getting a similar position? What are the prospects of another job after retirement? What sort of re-training schemes are available? And how are employers helping?
In the studio to answer your questions and near about your own experiences will be Margaret Korving, author of two books on second careers, Out of the Rut and Happy Return, and Jim Davidson of the Training Services Agency.
In the Chair Sue MacGregor
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Davidson

Flossie by DIANA COOPER
Read by Annette Crosbie
' She was very solemn, very still. One crumply hand rested on the soft toy at her side. I felt myself impelled to rest my own fingers on the child's soft, fair curls. It felt like a floss of flowers ... '

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Cooper
Read By:
Annette Crosbie

A panel game controlled by Nicholas Parsons in which Clement Freud
Peter Jones. Aimi Macdonald and Patrick Moore 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:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones.
Unknown:
Aimi MacDonald
Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
John Lloyd

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Children's Books and Writers: critic MARGERY FISHER and artist SHIRLEY HUGHES give advice on how to choose children's books and ELAINE moss reviews the pick of the New Year.
2.0-2.2 News
Setting up Home - 3: looking it over - The Surveyor.
The Healthiness of Health Foods -4: honey.
A Medical Mystery: 12 sets of Siamese twins have been born in southern Africa in just over a year, setting a world record. PROFESSOR PETER BEICHTON of Cape Town University is trying to find out why the phenomenon occurred. Lucky Jim by KINGSLEY AMIS abridged in 12 parts by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
Read by MARTIN JARVIS (Final instalment)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Margery Fisher
Unknown:
Shirley Hughes
Unknown:
Elaine Moss
Unknown:
Professor Peter Beichton
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
Martin Jarvis

visits Ugley Green , Essex
Members of the Ugley Village wi put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ugley Green
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Questionmaster Michael Barratt

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

Contributors

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

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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