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Barry Norman introduces Radio 4's 60-minute world-wide look at the weekend: including at
7.50 medium wave Keep Fit for All the Family with EILEEN FOWLER , or VHF Regional news and weather; 7.55 Weather and programme news
At 8.0
News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 8.30*: Papers at 8.40*

Contributors

Introduces:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler

9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 The Week in Westminster Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with DAVID WOOD
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
BRIAN CONNELL reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by PAULINE BUSHNELL Narrator SUSAN DENNY
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
DAVID WALTER and TERRY LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wood
Unknown:
Brian Connell
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell
Producers:
Paddy O'Keeffe
Unknown:
David Walter

with Judith Chalmers and Andy Price celebrates the coming of Spring and looks again at the freshness of flowers, the newness of life, the sweetness of love.
And BRENDA BRUCE reads another instalment from Mother Knew Best by DOROTHY SCANNELL. abridged by FIONA MACPHERSON. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Andy Price
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Dorothy Scannell.
Abridged By:
Fiona MacPherson.

by Bill Corrigan
The time, 1961. The place, Lancashire. The group, 'The Phantom Four.' An attempt by a new, 'up-and-coming' rock and roll band to stun the ears of Lancastrians. An attempt which ends in disaster.

Contributors

Writer:
Bill Corrigan
Producer:
Michael Rolfe
Caretaker:
Peter Woodthorpe
Stan:
Christopher Bidmead
Jim:
Edward McCarthy
The Vicar:
Edward Kelsey
Ray:
John Bull
Kevin:
Peter Craze
Jean:
Susan Thomas
Sandra:
Jill Shilling
Trevor:
Nigel Anthony
Marion:
Anne Jameson

The One-eyed Monster adapted from his novel by ALLAN PRIOR with and '1956 was the year British television exploded, came right into everybody's living-room. The year of What's My Linet, This is Your Life. Animal, Vegetable and Mineral, Ask Pickles ... The year of my own adventure with Fred Miffin and of our own TV show Take My Advice ... which you have most certainly forgotten all about, by now ... '
The fairground crowd and television contestants played by ROSALIND ADAMS , EVA HADDON MALCOLM H4YES , MADI HEDD
STEVE HODSON , DAVID GRAHAM
MICHAEL SHANNON , NORMA RONALD and JAMES THOMASON
Producer IAN COTTERELL
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)
(Dinsdale Landen is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Novel By:
Allan Prior
Unknown:
Fred Miffin
Played By:
Rosalind Adams
Played By:
Eva Haddon
Played By:
Malcolm H4yes
Played By:
Madi Hedd
Unknown:
Steve Hodson
Unknown:
David Graham
Unknown:
Michael Shannon
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
James Thomason
Producer:
Ian Cotterell
Unknown:
Dinsdale Landen
Rick:
Dinsdale Landen
Moana:
Joanna Wake
Lois:
Jill Balcon
Fred Miffin:
Leslie Sands
Sir Godbroke Dalrymple:
Garard Green
Dominick:
Steve Hodson
Hamish Hendry:
Michael Shannon
Mrs Drake:
Nornia Ronald

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