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BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Brian Redhead in London and Michael Cooke in Manchester including at 6.50 and 7.56 VHF Regional news and Weather; at 6.55 and 7.55 Weather and programme news
At 7.0 and 8.8 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:
Brian Redhead
Introduced By:
Michael Cooke
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Five short stories by A. J. ALAN Read by IAN CARMICHAEL 4: A Joy Ride
The man himself opened the door, and the moment I saw him I began to have doubts. He didn't look the sort of person you'd expect to steal motor cars. He never asked me what I wanted. He simply said, 'Glory be! Can you draw a cork?'

Contributors

Stories By:
A. J. Alan
Read By:
Ian Carmichael
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

When a Man Dropped in by EDMOND THOMSON
Read by Victor Carin
In the Highlands the ' second sight' is taken seriously by a lot of people. When Ian Mac-Culloch drove 50 miles to tell me just how I featured in his dream. I felt inclined to take his experience of the ' taibhsearachd' very seriously indeed.
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS BBC Scotland

Contributors

Read By:
Victor Carin
Producer:
Allan G. Rogers
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six readings by JohnWcstbrook from the CHARLES DICKENS character studies.
3: The Poetical Young Gentleman
' We do not mean to say that he is troubled with the gift of poesy in any remarkable degree. but his countenance is plaintive. his manner is abstracted ... he seldom has his hair cut and often talks of being an outcast....'
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Producer:
Barbara Crowther
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Music at Madeley Court: a comprehensive school where none of the children read music, but they all play in the band.
The Shape of Things to Come: BA MASON
Focal Point: JUDITH HANN with a round-up of news from the world of science.
LAWRENCE JAMES reads
Helen with the High Hand (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Judith Hann
Unknown:
Lawrence James
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Bubbles In the Lion's Month by GRAHAM BLACKETT with Ian Ogllvv. Maureen O'Brien and Nigel Graham
Debbie's lovely really, but just a bit dizzy and she gets into real trouble when she gambles away a lot more money than the family budget can afford. But that's nothing compared with the trouble she gets her husband into as a result.
Produced and directed by DAVID JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Blackett
Unknown:
Ian Ogllvv.
Unknown:
Maureen O'Brien
Unknown:
Nigel Graham
Directed By:
David Johnston
Michael Heaton:
Ian Ogilvy
Debbie Heaton:
Maureen O'Brien
Astroni:
Nigel Graham
Constable Todd:
Paul Meier
Lana Hotchkiss:
Carole Bollard
Insp Longstaff:
Nicholas Courtney
Forcett:
Douglas Blackwell
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

(Repeated; Friday 1.30 pm)

Contributors

Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Prue Forrest:
Mary Dalley
Woolley:
Philip Garston- Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Mary Pound:
Ysanne Churchman
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Dorothy:
Heather Barrett
Percy Jordan:
William Eedle
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Freedom Lies Westwards
In 1946 all Estonian refugees living in Sweden were ordered to return to their country, then occupied by the Soviets. Knowing something of Soviet ' hospitality - the Veedam family decided that anything was better than this. Together with a group of friends as poor as themselves, they managed to buy an old boat. Without visas, proper supplies or equipment; laden down with children. Aunty and an indomitable Grandma, they sailed off westwards. determined to reach the New World or perish in the attempt.
Script and production by ALAN BURGESS
(Postponed from 1 April)

Contributors

Production By:
Alan Burgess
Harry:
Roger Snowdon
Val:
David Graham
Maia:
Anthony Smee
Paul:
David Neal
Fisherman:
James Thomason
Mac:
Michael Shannon
Grandma:
Betty Baskcomb
Aunt Juliana:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Arvid:
Peter Williams
Paddy Shortall:
Denis McCarthy
E lien:
Joanna Wake
Yuta:
Alison Gollings
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A conversation during which Rt Hon Harold Macmillan Prime Minister 1957 to 1963 gives ROBERT MCKENZIE his assessment of some of his predecessors: Asquith, Lloyd George. MacDonald. Baldwin , Chamberlain and Churchill.
(Shortened version from the two BBCtv films)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold MacMillan
Unknown:
Robert McKenzie
Unknown:
Lloyd George.
Unknown:
MacDonald. Baldwin
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC correspondents examine the theory and practice of population control in the developing world.
Tonight: Anthony Lawrence on China
' In the past Chairman Mao has always said the more people the better, because in a well-run society human beings produce more than they consume.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Lawrence
Source: Radio Times

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