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with John Timpson in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with 7.25* and 8.25* VHF Regional News and Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Brian Redhead

Deliverance by MAURICE MCALEESE Read by Bill Hunter
' Mouldy bread,' volunteered Mr Simpson , ' used to give me nightmares. I used to imagine half the town down with food poisoning, all because they'd eaten mouldy bread and I was to blame.'
Producer PAUL MULMON BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice McAleese
Read By:
Bill Hunter
Unknown:
Mr Simpson

This week:
Margaret Lockwood. AnonaWinn Ned Sherrin , Jim Dale
In the Chair Cliff Michelmore Producer BOBBY JAYE
(Margaret Lockwood is in ' Double Edge - at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Lockwood.
Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Jim Dale
Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Producer:
Bobby Jaye
Unknown:
Margaret Lockwood

from 2.0
Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
First Love , How it Happens and How it Ends: an investigation by PETER WINDOWS.
2.0 - 2.2 News
Guinea Pig: SHEILA HOWE volunteered to become a medical school patient and then assessed the doctors' preformance.
Glass-Blower: EVA ALMBERG comes from Sweden and claims to be the first woman glass-blower in a British factory.
Vicar in the House: GWYN RICHARDS spends a night in hospital with a minister who's also a trained nurse. BBC Birmingham
Family Units by RUTH FINCH (10)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Staffer
Unknown:
First Love
Unknown:
Peter Windows.
Unknown:
Sheila Howe
Unknown:
Ruth Finch

Story: Mrs Mitten 's Birthday Hat by NANCY NORTHCOTE
Presenters MAUREEN MORRIS and MICHAEL RICHMOND
Written by MICHAEL RICHMOND Producer JENYTH WORSLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Mitten
Presenters:
Maureen Morris
Presenters:
Michael Richmond
Written By:
Michael Richmond
Producer:
Jenyth Worsley

David March as Dracula by BRAM STOKER , adapted for radio by ERIC MACDCNALD 'There he lay, looking as it youth had been half renewed. The cheeks were fuller and the white skin seemed ruby red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood.'
Other parts PAT KEEN
JIM MCMANUS , MADELEINE CEMM
Like all the best melodrama it was absurd, but it was real ... you knew what was coming, the acting was roughly life 21 and the music told you when to grip the arm of the chair, (PAUL FERRIS, Observer) Produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bram Stoker
Radio By:
Eric MacDcnald
Unknown:
Pat Keen
Unknown:
Jim McManus
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Mina:
Frances Jeater
Lucy:
Rosalind Shanks
Jonathan Harker:
Michael Harbour
Female vampire:
Kate Coleridge
Arthur Seward:
Christopher Good
Captain:
Malcolm Hayes
Olgaren/Warder:
Andrew Sachs
Van Helsing:
Aubrey Woods

A spontaneous discussion by Lord Willis Lynda Chalker , up Patrick Moore
Michael Barratt
Chairman David Jacobs from Shropshire
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Sat 1.15; Mon 11.5 am)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at
7.30 pm) to: Any Answers f, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Lord Willis Lynda Chalker
Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Michael Barratt
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Producer:
Michael Bowen

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita The novel by RUMER GODDEN abridged in ten parts and read by DAVID DAVIS (10)
Producer GRAHAM GAULD
(Starting next Monday: Little Ladyship by Ian Hay *

Contributors

Novel By:
Rumer Godden
Read By:
David Davis
Producer:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Ian Hay

Bill Wallis , Nigel Rees Chris Emmett and Bill McGuffie at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news-
Script by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH ALASTAIR BEATON and others Producer MARTIN FISHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Chris Emmett
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Script By:
Colin Bostock-Smith
Script By:
Alastair Beaton
Producer:
Martin Fisher

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