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9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Talking Politics
Anthony King looks at the American experience of a Bill of Rights and asks, ' Should we have one too? '
10.0 News
10.2 Between the Lines
NIGEL REES invites journalists to confront their readers and the people they have written about in the press this week. Narrator JOHN MARSH
Producers GRAHAM MYTTON
ANNE SLOMAN and DAVID WALTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Producers:
Graham Mytton
Unknown:
Anne Sloman
Unknown:
David Walter

A report by Geoff Watts
Dare we open Pandora's box? Do scientists ever make mistakes? Does science need a new identity? What is new in scientific research? These are some of the intriguing questions discussed at the Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. this week at the University of Lancaster.
Producer THELMA RUMSEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts
Producer:
Thelma Rumsey

with William Blezard at the piano
A programme in which Miss Grenfell remembers some of her best-loved monologues and songs.
Words by JOYCE GRENFELL Music by RICHARD ADINSELL Producer BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Monday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Blezard
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Music By:
Richard Adinsell
Producer:
Bobby Jaye

Weekend with Anne Gregg and Peter Windows gives a cheery wave as the children head back to school and looks at some of the subjects they probably will not be studying - the legal facts of life, for example. (And how much do you know about your rights and obligations? Try our quiz and find out on the quiet.) Or join us in an uplifting chorus when Michael Paget revives some spirituals, before COLETTE O'NEIL reads the first of six instalments of A Breath of Border Air by LAVINIA DERWENT , abridged by MYRA BEATON. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Gregg
Unknown:
Peter Windows
Unknown:
Michael Paget
Unknown:
Colette O'Neil
Unknown:
Lavinia Derwent
Abridged By:
Myra Beaton.

No Hand-outs by MARIA CHARLES
' I had nothing all my life, nothing to love. Someone gave me a kitten once, my old man drowned it. Said we couldn't afford its food. Less beer for him, I s'pose ... That's why I'm going right away with my baby, and no one will know us and we'll be left in peace.'
Song composed by JOHN TURNER sung by SUE BRINE
Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wed 11.30 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Charles
Composed By:
John Turner
Sung By:
Sue Brine
Linda:
Jenny Tomasin
Terry:
Peter Allmond
Father:
Howard Goorney
Social worker:
Shirley Dixson

A series of six plays based on the novels of GEORGES StMENON with 3: Maigret has Scruples translated by ROBERT EGLESFIELD and adapted for radio byEDWARD BRUCE with Produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN
(Repeated: Friday 8.30 pm)
(Michael Gough is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Georges Stmenon
Translated By:
Robert Eglesfield
Unknown:
Edward Bruce
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Jules Maigret:
Maurice Denham
Georges Simenon:
Michael Gough
Lucas:
Brian Haines
Lapointe:
John Rye
Janvier:
Sean Barrett
Louise Maigret:
Irene Sutcliffe
Dr Pardon:
Douglas Blackwell
Marton:
Malcolm Reid
Giselle:
Pamela Lane
Jenny:
Jill Shilling

A pastoral comedy for radio by Alan Melville with Michael Spice and Mary Wimbush
The rural peace of Dallingford is shattered by the news that the BBC plans to televise Songs of Praise from the local church. Despite parochial rivalries the holy show must go on - or must it?
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Melville
Produced and directed by:
John Tydeman
The Vicar:
James Thomason
Mrs Mitchell:
Margot Boyd
Mrs Grant:
Cecile Chevreau
Miss Gray:
Gudrun Ure
Monique:
Carolle Rousseau
Anthony Anstruther:
Michael Spice
Col Gregson:
William Fox
Dr Thorburn:
Leslie Heritage
Miss Peel:
Sheila Grant
Mr Rees:
David Neal
Lady Granger:
Mary Wimbush
Minnie:
Eva Stuart
Robin Durnforth:
Steve Hodson
HRB:
Patrick Barr
Fred:
Malcolm Reid
Gardiner:
Michael Tudor Barnes

The story of Queen Victoria. her life and the great events of her time, in 13 episodes. with Peggy Ashcroft as the Queen
10: The Queen and the GOM by WILL ALLAN and HALLAM TENNYSON with Stephen Murray as Gladstone
(' The Grand Old Man ')
' The poor but really wicked GOM has made two dreadful speeches.'
With BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT JAMES THOMASON. SAM DASTOR VERNON JOYNER , JOHN FORREST
DAVID SINCLAIR and DIANA BISHOP Ballads chosen by CHARLES CHILTON and sung by CHARLES YOUNG accompanied by TERRY LYNCH Produced and directed by HALLAM TENNYSON
(Shortened version of the programme broadcast in 1974)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hallam Tennyson
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
James Thomason.
Unknown:
Sam Dastor
Unknown:
Vernon Joyner
Unknown:
John Forrest
Unknown:
David Sinclair
Unknown:
Charles Chilton
Sung By:
Charles Young
Accompanied By:
Terry Lynch
Directed By:
Hallam Tennyson
Narrator:
Gabriel Woolf
Disraeli:
Michael Hordern

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