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with Edward Cole
Headlines and weather, a look at the papers, news for sports fans, Prayer for the Day (Mon THE REV LESLIE STOKES , Tues-Thurs JEAN RICHARDSON , Fri THE REV RICHARD HARRIES ), a little music and something on the lighter side.
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
English Regions: see column I

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Stokes
Unknown:
Jean Richardson
Unknown:
Richard Harries

A live and lively talk show with guests for whom the coming week promises to be a special one.
The team of regulars helping to find antidotes to the Monday morning blues includes Bernard Falk , Fritz Spiegl and Mavis Nicholson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Lawley
Panellist:
Bernard Falk
Panellist:
Fritz Spiegl
Panellist:
Mavis Nicholson
Producer:
Frances Donnelly

One of our house martins keeps displaying to his mate by suddenly flipping on to his back with wings outstretched beneath the telephone wires. It looks great iun - but is this usualf
The team tries to keep its balance while answering a selection of your wildlife questions
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Tuesday Call on The Countryside:tomorrow9.5am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Strangers in the Night by PAMELA HUNKA
Read by Cecile Chevreau
' I remember all the unimportant details of life ... Funny things people say, too. Like that woman in the shop queue who asked me if I was the end of the cold meat ..."

Contributors

Read By:
Cecile Chevreau

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk Till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Gentle Words for the Gentle Sex: GILLIAN STRICKLAND With her monthly review of newly published women's magazines. Start the Week with Yoga: JOY BURLING helps us to relax and find a new way of life.
Amy Foster by JOSEPH CONRAD abridged in five parts by IAN LOMAS. Read by GERALD CROSS (Final instalment)
(Music Alwyn's 5th Symphony) Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Gillian Strickland
Unknown:
Amy Foster
Unknown:
Joseph Conrad
Unknown:
Ian Lomas.
Read By:
Gerald Cross
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

A confection of recorded humour on the eternal encounter and its consequences, from Noel Coward , Peter Cook and Dudley Moore , Woody Allen , Michael Flanders and Donald Swann , Joyce Grenfell , Tom Lehrer. Roy Hudd , John Cleese , Stanley Holloway and many others. Producer SIMON BRETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Coward
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Dudley Moore
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Unknown:
Michael Flanders
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Tom Lehrer.
Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Stanley Holloway
Producer:
Simon Brett

Dirk Bogarde reads the final episode from his autobiography abridged in seven parts by JACK SINGLETON
7: A Star on the Doort
As the nation launched into war, Chelsea Poly remained firmly shut. I decided to go to London to see if I could make my way in the theatre. My father gave me ten shillings a week for a year and if I hadn't made my way by that time, I was to return and start as a messenger boy at The Times.' Producer ROSEMARY HART

Contributors

Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
Jack Singleton
Unknown:
Chelsea Poly
Producer:
Rosemary Hart

Stephen Thorne in Crown of Dreams by LYDIA RAGOSIN
A sequel to The Lonely Conscience, broadcast in 1976, this play follows the fortunes of James II's son, the ' Old Pretender', through his life of exile and his attempts to recover the English throne.
Dreams of success alternate with the bitter reality of repeated failure until all his hopes rest in his son, Bonnie
Prince Charlie.
Directed by MARGARET ETALL (Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Lydia Ragosin
Directed By:
Margaret Etall
James Stuart:
Stephen Thorne
Duke of Mar:
Robert Trotter
Col Hay:
Gavin Campbell
Mrs Hay:
Nicolette McKenzie
Duke Rinaldo of Modena:
John Westbrook
Princess Benedicta:
Penelope Reynolds
Princess Clementina Sobieska:
Eve Karpf
Prince Charles Edward:
Geoffrey Beevers
Henry, Duke of York:
Michael Harbour
Earl Marischal/Drummond of Balhaldy:
Paul Meier
Marquisu llibardine/Wogan:
Peter Craze
Lord Drummond/George III:
Malcolm Gerard
Queen Anne/Mrs Sheldon:
Elizabeth Bell
Duke of Berwick/George II:
James Warwick
The Pope:
Noël Iliff
Lord Stair/ Louis XV:
Michael Kilgarriff
Duke of Argyll/Due de Bouillon:
Douglas Blackwell
Captain Park:
Bruce Beeby

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