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A Dead Cert by SEAN O'FAOLAIN
Read by Allan McClelland
' Whenever Jenny Rosse came up to Dublin, to break the monotony of " life in the provinces ", the one person she never failed to ring was Oweny Flynn. ' Producer PAUL MULDOON BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean O'Faolain
Read By:
Allan McClelland
Unknown:
Jenny Rosse
Unknown:
Oweny Flynn.

A perfectly wizard invitation to chortle in the company of bright young things Mr Barrington 'Barry' Cryer, Mr William 'Bill' Pertwee, Mr Jimmy 'The Cad' Perry, Miss Gilda 'Toots' Perry, with dancing in the orangery to the hot cello of Mr Nic Rowley AND HIS RIALTO RAGAMUFFINS
Authors MR BARRINGTON CRYER AND MR JIMMY PERRY
Announcer MR PIERS BURTON-PAGE
Producer MR JOHN HARDRESS LLOYD
(Repeated: Tuesday 6.30 pm)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Bar
Unknown:
Mr William
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Mr Jimmy
Unknown:
Mr Nic Rowley
Unknown:
Mr Barrington Cryer
Unknown:
Mr Jimmy Perry
Announcer:
Mr Piers

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk Till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Those Faraway Places: MIKE SHEILS recently took a holiday in Siberia.
Mind Matters: TONY BUZAN with news of some current developments in psychology.
Far from the Madding Crowd (8)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Mike Sheils
Unknown:
Tony Buzan

All Kinds of Men by IVOR WILSON
' The Flights we have here are replacement crews, mostly fresh from training schools.
They have a lot to Team in a week or two ... the days of the polished professional are over. From now on, we make do with what we've got.'
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivor Wilson
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Rowland Roberts:
Nigel Anthony
Grant:
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Cosgrave:
Simon Molloy
Fielding:
Tony Robinson
Goldstone:
Brian Miller
Squadron-Leader Pollard:
David Mahlowe
Joan Sowerby:
Jane Wymark
Eric Holden:
Paul Webster

Written by WILLIAM SMETHURST (Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
William Smethurst
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridige:
Charles Collingwoob
Adam Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Cotonel Danby:
Norman Shelley
Micheile Brown:
Ann Portus
Betty Jones:
Hedli Niklaus

The antidote to panel games to be taken in the form of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and William Rushton with justice dispensed with by Humphrey Lyttelton in the Chair and music therapy by Colin Sell at the piano.

Contributors

Panellist:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Panellist:
Barry Cryer
Panellist:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
William Rushton
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Pianist:
Colin Sell
Producer:
Simon Brett

The Rt Hon
Mrs Shirley Williams , MP
Secretary of State for Education and Science and Pay-master General, in conversation with Mary Goldring
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Shirley Williams
Unknown:
Mary Goldring
Producer:
Greville Havenhand

Anthony Smith , Francis Huxley and Elizabeth Mobius sample a. selection of travel books for the summer. Places covered range from the mysterious marshlands of Iraq. to the unostentatiously beautiful Scilly Isles.
Presenter Christopher Matthew Producer DAVID PERRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Smith
Unknown:
Francis Huxley
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mobius
Presenter:
Christopher Matthew
Producer:
David Perry

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