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[number removed]medium only from 9.46 Having a Baby
The nine months before a baby comes bring an equal number of pleasures and problems.
Can we actually afford a baby? How can I tell if I am pregnant for certain? Will my husband be able to be with me during labour? Put your questions and comments to Gordon Bourne , gynaecologist, and Zita Barnett , Divisional Nursing Officer of Midwifery.
In the Chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the .... Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Bourne
Unknown:
Zita Barnett

medium only
Bryan Pringle , Joyce Latham and Anthony Jackson in Gaffer, a comedy for radio by GRAHAM WHITE
' He was always smiling and friendly. Gave me the creeps. I mean, a real gaffer is a mean crabby old swine who's a joy to hate. Like you! '
Directed by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Bryan Pringle
Unknown:
Joyce Latham
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson
Directed By:
Betty Davies
Fred Moffat, the Gaffer:
Bryan Pringlk
Betty:
Joyce Latham
Harry:
Anthony Jackson
Charlie:
Brian Hewlett
Brother Wagstaff:
William Eedle
Baxter:
Henry Knowles

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by HONORE DE BALZAC dramatised in three parts by JOAN O'CONNOR with Alethea Charlton 1: The Cards are Dealt
' You think because I am thin and dark and ugly that no one can love me.'
And certainly it's not easy to love Bette: she's ugly and eccentric and she's also consumed by a fierce jealousy.
Directed by JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan O'Connor
Unknown:
Alethea Charlton
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Hortense Hulot:
Marian Diamond
Bette Fischer:
Aletha Charlton
Adeline Hulot:
Jill Balcon
Celestin Crevel:
Christopher Benjamin
Baron Hector Hulot:
William Fox
Valerie Marneffe:
Shirley Dixon
Count Wenceslas de Steinbock:
Sandor Eles
Josepha:
Sheila Grant
Count de Fortzheim:
Ernest Hare
Bonville:
Antony Higginson

Waxing Lyrical
Peter Clayton investigates some of the lyric writers' favourite themes in popular song.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Clayton
Producer:
Christine Hardwick

The last seven days put in a questionablewayby
Barry Norman to Alan Coren Richard Ingrams. Tina Brown and Nigel Dempster
Newsreader JOHN MARSH
Compiled and produced by JOHN LLOYD and DANNY GREENSTONE
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Richard Ingrams.
Unknown:
Tina Brown
Unknown:
Nigel Dempster
Unknown:
Newsreader John Marsh
Produced By:
John Lloyd
Produced By:
Danny Greenstone

written by ALAN SIMPSON and RAY GALTON , featuring Bill Kerr. Sidney James Andrée Mellv and Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music composed by WALLY STOTT and played by the AUGMENTED BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA conducted by HARRY RABINOWITZ Producer DENNIS MAIN WILSON (First broadcast in 1956)

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Bill Kerr.
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Composed By:
Wally Stott
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson

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