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with John Marsh
Headlines and weather, news for sports fans including th( latest news from Argentina on the World Cup
Prayer for the Day (Mon SISTER MARTINA HAYDEN , Tues-Thurs CANON GORDON ALBION, Fri THE REV RICHARD HARRIES )

Contributors

Unknown:
John Marsh
Unknown:
Martina Hayden
Unknown:
Richard Harries

Esther Rantzen. Bernard Falk and Kenneth Robinson , together with their guests in the studio, provide the incentive to face Monday morning once again as they discuss some of the forthcoming week's topical issues,interviewpersonalities and try to keep their tongues firmly in their cheeks at least half the time.
Producer IAN R. GARDHOUSE

Contributors

Unknown:
Esther Rantzen.
Unknown:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Kenneth Robinson
Producer:
Ian R. Gardhouse

medium only
The first Monday in the month - so a special edition filled with topics suggested by you, the listener, your favourite wildlife sounds and extracts from your letters. Also the competition and what to look out for in the coming month. Introduced by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

medium only
In Loco Parentis by TONY WHIT-TAKER, read by Tony Bilbow
'Five to eleven. And Wednesday! Mr Gladwell shuddered. Of all the recurrent torments by which he was assailed, the most excruciating was now upon him - a double period of English with Lower Five D.' Producer MITCH RAPER

Contributors

Read By:
Tony Bilbow
Unknown:
Mr Gladwell
Producer:
Mitch Raper

News and information that affects the way you live.
Including today - The World of Work with MARGARET KORVING Presenters Sue Cook and George Luce
Editor DENNIS LOWER

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Korving
Presenters:
Sue Cook
Unknown:
George Luce
Editor:
Dennis Lower

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain.
Chairman Robert Robinson 15: Wales
ROGER JONES (Dyfed), small-holder; HELEN THOMAS (W. Glamorgan), social worker; PETER WILDE (Dyfed). woodman; GARETH GRIFFITHS (Mid-Glamorgan), teacher
The programme includes Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , who, with IAN GILLIES , set the questions. Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pm)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Helen Thomas
Unknown:
Gareth Griffiths
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Martin Fisher

medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sylvia Horn Talk Till Two.
2.1-2.2 News
Life in the Open Air (3): ChrisTINE FAGG and BARRY WILLIAMS discuss camping and caravanning with CAROL ALLEN.
Entertainment Round-up: GORDON cow reporting.
Money Matters: banker JOHN SIMMONDS with advice on safe-keeping.
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (S) Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sylvia Horn
Unknown:
Christine Fagg
Unknown:
Barry Williams
Unknown:
Carol Allen.
Unknown:
John Simmonds
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

A Kind of Loving, adapted from his novel by STAN BARSTOW

Contributors

Novel By:
Stan Barstow
Vic Brown:
Brian Peck
Mr Brown:
Harry Markham
Mrs Brown:
Alison Bayley
Jim Brown:
Michael Stirrup
Christine:
Beth Harris
Percy:
John Moore
Jack:
Philip Weston
Conroy:
James Beck
Mr Rothwell:
George A Cooper
Mrs Rothwell:
Daphne Oxenpord
Ingrid Rothwell:
June Barry
Mr Van Huyten:
Robert Wallace
Dorothy:
Kate Allitt
Mrs Oliphant:
Alice Stirrup
Dr Parker:
Muriel Brown
Aunt Edna:
Nan Marriott-Watson

starring Bryan Pringle
A comedy serial in eight episodes by ANDREW LYNCH 2: The Candidate with Guest Star Brian Wilde
Wilf's chances of selection for the Chip Shop of the Year Contest are endangered when No 1 boiler suffers the Traffic Warden's Curse.
Producer BOB OLIVER ROGERS BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wednesday 12.27)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bryan Pringle
Unknown:
Andrew Lynch
Unknown:
Brian Wilde
Producer:
Bob Oliver Rogers
Molly Hargreaves:
Betty Alberge
Wilfred Hargreaves:
Bryan Pringle
Doreen Hargreaves:
Kay Adsheag
Vicar:
John Franklvn-Robbins
The Merry Widow:
Meg Johnson
Harry Sephton:
Brian Wilde
Byron:
David Casey
The Selector:
David Miller

(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Writer:
Tessa Diamond
Producer:
Tony Shryane
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shuta Archer:
Judy Bennett
Christine:
Lesley Saweard
Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Bill Robertson:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Eva Lenz:
Hedli Niklaus
Nick Wearing:
Gareth Johnson

or The Mistakes of a Night
A comedy written by Dr Goldsmith with a prologue by David Garrick, Esq. with in alphabetical order, Sarah Badel, Judi Dench, Anthony Newlands, Leslie Sands, Wayne Sleep, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Wickham, Michael Williams

(Wayne Sleep broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Elizabeth Spriggs is a National Theatre player)
(Binaural)
(The full binaural effect can be achieved by listening through stereo headphones)

Contributors

Author:
Oliver Goldsmith
Prologue by:
David Garrick
Music/Musician (harpsichord):
Michael Steer
Musician (fiddle):
John Trusler
Musician (fiddle):
Stuart Deeks
Musician (bassoon):
Mark Gooding
Musician (guitar):
Kevin Peek
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Prologue/Sir Charles Marlow:
Anthony Newlands
Mr Hardcastle:
Leslie Sands
Mrs Hardcastle:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Tony Lumpkin:
Wayne Sleep
Kate Hardcastle:
Judi Dench
Constance Neville:
Sarah Badel
Jack Slang:
Bill Monks
Dick Muggins:
Eric Allan
Aminadab Tickle:
Alaric Cotter
Stingo, the landlord:
Fred Bryant
Young Marlow:
Michael Williams
Charles Hastings:
Peter Wickham
Diggory:
Henry Knowles
Pimple, a maid:
Karen Archer
Jeremy:
Andrew Branch

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