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Archie Hill reads from his prize-winning book. 6: The Secret Garden
' When I am an old man I shall look back and know the richness of Barry's influence upon my thinking ...' Abridged in six parts by EILEEN HOTS
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Archie Hill
Producer:
Barbara Crowther
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

'twixt Eleanor Summerfield Gillian Reynolds and David Nixon. Tim Rice
Tune Twisters from Steve Race In the Chair Roy Plomley
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER -. Producer MARTIN FISHER
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds
Unknown:
David Nixon.
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Martin Fisher
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sylvia Horn Talk Till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
I Talk to the Camera as a Person: PROFESSOR A. J. P. TAYLOR , historian and television lecturer par excellence, in conversation with TONY BARNFIELD. In a Country Garden: JEAN CHALLIS Visits BETTY MASSINGHAM preparing for an open day.
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (6)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sylvia Horn
Unknown:
Professor A. J. P. Taylor
Unknown:
Tony Barnfield.
Unknown:
Betty Massingham
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A bicentennial portrait in words and music of the life and times of Beau Brummell.
Compiled from Regency sources and introduced by Gerald Brummell Frow
Into this world on 7 June 1778 was born George Bryan Brum mell. The grandson of a valet, he rose to become the absolute arbiter of taste in Regency London, but quarrelled with the Prince of Wales and fell as dramatically as he had risen. Lord Byron claimed 1 The three greatest men of our century are Brummell. Napoleon and myself.' With NORMA RONALD
HAROLD KASKET , WILLIAM ROBERTS and THE
CHARLES YOUNG SINGERS
AND MUSICIANS f Producer JOHN DYAS (B'cast on Mon- day at 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Beau Brummell.
Introduced By:
Gerald Brummell Frow
Unknown:
George Bryan Brum
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
Harold Kasket
Unknown:
William Roberts
Producer:
John Dyas
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The View from the Citiei
With the political scene at Westminster becoming increasingly confused and with growing speculation about the date and outcome of the next General Election, George Ffitch discusses the condition of the body politic with some of the political leaders of the great provincial cities.
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am, medium only)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Ffitch
Producer:
Greville Havenhand
Source: Radio Times

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