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medium only The Mitching by DOUG HAVARD
Read hy John Darran
This is a story about the unfailing anti-caning concoction of the witch doctor from Patagonia.
Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Doug Havard
Unknown:
John Darran
Producer:
Harri Gwynn
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Prohibition has struck again in America' This time the victim is not alcohol but laetrile, an extract of apricot stone said to cure cancer. Professor John Ziman of Bristol University argues that by banning the preparation the Federal Drug Administration has done more harm than the apricots ever can,

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor John Ziman
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sylvia Horn
Talk Till Two: a discussion on a matter of current concern.
2.0-2.2 News
More or Less Offenbach: MIKE SHEILS talks to Opera Rara who sing their version of ' Christopher Columbus '.
Smile Please.': ROGER CLARK 'S tips for better photographs. 4: Pictures of Children.
Animal Relations: an occasional look at the world of animals with MOLLY PRICE-OWEN . Airs Above the Ground (4)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sylvia Horn
Talks:
Mike Sheils
Unknown:
Roger Clark
Unknown:
Molly Price-Owen
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Written by KEITH MILES
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
Producers TONY SHRYANE and VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Keith Miles
Producers:
Tony Shryane
Producers:
Vanessa Whitburn
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Adam Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
WOOlley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter:
Gabriel Chrisgittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Mary Pound:
Ysanne Churchman
Haydn Evans:
Charles Williams
Harry Booker:
Gareth Armstrong
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Jackie Smith:
Maggie McCarthy
Mr Watson:
Patrick Connor
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

In October last year Jean began a six-month prison sentence for falsifying the accounts at the company where she worked as a book-keeper, defrauding her employers of several hundred pounds. Jan Brookes followed her through her last week ' inside ' and first three weeks ' outside ' - to discover how she coped with freedom - getting used to the mformality of normal life after the rigid routine of jail, trying to find a job in an employers' market and reestablishing relationships with friends and family.
Producer JENNY de YONG BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Brookes
Source: Radio Times

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