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Presented by John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES Including at
6.45*. Prayer for the Day with THE REV
RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by COLIN DORAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought lor the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Colin Doran

The Lover Letter by TOM MACDONALD
Read by Dillwyn Owen
This is a story of Dai's love for Dilys. And of Dilys's love for Dai?
You must listen to the very end to find out. Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom MacDonald
Read By:
Dillwyn Owen
Producer:
Harri Gwynn

Introduced from Manchester by June Knox-Mawer
Don't Just Lie There - Do Something!: ROSEMARY BROWN visits a hospital where ' occupational therapy' can mean anything from pottery to photography.
Mining My Own Business: JOE HEWITT revisits Cast Edge, an abandoned coal mine in the Peak District's beautiful Goyt Valley. Here as a boy, he mined coat for the grates of the local gentry.
-... and This Week's Star Guest ... : MIKE HOPWOOD talks to Mrs McKay of Manchester, queen of the theatrical landladies, BBC Manchester
The Hiding Place by COR-RIE TEN boom, abridged in ten parts by ANGELA JESSON Read by MARJORIE WESTBURY (10)
(Music: Alwyn's Second Symphony) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Brown
Unknown:
Joe Hewitt
Talks:
Mike Hopwood
Unknown:
Mrs McKay
Unknown:
Angela Jesson
Read By:
Marjorie Westbury

Uncle Moon by JOHN KIRKMORRIS
In my wanderings I picked up a story. It concerned this old sculptor who was kept on a chain by his second wife. I heard he was given his meals and his materials while she kept the rest - and the rest was quite a lot, because he was good at his job. I didn't believe it - then.'
Can Blair save Uncle Moon ' from a life of misery?
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Kirkmorris
Directed By:
Cherry Cooksom
as William Moon with:
Peter Vaughan
as Lila Moon:
Irene Sutcliffe
as Stanley Blair:
Richard O'Callaghan

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Presented by Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons Sequence editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Clough
Presented By:
Susannah Simons
Editor:
Derek Lewis

Written by ALAN BOWER
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
Instructor MICHEAL HARBOUR BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Bower
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwoob
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimori
Christine Barford:
Lesley Sawearb
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Laura Archer:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston- Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Bilary Newcombi
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Harry Booker:
Gareth Armstrong
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Col Danby:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Rymer:
Joyce Latham

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason. Bill Wallis
David Tate. Sheila Steafel and the DAVID FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, ROGER WODDIS , JEREMY BROWNE and BARRY BOWES
Producer
JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE
(Repeated: Sat at 5.25 pm) Woddis on ... page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason.
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate.
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
David Firman
Written By:
Guy Jenkin
Written By:
John Langdon
Written By:
, Richard Quick,
Written By:
Roger Woddis
Written By:
Jeremy Browne
Written By:
Barry Bowes
Unknown:
Jonathan James-Moore

A series of plays for late-night listening Mercenary by KEN BLAKESON
Elliot, a voluntary ambulance driver, on an urgent assignment, is stopped by a mercenary anxious to get to the border. On the way there an unexpected incident occurs.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Elliot:
Andrew Branch
Buller:
Gordon Dulieu
African Officer:
Louis Maboney

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