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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 hv PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Unknown:
Peter Donaldson

Story: Hamish and the Bogle by MOIRA HERITAGE
Presenters MICHAEL DEACON and PATRICIA CALLIMORE
Written by MOIRA HERITAGE Producer JANET BOULDING long wave only

Contributors

Presenters:
Michael Deacon
Presenters:
Patricia Callimore
Written By:
Moira Heritage
Producer:
Janet Boulding

Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
Two, Four, Six, Eight, Who do we Appreciate?: GILL PYRAH meets the people who run some of Britain's fan clubs and appreciation societies.
Mine of Information: DAVID LLOYD goes underground at the Chatterley Whitfteld Mine in Staffordshire, soon to open to the public as a museum.
Tokyo Housewife: three years ago ANN SMITH-WOOD. from Malvern, settled down to a new way of life in Japan. Back in England on holiday, she talks about the changes she has had to make. BBC Birmingham Beware of Pity (3) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Staffer
Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
David Lloyd

The Exercise of Discretionary Flexibility by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER with Frederick Treves and Elizabeth Morgan
Arnold Foster's reluctance to uphold a technically ambiguous supplementary benefit claim seemingly precipitates the suicide of an unmarried West Indian mother. He determines, against all opposition, to make some sort of amends by helping to care for her orphaned child, Caroline.
Directed by MICHAEL ROLFE

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kittermaster
Unknown:
Frederick Treves
Directed By:
Michael Rolfe
Arnold Foster:
Frederick Treves
Edith Foster:
Cecile Chevreau
Mrs Hernandez:
Mona Hammond
Caroline Hernandez:
Elizabeth Morgan
Nurse/Ms Melina:
Eva Haddon
MS Odell:
Patricia Trueman
Mr Parsons/Knowles:
Peter Williams
Stokes/Police Sergeant:
Alan Dudley
Ms Vent/Ms Prentice:
Kate Coleridge
Sleeman/Clergyman:
Sean Arnold
Davis:
Denis McCarthy
Shop Assistant:
Anthony Smek

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C. Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, with Edward Kelsey
Geoffrey Matthews Book 2, Chapter 4: The Tiff. Written by BASIL BOOTIIROYD
Producer BOBBY JAYE
(First broadcast in 1977)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Carmichael
Unknown:
Gerald C. Potter
Unknown:
Charlotte Mitchell
Unknown:
Edward Kelsey
Unknown:
Geoffrey Matthews
Written By:
Basil Bootiiroyd
Producer:
Bobby Jaye

The news magazine Presented by Robert Williams and Gordon Clough
Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Williams
Presented By:
Gordon Clough
Editor:
Derek Lewis

City of the Angels Sheridan Morley reports on the West Coast culture in Los Angeles - Giulini conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra; Zoot Suit, the current theatre success based on the Chicano riots of 1943; and the Paul Getty Museum - a Roman villa on the Pacific.
Producer ROSEMARY HART
(Sheridan Morley on Films: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Angels Sheridan Morley
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason, Bill Wallis, David Tate, Sheila Steafel
The David Firman Trio
(Repeated, Sat at 5.25pm)
Woddis on... page 23

Contributors

Performer:
David Jason
Performer:
Bill Wallis
Performer:
David Tate
Performer:
Sheila Steafel
Musicians:
The David Firman Trio
Writer:
Guy Jenkin
Writer:
John Langdon
Writer:
Richard Quick
Writer:
Roger Woddis
Writer:
Jeremy Browne
Writer:
Barry Bowes
Writer:
Geoffrey Atkinson
Producer:
Griff Rhys Jones

Filling by LEE TORRANCE with Bernard Gallagher and Lolly Cockerell
Having the dentist poke around your gums is pretty shiver making. When he's drilling your tooth and rowing with his wife all you can do is groan and sweat and listen....
Directed by PETER KING

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Torrance
Unknown:
Bernard Gallagher
Directed By:
Peter King
Robert:
Bernard Gallagher
Helen:
Lolly Cockerell
Receptionist:
Liza Flanagan
Patient:
Leonard Fenton

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