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Presented by Brian Redhead and Mike Wooldridge including at
6.45. Prayer for the Day With FATHER ERIC DOYLE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.38 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
Mike Wooldridge
Unknown:
Father Eric Doyle
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell

A series of eight programmes, presented by Orson Welles
Written by Benny Green
'In the public mind a DeMille picture usually means a Biblical or historical pageant, crammed with spectacle, action, melodrama - a picture which makes the fullest capital out of the excesses of history.'
With the voices of YUL BRVNNER, CECIL B. DE MILLE, ALLAN DWAN, JESSE LASKY JR., JOEL MCCREA, GROUCHO MARX, CORNEL WILDE and EUGENE ZUKOR
Research JANE MERCER and BILL SULLIVAN
Reporters BARBRA PASKIN and CATHERINE PAVIOT
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN
(Revised repeat) long wave only

Contributors

Presented By:
Orson Welles
Written By:
Benny Creen
Written By:
Cecil B. Demille
Unknown:
Yul Brvnner
Unknown:
Cecil B. De Mille
Unknown:
Allan Dwan
Unknown:
Jesse Lasky
Unknown:
Joel McCrea
Unknown:
Groucho Marx
Unknown:
Cornel Wilde
Unknown:
Eugene Zukor
Unknown:
Research Jane Mercer
Unknown:
Bill Sullivan
Reporters:
Barbra Paskin
Reporters:
Catherine Paviot
Unknown:
David Rayvern Allen

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Eleanor Summerfield Gillian Reynolds and Tim Rice , Lance Percival Tune Twisters from
Steve Race. In the chair Roy Plomley
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER. Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHEK
12.5SWeather: programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Lance Percival
Unknown:
Steve Race.
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Written By:
Ian Messiter.
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archek

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas....
Once I was a TV Producer, Now I Work /or The Cheshire Homes: MAUREEN CALVIN talks to RON TRAVERS.
I Don't Think About the Future ...: JAN CHESTER finds out about multiple sclerosis.
Across the Gobi Desert to Ulan Bator: LIZ TAYLOR recently took a train through Mongolia.
The Age of Innocence (8) long wave only until 2.40

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Talks:
Maureen Calvin
Unknown:
Ron Travers.
Unknown:
Jan Chester
Unknown:
Liz Taylor

David March in Mr Khodary Takes a House byDAVIDWHEELER
I need this house. Its imells and sounds, Its wood and brick and glass and metal, its light, its darkness. Its fugitive memories, the mysterious potential of its space. It really is perfect for my requirements....'
LIONEL BENTLEY (Violin) Directed by MARGARET ETALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Khodary
Violin:
Lionel Bentley
Directed By:
Margaret Etall
Eugene Khodary:
David March
House agent:
Gordon Dulieu
Leon:
Philip Sully
Nadia:
Jenny Twigge
Redvers:
John Bott
Hermione:
Yvonne Manners
Beryl:
Ann Windsor
Douglas:
Peter Baldwin
Karen:
Tammy Ustinov
Morris:
Trevor Cooper

Jlmbo was Here by PHILIP HARRIES
Read by Sam Kelly
' The damage Jimbo could do to your face with the milled edge of a half-crown was frightening. With a shilling he was an artist, but with a tanner he was diabolical.' Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Harries
Read By:
Sam Kelly
Producer:
Gillian Hush

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Written by ALAN BOWER '
Cast for the week:
Directed by ALARIC COTTER BBC Birmingham'

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Bower
Directed By:
Alaric Cotter
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Laura Archer:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Dorothy Adamson:
Heather Barrett

John Steane introduces performances by the New Zealand soprano, who was one of the great successes of this year's Salzburg Festival. The programme includes music by two composers associated with Salzburg, Mozart and Richard Strauss. gramophone records

Contributors

Introduces:
John Steane
Unknown:
Richard Strauss.

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