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Presented by John Timpson in London and LIBBY PURVES at the EEC Summit in Dublin
6.45* Prayer for the Day with DOM EDMUND JONES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by COLIN DORAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Dom Edmund Jones
Read By:
Colin Doran

A Keeper's Lot
The pheasant was introduced to Britain around 1,000 years ago and today its numbers are still maintained by the efforts of man. We visit a game. keeper to see how he rears his pheasants alongside the true creatures of the wild. Introduced by Derek Jones
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

Eight programmes presented by Orson Welles Written by BENNY GREEN 5: David O. Selznlck with Harry Towb and the voices of INGRID BERGMAN , JOSEPH COTTBN , GEORGE CUKOR , DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR, JOAN FONTAINE , HENRY FONDA , KATHERINE HEPBURN , ALFRED HITCHCOCK , ROCK HUDSON, JESSE LASKY JR , JOSHUA LOGAN. JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ , DOROTHY MCGUIRE , ALAN J. PAKULA , GREGORY PECK , DAVID 0 . SELZNICK, GEORGE SIDNEY , KING VIDOR and EUGENE ZUKOR. Producer DAVID RAVVERN ALLEN (Revised repeat) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Orson Welles
Written By:
Benny Green
Written By:
David O. Selznlck
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Unknown:
Ingrid Bergman
Unknown:
Joseph Cottbn
Unknown:
George Cukor
Unknown:
Joan Fontaine
Unknown:
Henry Fonda
Unknown:
Katherine Hepburn
Unknown:
Alfred Hitchcock
Unknown:
Rock Hudson,
Unknown:
Jesse Lasky Jr
Unknown:
Joshua Logan.
Unknown:
Joseph Mankiewicz
Unknown:
Dorothy McGuire
Unknown:
Alan J. Pakula
Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
David 0 . Selznick,
Unknown:
George Sidney
Unknown:
King Vidor
Unknown:
Eugene Zukor.
Producer:
David Ravvern Allen

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
Any Other Business: JANET COHEN reviews some of the more domestic issues recently raised at Westminster. Women and Work (2): JENNY GLEW and MARGARET KORVING with advice for a young woman contemplating a career.
Maybe I Can Help ...
WENDY GREENGROSS with some of your problems. The Ginger Tree by OSWAI.D WYND abridged by MONICA GREY Read by Hannah Gordon First of 14 instalments.
In January 1903. 20-year-old Mary Mackenzie sails to China to marry the British Military Attache in Peking. She is not to return home until 40 years later, when she Is forcibly repatriated from Japan, following Pearl Harbor.
(Music: Glazunov's Oriental Rhapsody)
(Hannah Gordon is in ' Can You Hear Me at the Backt ' at the Piccadilly Theatre, London) long wave only until 2.40

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Janet Cohen
Unknown:
Jenny Glew
Unknown:
Margaret Korving
Unknown:
Wendy Greengross
Abridged By:
Monica Grey
Read By:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Mary MacKenzie
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon

Prisoners by JACK RONDEK
Jane and Mike go to Somerset to celebrate their first wedding anniversary - but Jane meets the little girl next door and her life is changed dramatically.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Rondek
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Jane:
Glynis Brooks
Vincent:
Hugh Quarshie
Mike:
Christopher Scoular
Will:
Steve Hodson
Cherry:
Penelope Lee
Sue:
Deborah Tullick
Don:
Gordon Reid
Police Sergeant:
Brian Haines
LIZ:
Amanda Jessel
JOOd:
Lolly Cockerell
Nurse:
Elizabeth Rider

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Written by TESSA DIAMOND
Neil Carter. BRIAN HEWLETT Mike Tucker TERRY MOLLOY Betty Tucker. PAMELA CRAIG BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Tessa Diamond
Unknown:
Neil Carter.
Unknown:
Brian Hewlett
Unknown:
Mike Tucker
Unknown:
Terry Molloy
Unknown:
Betty Tucker.
Unknown:
Pamela Craig
Dan:
Edgar Harrison
Doris:
Gwen Berryman
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Philip:
Norman Painting
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Roger Hume
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly:
Hilary Newcombe
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Clarrie Larkin:
Heather Bell

with Peter Porter
You note huue seen love' corpse-light shine
The second in a series of six programmes which take their theme from a line of poetry.
Readers PETER WICKHAM and MARY ELLIOT-NELSON Producer ALEC REID
(Repeated: Sat 4.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Porter
Readers:
Peter Wickham
Producer:
Alec Reid

to celebrate 50 years since Yehudi Menuhin made his London concert debut

Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) Clare McFarlane (violin) Elizabeth Layton (violin) Carla Rodrigues (viola) Struan Murray (cello)

Part 1

Beethoven Sonata in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer)

Bach Partita in D minor (Bwv 1004)

(Stereo)

Contributors

Violinist:
Yehudi Menuhin
Pianist:
Hephzibah Menuhin
Violinist:
Clare McFarlane
Violinist:
Elizabeth Layton
Violaist:
Carla Rodrigues
Cellist:
Struan Murray

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