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Presented by Libby Purves and Paul Burden including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day
With THE REV MICHAEL SMITH
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:
Libby Purves
Presented By:
Paul Burden
Unknown:
Michael Smith
Read By:
Colin Doran

In the seventh of eight programmes Barry Turner and Maureen O'Connor purvey news and opinion about educational issues, respond to points raised in listeners' letters and explore ways of getting the best out of the educational system.
This week in particular they look at university entrance procedures and how young people can discover the right degree course for their needs.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON long wave only
Correspondence address: Parent Power, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Turner
Unknown:
Maureen O'Connor
Producer:
Sally Thompson

Stories of crime and detection in London
A series of 13 programmes
Written by Robert Barr
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Barr
Producer:
Martin Fisher
Det-Sgt Brook:
Ray Brooks
Det-Con Maxton:
Christopher Blake
Chief Inspector Roach:
David Daker
Det-Constable Harrison:
Peter Cleall
Mrs Kendall:
Jessie Evans
Billie Sellars:
Roy Holder
Susan Graham:
Victoria Plucknett
Tommy:
Johnny Wade

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
Other Men's Weeds: DAVID BENEDICTUS in a new series on low-cost collecting: (1) Earthenware.
On tile Opium Trail: ANNE CATCHPOLE visits a Meo village in the heart of Asia's ' Golden Triangle ', where Thailand's tribes-people are being helped to grow alternative crops. Reading Your Letters.
Daughters of the Vicar (3) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
David Benedictus
Unknown:
Anne Catchpole

Hal by CHARLOTTE HASTINGS
My love, my little love, is gone.
She lieth cold
Under the great stone.
Nothing left but ivory bone
And I am old
And must wait here alone
For my little love ..
ANTONY MIALL (recorder) Song composed by NICHOLAS AUSTIN
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Author/Playwright:
Charlotte Hastings
Recorder :
Antony Miall
Composed By:
Nicholas Austin
Directed By:
Graham Gauld
Alicia:
Jane Knowles
Julian:
Sean Barrett
Hal:
Graham Faulkner
Mr Pumphrey:
John Ruddock
Canon Climpson:
Lockwood West
Auctioneer:
Gordon Dulleu

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Written by SUSAN HILL Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Susan Hill
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Adam Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Lilian Bellamy:
Elizabeth Marlow
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Callimore
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Jim Coverdale:
Leon Tanner

Whose dog are yout
Desmond Hawkins considers the subject of dogs in poetry, from Pope to Pound. Readers Pauline Wynn and Douglas Leach Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 4.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Readers:
Pauline Wynn
Readers:
Douglas Leach
Producer:
Brian Patten

East Anglia, in the second of three programmes. In 1964, in his book Britain in the 60s - The Other England, Geoffrey Moor house saw the eastern counties as ' two million pounds' worth of caravans and more game birds than people Recently he returned for a second look.
Producer PETER ESTALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Moor
Producer:
Peter Estall

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