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Presenter John Timpson With HUGH SYKES
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by CHRISTOPHER SLADE
7.36, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenter:
John Timpson
Presenter:
With Hugh Sykes
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Christopher Slade

Introduced from Glasgow by Mary Marquis
Gordonstoun to Eton: ERIC ANDERSON , Head-master Designate of Eton. Rosettes for Ladies: some of Scotland's most successful breeders of Highland Cattle are women. SANDY CRITCHLEY reports.
A Blooming Heritage: JIMMY MACK and ADAM MARTIN look at Scotland's marvellous collection of rhododendrons.
Labels: MURIEL CLARK on the whys and wherefores of care labelling. BBC Scotland Greek Fire by WINSTON GRAHAM abridged in 12 parts by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
Read by JOHN BENNETT (12) (Music: Alwyn's Sinfonietta): long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Marquis
Unknown:
Eric Anderson
Unknown:
Sandy Critchley
Unknown:
Jimmy MacK
Unknown:
Adam Martin
Unknown:
Muriel Clark
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
John Bennett

Fictions, a comedy by GORDON MCKERROW
Rodney Bewes as Martin Carole Hayman as Dilly David Daker as Fisher Martin and his wife Mel used to be a spectacular double-act stunt team but since Martin funked their greatest death-defying leap, fame, fortune and his marriage are things of the past. But ' Pel ' Mel is flying as high as ever.
Directed by PENNY GOLD

Contributors

Comedy By:
Gordon McKerrow
Comedy By:
Rodney Bewes
Unknown:
Martin Carole Hayman
Unknown:
Dilly David Daker
Unknown:
Fisher Martin
Directed By:
Penny Gold
Wormwood:
Roger Hammond
Secretary:
Josie Kidd
Stanley:
Gordon Reid
Diggory:
Danny Schiller
Social Security Officer:
Christopher Scott

with Pauline Jameson as Her Ladyship
After the charge at the head of the Light Brigade, Lord Cardigan returned from the Crimea a national hero. Thereafter his future might have seemed fairly predictable had he not set eyes upon a young, aristocratic lady,
Adeline de Horsey. Their love affair, the scandal it created and the attempts to offset its social consequences, form the basis of this feature compiled for radio by GEOFFREY PARKINSON
Dillwyn Owen as Lord Cardigan Denys Hawthorne as Narrator
Producer ENYD Williams BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Pauline Jameson
Unknown:
Adeline de Horsey.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Parkinson
Unknown:
Dillwyn Owen
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne

The Old Clock Man by FRANK GROUT
Read by John Darran
'Emlyn's love of old clocks increased with every passing year. " They're living things, Beth fach," he said. " They've got souls, see. And they can be temperamental, just like us." '
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Read By:
John Darran
Producer:
Herbert Williams

Richard Hudson-Evans brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport including Continental Travel Information.
Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hudson-Evans
Producer:
Geoff Dobson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

An irreverently critical look back at the week with Bill Wallis , David Tate
Jon Glover. Sheila Steafel and THE DAVID FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , JEREMY BROWNE , ANDY WILSON , RICHARD QUICK and BRIAN BETHELL
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Jon Glover.
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Written By:
Guy Jenkin
Written By:
John Langdon
Written By:
Jeremy Browne
Written By:
Andy Wilson
Written By:
Brian Bethell
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

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