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Presenters John Timpson and Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day Fr Eric Doyle, OFM
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by Bryan Martin
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Book, Thoughts. Prayers, Reflections, £1.35, available from bookshops

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Eric Doyle
Read By:
Bryan Martin

We all have queries, quibbles and quandaries which we mean to resolve, but which always lie unanswered at the back of our mind.
Let Neil Landor. together with his specialised experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out the answers. Producer SIMON ELMES
Questions, on a postcard please, to: Enquire Within BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Landor.
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Second Round 11: North West
HAZEL GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, near Stockport v Wales YSGOL JOHN BRIGHT, Llandudno
Questionmasters
Tim Gudgin. Paddy Feeny Questions set by PAUL LIVESEY , NIGEL RICHARDSON Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Gudgin.
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Unknown:
Paul Livesey
Unknown:
Nigel Richardson
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Sworn by Apollo: Robert Eagle talks to doctors about the Hippocratic Oath.
Talking Point.
Reading Your Letters.
On and Off the Beat!: Peter Spinks meets some specials from Kent Constabulary to find out about their four hours a week as policemen and women...
The Opportunity of a Lifetime (13) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Spinks

Following suit by DERRICK BUTTRESS with Cyril Shaps
A skilled tailor, who refuses to lower his standards or update his styles, watches his business decline and his small staff moving elsewhere. He and his wife despair of saving their livelihood - but they are experienced survivors.
Directed by MARGARET ETALL

Contributors

Directed By:
Margaret Etall
Michael:
Cyril Shaps
Leah:
Miriam Margolyes
David:
Gordon Reid
Charlie Axel:
Alan Dudley
Frank:
Christopher Scott
Deborah:
Eve Karpe

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)

Cast for the week: [see below]

BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Bower
Dan Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Peggy:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Adam Macy:
Barnaby Williams
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
David:
Nigel Carrivick
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Clarrie:
Heather Bell
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Jim Coverdale:
Leon Tanner
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark Hebden:
Richard Derrington
Jackie Woodstock:
Anne Louise Wakefield

leader CARL PINI conducted by Andrew Davis
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London Part 1
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses of themes by Carl Maria von Weber Strauss Four Last Songs

Contributors

Leader:
Carl Pini
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Soprano:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Unknown:
Carl Maria von Weber

Nearly 30 years ago, the young and newly-married June Knox-Mawcr found herself plunged for five years into the heart of Arab society in the British Protectorate of Aden, soon to become the Peoples' Republic of South Yemen.
In these four talks she describes her adventures both in and outside the confines of a colonial society in its declining years.
2: Dancing in the Desert

BBC Radio 4 FM

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