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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45. Prayer for the Day DOM RAPHAEL APPELBY
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45. Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
John Timpson
Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Dom Raphael Appelby
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

First of ten programmes about people who are successful against the odds.
Dr John Fletcher
After giving up his vet's practice, Dr
Fletcher moved to the little Scottish village of Auchtermuchty, where he now runs a very successful deer farm. He talks to Sonia Beesley about selling venison and exporting breeding stock.
Producer
JOCK GALLAGHER
BBC Birmingham long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr John Fletcher
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley

The lost Sanjack by SAKI (H. H. Munro ) abridged and read by Brian Gear
' The only consolation I crave for,' said the condemned man, ' is to tell my story in its entirety to someone who will at least give it a respectful hearing.'
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
H. H. Munro
Read By:
Brian Gear

Introduced by Chris Mohr Including
Music at Leisure: TONY BARNFIELD reports on a musical weekend at a Suffolk hotel.
Dos, Don'ts and Dodges: BETTY FOSTER With some useful dressmaking tips. Blood on the Snow (8) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Mohr
Unknown:
Tony Barnfield

Worlds Apart by DAVE SIMPSON with Beverly Foster as Marion Marion , who is out of work, finds escape in reading romantic magazines. The ironic contrast between their world and reality does not occur to her as, without any bitterness, she accepts all the blows that life has to offer a school-leaver without a job.
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Simpson
Unknown:
Marion Marion
Directed By:
Kay Patrick
Mother:
Stella Tanner
Joyce:
Karen Petrie
Clerk/Shop assistant:
Dinah Handley
Clerk:
Colin Meredith
Charlie:
David Ross
Manager:
Alan Partington
Pete:
Mark Shepherd
Dave:
Colin Meredith

Written by DEBBIE COOK (Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Debbie Cook
Phil Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Clarrie Larkin:
Heather Bell
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Dorothy Adamson:
Heather Barrett

reviews
The Great Japan
Exhibition - Art of the Edo Period,
1600-1868 at the Royal
Academy; and previews the seven-part series
The Shogun Inheritance, filmed in Japan and narrated by JULIAN PETTIFER , to be shown on BBC2 starting next Saturday.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer JANE STENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Presenter:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Jane Stenning

The Brazilian Cat by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Read in two parts by John Levitt (1)
A tale of terror by the master storyteller, about a young heir to one of the richest estates in the country who finds his inheritance threatened. Producer GRAHAM GAULD long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
John Levitt
Producer:
Graham Gauld

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