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Presenters Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe
6.45* Prayer for the Day With DOM ROBERT GIBBONS
6.55. 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN 7 25: 8.25- Sport
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought /or the Day
8.57 Weather: travel

Contributors

Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Presenters:
Chris Lowe
Unknown:
Dom Robert Gibbons
Read By:
Bryan Martin

with Paul Heiney and Pattie Coldwell
Today John Howard investigates the service we get from insurance companies when we make claims. How do loss adjusters assess damage? Do we always get the payment to which we are entitled? How important Is the small prtnt in policies?

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Unknown:
John Howard

A serial in nine parts by STEPHEN BARLAY starring
5: Limbo
Directed by PETER KING
12.55 Weather: travel: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Barlay
Directed By:
Peter King
Maxon:
Ian Hendry
Jacqueline:
Toby Robins
Locke:
Alan Tilvern
Inspector:
Peter Marinker
Fergus:
James Bryce
Sleet:
Brett Usher
Gloucester:
Nigel Graham

with Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: the trainer of Corbiere. winner of the Grand
National. Jenny Pitman.
One in Three:
ROSEMARY EVAN ' takes a sideways look at her divorce.
DentalDefence:
DOREEN TAYLOR Investigates ways to keep your teeth.
The King's General by DAPHNE DU MAURIER abridged in 15 parts by DOREEN ESTALL
Read by JILL BALCON long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Pitman.
Unknown:
Rosemary Evan
Unknown:
Doreen Taylor
Unknown:
Daphne du Maurier
Unknown:
Doreen Estall
Read By:
Jill Balcon

3.2 Afternoon Theatre: Time Spent in Reconnaissance
by Ted Allbeury
with Michael Cochrane as Lt. Peter Harvey, Isabelle Amyes as Fg. Off. Julie Peyton and Richard Kay as Captain Palmer

There's an old adage which says, 'Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted'. Peter Harvey finds that this applies to both his professional and his private life.

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Allbeury
Director:
Christopher Venning
Lt. Peter Harvey:
Michael Cochrane
Fg. Off. Julie Peyton:
Isabelle Amyes
Captain Palmer:
Richard Kay
Jean Paul Prouvost:
Stuart Organ
Fg. Off. Daphne Cooper:
Miranda Forbes
[Actor]:
Brett Usher
[Actor]:
Alex Jennings
[Actress]:
Pauline Siddle

The Breaker abridged in 13 parts by MADGE HART from the novel by kit DENTON and read by The Author (1)
Based on the true story of Harry Morant. disgraced naval officer who became first a remittance man in Australia famed for his gentle skill in breaking horses. then a cavalryman in South
AfricaduringtheBoer
War?whereBissavage soldiering brought him notoriety and a tragic end.

Contributors

Unknown:
Madge Hart
Novel By:
Kit Denton

devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETE ATKIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Pete Atkin

The second of three portraits of great 19thcentury prima donnas in words and music by PEGGY BRANFORD
Narrator STEPHEN THORNE in a rare radio performance, recorded in 1973, Ingrid Bergman touchingly re-creates, the character of her compatriot ' the Swedish nightingale Jenny Lind , whose voice was the wonder of the age. With BETTY BASKCOMB DAVID GOODERSON and CLIFFORD NORGATE
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Music By:
Peggy Branford
Narrator:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Jenny Lind
Unknown:
Betty Baskcomb
Unknown:
David Gooderson
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Producer:
Alan Haydock
Jenny Lind (1820-87):
Ingrid Bergman

Policies Before Parties Part 1
The political parties all have their prescriptions for curing Britain's problems, but what will their policies mean for the nation?
In the first of two programmes; Mary Goldring chairs a discussion with people outside the party political arena about the issues arriving from the manifestos. producer ANNE WINDER Editor TOM READ

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Goldring
Producer:
Anne Winder
Editor:
Tom Read

includes reviews of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London; and a new recording of Verdi's early opera
Nabucco conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli with Placido Domingo and, in the title role,
Piero Cappuccilli.
Presenter Natalie Wheen Producer
ANTHONY CHEEVEHS

Contributors

Conducted By:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Unknown:
Placido Domingo
Unknown:
Piero Cappuccilli.
Presenter:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
Anthony Cheevehs

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