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with Peter Hobday and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30. 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25', 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
John Timpson
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

The first of six programmes
More than 30 years ago,
Mario Borrelli exchanged his cassock for the rags of a street urchin in order to retrieve some of the orphans and unwanted children of Naples. Now a layman, he works in a community centre in the city, where he talks to
Sue MacGregor about his life and work.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Mario Borrelli
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor

The Man Who Said No to Nina Moroni by RICHARD JONES
Read by Siôn Probert ' Before you could say snap, she was looking at me in an unmistakable way. She said, " It's mad. We've only just met, but I want to be alone with you."
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Nina Moroni
Producer:
Herbert Williams

Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference
Library, answer your questions.
Questions, on a postcard please, to Enquire
Within, Broadcasting
House, London W1A 4WW Producer ANGELA HIND long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Landor

Rose at Roquebrune by DAWN LOWE-WATSON
To escape from her emotional problems at home, Rose is holidaying in the south of France with her elderly but lively mother. They become involved with a young couple staying at the same pension, and there is a surprise in store for Rose ...
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Directed By:
Cherry Cookson
Rose:
Mary Peach
Evelina:
Joyce Carey
Simon:
Christopher Scoular
Lydia:
Elizabeth Rider
Jane:
Pauline Siddle
French voice:
Clive Panto

A Kind of Treason by George Macbeth and John Beeby
abridged in 12 parts by Donald Bancroft
Read by Frank Duncan (1)
It should have been the greatest intelligence coup of the Second
World War - the planting of a British agent inside Japanese military intelligence, after the fall of Singapore....
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Writer:
George Macbeth
Writer:
John Beeby
Abridged by:
Donald Bancroft
Producer:
Pamela Howe

Written by MARY CUTLER
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Mary Cutler
Editor:
Anthony Parkin
Peggy:
June Spencer
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
ShUla:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Heather Bell
Mary:
Ysanne Churchman
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Betty Tucker:
Pamela Craig
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark:
Richard Derrington
Nigel:
Graham Seed

leader RICHARD HOWARTH conductor
Bryden Thomson
James Galway (flute) direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London, given in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother Part 1
Bax Symphonic Poem: Tintagel
Mozart Flute Concerto No 1, in G (K 313)

Contributors

Leader:
Richard Howarth
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Flute:
James Galway
Unknown:
St John

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