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with Brian Bedhead 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 BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Bedhead
Unknown:
John Timpson
Read By:
Bryan Martin

Four profiles by Ray Gosling
1: Colin Maclnnes
As a writer in the 50s and 60s, his subjects were teenagers and blacks - but he never became a media-worshipped guru.
He loitered with intent to observe in the back streets of London, one hand on the handlebars of his
Vespa, the other on the pulse of the nation.... with Tony Gould ,
Mel Lasky and George Melly Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester (Revised repeat) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Unknown:
Colin MacLnnes
Unknown:
Tony Gould
Unknown:
Mel Lasky
Unknown:
George Melly
Producer:
Alastair Wilson

Albert, Carl, Graham, Maurice and Robin welcome you to another half hour of fun in the Grumbleweed style.
This week Fred Fibber has a brain transplant.
Written by MIKE CRAIG ,
RON MCDONNELL, ROB GRANT and DOUG NAYLOR
Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester

Contributors

Written By:
Mike Craig
Written By:
Ron McDonnell
Written By:
Rob Grant
Written By:
Doug Naylor
Producer:
Mike Craig

by Aisling Donelan

Margerite Austin has standards to maintain: a doctor's widow can surely stop vandals defacing her trees? But her daughter knows that life in Belfast is not always that simple. After all, you never know who may be hiding in the hedge.

Contributors

Writer:
Aisling Donelan
Director:
Michael Heffernan
Mrs Austin:
Trudy Kelly
Gloria:
Brid Brennan
Tom Swift:
Trevor Moore
James Austin:
Adrian Gordon
Matt Shaw:
Derek Halligan
Tony:
Brian Hogg
Hector McDaid:
Maurice O'Callaghan
Air Hostess:
Brigid Erin Bates
Airport announcer:
Ellen McIntosh
British officer:
Clive Panto

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

Contributors

Written By:
Helen Leadbeater
Editor:
Anthony Parkin
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Galumore
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Laura:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Det Sgt Barry:
David Vann
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed
Mr Rodway:
Michael Bilton

Herbert Williams finds out why a small-town pharmacy in Wales was more than just a business. 'I remember him pulling teeth for one or two old farmers who refused to go to the dentist.... We even had a tank of leeches out the back!'
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Williams
Producer:
Herbert Williams

The one fatal thing for a magazine like ours, was to follow news. Far better to be capricious ... than to base next week's issues on today's events.
Sir Tom Hopkinson , former Editor of Picture
Post, in conversation with Colin Ford about his unique contribution to the history of British photo-journalism.
Producer richard DUNN

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Tom Hopkinson
Unknown:
Colin Ford

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