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with Michael Stewart and Alison Leigh
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Stewart
Unknown:
Alison Leigh
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell
Editor:
Julian Holland

For the passenger
Concorde is simply the world's fastest, most glamorous plane but behind the caviare and the supersonic speed is a dedicated team that makes it happen. Jimmy Hill meets the staff both on the ground and in the air as he sets off for Miami. Researcher KAREN DECO Producer LAN STRACHAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Karen Deco
Producer:
Lan Strachan

Take It From Here starring Dick Bentley Jimmy Edwards June Whitfield with WALLAS EATON
AND THE KEYNOTES
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER
Written by FRANK MUIR and DENIS NORDEN
Producer CHARLES MAXWELL (First broadcast in 1959)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Wallas Eaton
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Written By:
Frank Muir
Written By:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Charles Maxwell

at the World Wine Fair, Bristol
'Vintage Stilgoe'
A good year for comedy' 'An amusing little programme'
Who turned the light out?'
These quotes were heard quite clearly coming from under the third table on the left by Emma Thompson and the Cambridge Buskers who vaguely remember doing the programme.
Written by RICHARD STILGOE Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tues 6.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Thompson
Written By:
Richard Stilgoe
Producer:
Mike Craig

The World of the National Trust
The National Trust now has over a million members, and more and more people are visiting its properties. But can the Trust continue to expand, can it face up to increased competition and attract more people? Malcolm Billings examines the work of the NT as he visits properties around the country and talks with Angus Stirling , the Trust's Director General. Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Billings
Unknown:
Angus Stirling
Producer:
Christopher Stone

On St George 's Day, the screen's most popular
Queen Elizabeth I, Dame Flora Robson , talks to
Michael Billington about her 60-year career, with Tyrone Guthrie at the Festival Theatre,
Cambridge,
Charles Laughton at the Old Vie and Errol Flynn in Hollywood. With extracts from some of her notable performances including
Lady Macbeth, Nelly Dean in Wuthering Heights and Queen Elizabeth in Fire Over England.
Producer RICHARD DUNN

Contributors

Unknown:
St George
Talks:
Dame Flora Robson
Unknown:
Michael Billington
Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Charles Laughton
Unknown:
Errol Flynn
Producer:
Richard Dunn

by Rodney Ackland, adapted from the novel by Hugh Walpole
with Joyce Carey as May Beringer, Fabia Drake as Agatha Payne and Margot Boyd as Lucy Amorest
Narrator Jon Strickland

When Lucy Amorest decides to organise a Christmas party, she has no idea of the strange events that are to follow. One of her guests is so terrified of the other that she fears for her life. Why? Directed by MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Writer:
Rodney Ackland
Adapted from the novel by:
Hugh Walpole
Unknown:
Joyce Carey
Unknown:
Fabia Drake
Unknown:
Agatha Payne
Unknown:
Margot Boyd
Narrator:
Lucy Amorest
Unknown:
Lucy Amorest
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins

by William Shakespeare
with Denis Quilley, Hannah Gordon, Clifford Rose, John Rowe, Nigel Terry, Stuart Organ
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Music:
Ilona Sekacz
Director:
Martin Jenkins
First witch:
Carole Boyd
Second witch:
Susan Brown
Third witch:
Pauline Siddle
Duncan, King of Scotland:
Clifford Rose
Malcolm, his son:
Stuart Organ
Bloody sergeant/Porter:
John Hollis
Lennox:
Geoffrey Collins
Ross:
Sean Barrett
Macbeth:
Denis Quilley
Banquo:
Nigel Terry
Angus:
David Peart
Lady Macbeth:
Hannah Gordon
Seyton:
John Webb
Fleance, Banquo's Son/Lady Macduff's son:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Macduff:
John Rowe
Donalbain, Duncan's son:
Richard Huw
Old man/Doctor:
Michael Bilton
First murderer:
Kerry Francis
Second murderer/Menteith:
James Bryce
Hecate, Queen of the witches/Gentlewoman:
Jane Wenham
Scottish lord/Old Siward:
Manning Wilson
Lady Macduff:
Jane Knowles
Caithness:
James Kerry
Young Siward:
Michael Jenner

Naples 44 by NORMAN LEWIS abridged in ten parts by MARY BENSON
Read by John Rowe (1)
Volunteers from the armed forces in World War II found to possess linguistic qualifications were frequently directed into the Intelligence Corps.
Norman Lewis , who has written 11 novels and five non-fiction works, records his war through his diaries.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Lewis
Unknown:
Mary Benson
Read By:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Norman Lewis
Directed By:
Christopher Venning

Dick Vosburgh presents the story of CHARLES MACARTHUR and BEN HECHT 'S classic American play "The Front Page".
Included are extracts from three film versions, featuring WALTER MATTHAU, JACK LEMMON, CARY GRANT and ROSALIND RUSSELL; songs from the musical version, Windy City; interviews with DENIS QUILLEY, MAUREEN LIPMAN and ANTON RODGERS, who appeared in the National theatre's revival, and the first lady of the American Theatre, HELEN HAYES.
Written by DICK VOSBURGH

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles MacArthur
Unknown:
Ben Hecht
Unknown:
Walter Matthau.
Unknown:
Jack Lemmon
Unknown:
Cary Grant
Unknown:
Rosalind Russell
Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Anton Rodgers
Unknown:
Helen Hayes
Written by:
Dick Vosburgh
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore

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