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Presenters Brian Redhead 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

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
John Timpson
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

visits the Channel Islands where gardening enthusiasts on the Island of Alderney put their questions to Geoffrey Smith
Daphne Ledward and Dr Stefan Buczacki
Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Questionmaster Ken

A serial in six parts by JOHN FLETCHER with Freddie Lees as Terry 3: Terry Prince , wrongfully accused of the murder of the editor of Socialist Attack is on the run both from the Internal Security Department and gangsters from the London underworld....
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fletcher
Unknown:
Freddie Lees
Unknown:
Terry Prince
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Sir James Simpson:
Conrad Phillips
Sturley:
John Linstrum
Fortescue:
Hubert Rees
Linda Taylor:
Madeleine Cemm
Chris:
Elwyn Johnson

Prodigal by ELIZABETH CROSS
Liz and Mike live middle-class, middle-aged, middleincomed and middle-educated lives. As they drive away from a friend's party one evening they are unaware that someone is waiting for them in the darkness of their home - someone who is about to put their lives in turmoil.
Directed by GERRY JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Cross
Directed By:
Gerry Jones
Liz:
Anna Massey
Mike:
Lee Montague
James:
Michael O'Connor

Three programmes in which a notable ancestor is recalled by a notable descendant.
1: Nigel Nicolson on John Frederick
Sackville, Third Duke of Dorset (1745-99)
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Nicolson
Unknown:
John Frederick
Producer:
Brian Patten

devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)

Contributors

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

(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm) Written by SIMON FRITH
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Editor:
Anthony Parkin
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Phil:
Norman Painting
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Laura:
Betty McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Martha:
Mollie Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Clarrie:
Heather Bell
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Richard Adamson:
Richard Carrington
Colonel Danby:
Ballard Berkeley
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Bill Insley:
Ted Moult
Nigel Pargetter:
Graham Seed

A radio documentary which recounts the dramatic story of one of the most momentous days in the history of Western civilization, when the Second Front which was to bring about the downfall of Hitler's
Germany finally began. The programme includes reports by BBC correspondents recorded on D-Day itself and interviews recorded 40 years later with some of the British men and women who remember their part in the great invasion.
Compiled and written by ALAN HAYDOCK and DAN KELLEHER with additional interviews recorded by SYLVIA HORN. WENDY LLOYD and PETER MACAULAY
Narrator Frank Windsor Producer ALAN HAYDOCK • FEATURE: page 80

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Haydock
Written By:
Dan Kelleher
Horn:
Wendy Lloyd

Who Wants Socialism?
One year after defeat in the General Election, do Labour MPs believe the Party will ever be in government again? The Party has a new leader - but can it make socialism attractive to the majority of voters?
Presenter Hugo Young Producer DAVID POWELL (Repeated: Fri 11.0 am)

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugo Young
Producer:
David Powell

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