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with John Timpson and Peter Hobday
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
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament Editor JULIAN HOLLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Read By:
Pauline Bushnell
Editor:
Julian Holland

Richard Baker invites you to join him for the morning
... with David Davies on [number removed]and the opportunity to call the Thursday Exchange
... asking Laurie Taylor and Vic Lewis Smith to keep you up with Modern Manners
... On the Fringes, taking you where you might have been.
Regular Items:
The News on the hour from
BRIAN PERKINS
10.30 Morning Story
Read by Peter Adamson , as Harry Kemp , a northern photographer.
14: Seedy's Ghost by IAN FLlNTOFF
10.45 An Act of Worship
Conducted by Pauline Webb.
... with resident psychologist Sonya Hinton talking to a troubled listener, who asks Can You Help?
... offering a local perspective on events around Britain - from commentators in Network UK. Produced by the Rollercoaster unit on VHF until 9.5

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
David Davies
Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Vic Lewis Smith
Unknown:
Brian Perkins
Read By:
Peter Adamson
Unknown:
Harry Kemp
Conducted By:
Pauline Webb.
Unknown:
Sonya Hinton

9.5 A Service for Schools The Drought
9.25 Secondary English 11-14 Spelling and Punctuation
7: Sentences and Questions and at 9.40 8: Commas
9.55 Movement and Drama 1 Pirates and the Sea
10.15 News for Teachers 3: Exams Up to Date
10.35 In Your Own Time Presenter PETER CLAYTON
10.55 Something to Think About The Robinsons Go on Holiday
11.5 In the News Presenter JOHN HEDGES
11.30-12.0 Wavelength YTS Forum from Pebble Mill where ANDY PEEBLES chairs a discussion.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Clayton
Presenter:
John Hedges
Unknown:
Andy Peebles

Alexander Walker recalls the screen careers of the cinema's brightest stars.
This week: Joan Crawford the Charleston dancer who turned herself into a star - and played the role for 50 years. Producer WENDY CLAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Walker
Unknown:
Joan Crawford

Happy Lies by c. p. TAYLOR with Susan Sheridan as Derek Elizabeth Lindsay as Shirley Shireen Shah as Kamala Rosalind Adams as Miss Graham Heather Emmanuel as the Health Officer Catherine Terris as Derek's mam
Edward Wilson as Derek's dad Sion Probert as the Charity worker
Ronald Herdman as the Vicar Eleven-year-old Derek is not a model student; in fact he can hardly read and write. So when a man from a charity organisation comes to talk about 'developing' countries it's a surprise when Derek demands to know the name of the Indian girl on the poster the class have been looking at.
Directed by DICKON REED A BBC World Service production

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sheridan
Unknown:
Derek Elizabeth Lindsay
Unknown:
Shirley Shireen Shah
Unknown:
Kamala Rosalind Adams
Unknown:
Miss Graham Heather Emmanuel
Unknown:
Catherine Terris
Unknown:
Edward Wilson
Unknown:
Sion Probert
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Directed By:
Dickon Reed

(Repeated: Friday 1.40 pm) Written by simon frith
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
Cast for the week:

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Frith
Editor:
Anthony Parkin
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Pat Archer:
Patricia Gallimore
Shula Archer:
Judy Bennett
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Richard:
Richard Carrington
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward
Mark:
Richard Derrington
Mr Smith:
Arnold Diamond

They had not been to prep school and their accents proved it. Their fathers were miners, lorry drivers or clerks and they were pupils at some of Britain's most renowned and expensive public schools.
Forty years after the Fleming
Report initiated the educational and social experiment which placed them there,
Sonia Beesley talks to some of the participants in 'the good-natured scheme' which changed their lives.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
0 FEATURE: page 13

Contributors

Talks:
Sonia Beesley
Producer:
Sally Thompson

In the last of four programmes Stanley Williamson opens the file on life in Edinburgh 100 years ago, as it was reflected in the local newspapers. Readers JOHN MCGREGOR , PAUL WEBSTER Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Readers:
John McGregor
Readers:
Paul Webster

St Kitts
Last summer, St Kitts celebrated its independence with ceremonies, concerts and festivities. Caryl Phillips returned to his birthplace to share the excitement and anxiety of a new nation.
Producer MARGARET WINDHAM Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Caryl Phillips
Producer:
Margaret Windham

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