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Presenters Sue MacGregor and Michael Stewart
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Stewart
Read By:
Clive Roslin
Editor:
Julian Holland

1.55 Listening Corner Animal Friends Presented by Susanna Dawson Where Can An Elephant Hide? by DAVID MCPHAIL Storyteller Johnny Morris Script by SUE limb
2.5 Playtime Presented by JUDY BENNETT With PETER MCGOWAN
2.20 Introducing Science The Air We Breathe Unit 1, Programme 1
2.40 Noticeboard A look at radiovision for teachers in secondary schools Presenter TONY BARNFIELD
2.45 Radio Club TIMMY MALLETT and the Radio Club team bring you more items of interest for 8-12-year-olds

Contributors

Presented By:
Susanna Dawson
Script By:
Sue Limb
Presented By:
Judy Bennett
Unknown:
Peter McGowan
Presenter:
Tony Barnfield

Introduced by Liz Mardall
Birds in Autumn: 'on lonely river-mud, a heron along....' A celebration in words and sounds of the beauty and pathos of autumn birds.
The Fall of the Sparrow (14) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Liz Mardall
Editor:
Sandra Chalmers

A series of five programmes which take a look inside some of Britain's more unlikely houses.
3: Marjorie Lofthouse talks to Arthur Quarmby about his house, built almost entirely underground in Yorkshire. Producer ELAINE BEDELL BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Talks:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
Arthur Quarmby
Producer:
Elaine Bedell

Stepping Westward by MALCOLM BRADBURY abridged in 13 parts by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by Robert Powell (1)
James Walker is a dispirited young novelist living a drab life in a grey city. Life takes a sudden lurch when he is appointed Fellow of Creative Writing at an American university and discovers that there is more to the uninhibited campus lifestyle of the 60s than meets the eye. Producer ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Bradbury
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury
Read By:
Robert Powell
Read By:
James Walker
Producer:
Alfred Bradley

John Lill talks to
Margaret Howard about his musical life and plays records of some of the musicians who have influenced him.
'I was immensely impressed by the playing of Claudio Arrau. I think he has taught me possibly more than anybody else'.
Producer BRIAN PATTEN

Contributors

Talks:
John Lill
Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Unknown:
Claudio Arrau.
Producer:
Brian Patten

Trotsky Was My Father by BERNARD KOPS
A widowed Jewish woman, tired of life and love, builds a fantasy world in which her mother was the mistress of Trotsky.
While staying in a bizarre boarding house in a dreadful seaside resort, her fantasy world begins to catch up with her.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON (Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm) Stereo
(John Bennett is in 'On Your Toes' at the Palace Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bennett
Sonia:
Doreen Mantle
Leo:
John Bennett
Max:
Wolfe Morris
Marcus:
Clive Panto
Zena:
Paula Jacobs
Harry:
Peter Baldwin
Rita:
Maggie McCarthy
Jocasta:
Eva Haddon
James:
Colin Starkey

The last of four programmes on language disorders DAVID CRYSTAL looks at what stammering is, what causes it and what can be done for people who find the condition a handicap. with LENA RUSTIN and PEGGY DALTON Producer ALAN WILDING

Contributors

Unknown:
Lena Rustin
Unknown:
Peggy Dalton
Producer:
Alan Wilding

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