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Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
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

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Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Read By:
Bryan Martin

An occasional series in which Larry Harris talks to well-known people about what was going on in the world at the time of their birth.
Today: The Rt Hon
David Steel , mp, born 31 March 1938 in Fife, Scotland.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Talks:
Larry Harris
Unknown:
David Steel

Leonard Pearcey presents the first of four programmes. Does wordless music make you laugh? If it does, Leonard tries to explain why, looking into the various types of humour that come from different pieces of music.
Written by LEONARD PEARCEY Research by TIM joss
Producer PAUL SPENCER
Stereo :

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Unknown:
Leonard Pearcey
Written By:
Leonard Pearcey
Unknown:
Tim Joss
Producer:
Paul Spencer

Time Alone Can't Always
Heal: some Jewish victims of the Nazi concentration camps thought they had outlived their fearful memories; but now it is becoming clear that more than 40 years later the experiences they endured still affect what they do and how they feel. GABRIELLE MACPHEDRAN reports.
The Soft Talkers (3)

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Unknown:
Gabrielle MacPhedran

Why Weren't You Looking? by KAY MCMANUS with On Earth it is 1976 and for parts of its northern hemisphere, from Scotland to the north of Italy, it is proving a long, hot exhausting summer. To Antac, however, an inhabitant of a space satellite on the remoter edges of our galaxy, it seems precisely the right moment for some challenging activity.
Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo

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Unknown:
Kay McManus
Directed By:
Jane Morgan.
Antac:
William Hope
Brula:
David Sinclair
Polam:
Robin Summers
Mike:
Mark Jones
Toni:
Elizabeth McKechnie
Bob:
Christopher Douglas
Jock:
Jamie Roberts
Stan:
Graham Blockey

Death dart punch, diamante spectacles and offensive coconuts.... A further account of the (almost) true exploits of Overton, an English circuit judge in the British South Pacific Territories.
Based on his own experiences, and written by RONNIE KNOX-MAWER
Read by Ian Carmichael Producer KATE FENTON

Contributors

Written By:
Ronnie Knox-Mawer
Read By:
Ian Carmichael
Producer:
Kate Fenton

Measuring Up Six programmes in which MARGARET KORVING Seeks out expert advice about how to assess and improve your employment prospects - whether you have lost a job, come to a 'dead end' or reached a turning point in your life.
1: Who Can Help? Series producers NICOLE CHURCH and GORDON HUTCHINGS t INSIGHT: pages 21-24

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Unknown:
Margaret Korving
Unknown:
Gordon Hutchings

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