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Presented by Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with TOM TICKELL
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport with GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Tom Tickell
Read By:
Clive Roslin
Unknown:
Garry Richardson
Editor:
Julian Holland

Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners.
Presented by Vernon Scannell Readers GARARD GREEN and ROSALIND SHANKS
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol
Requests to Poetry Please' BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR.

Contributors

Presented By:
Vernon Scannell
Unknown:
Rosalind Shanks
Producer:
Margaret Bradley

The World of Nature This week: Plants
Frank Muir and Alfred Marks skip through the comic literature of the subject, making notes in the margin of jokes. quotes, newspaper clippings and recorded humour from
BOB NEWHART. MICHAEL BENTINE
JOYCE GRENFELL. MICHAEL FLANDERS AND DONALD SWANN
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as wellasatreedoes. (BERNARDSHAW)' Written by SIMON BRETT Producer RICHARD EDIS
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Bob Newhart.
Unknown:
Michael Bentine
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell.
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Written By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Richard Edis

1.55 Listening Comer This week: Crawly Creatures Presented by GARY TAYLOR Storyteller UNA STUBBS Today's story: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by ERIC CARLE Script by MARY KALEMKERIAN
2.5 Playtime Presented by LOLA YOUNG and ANDREW BRANCH
2.20 Introducing Science Unit2
2: Rocks of Ages
2.40 Astronomy The Galaxy Presented by HEATHER COUPER Written by ROBERT SMITH

Contributors

Presented By:
Gary Taylor
Presented By:
Storyteller Una Stubbs
Script By:
Mary Kalemkerian
Presented By:
Lola Young
Presented By:
Heather Couper
Written By:
Robert Smith

Introduced by Dilly Barlow Zoo-ming ahead!
What happens when a duck flirts with a lion? What do red squirrels get up to when they think no one's looking?
MARGARET HORSFIELD finds OUt during a sunny afternoon at
London Zoo. And in the light of the Zoo's recent announcement of plans for a E21 million rebuilding programme, DAVID JONES , Director of Zoos, and biologist and zoo specialist JEREMY CHERFAS disCUSS the morality of caging and displaying animals, the purpose of zoos, the best way to run them, and their future.... I Also Am of Ireland by FRANCES MOFFETT abridged in nine episodes by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by FRANCES TOMELTY (9) (Music: Torroba's Dialogues for Guitar and Orchestra)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dilly Barlow
Unknown:
Margaret Horsfield
Unknown:
David Jones
Unknown:
Jeremy Cherfas
Unknown:
Frances Moffett
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bradbury
Read By:
Frances Tomelty
Editor:
Sandra Chalmers

'... that which we call a Rose by any other name would smell as sweet' - because the Christian name is derived from the flower name, as are Poppy, Pansy,
Marigold and Heather. But what ofPrinia and Daphila? Presenter
Denis (of the Wine God) Owen Producer
ANNE (OF GRACE) BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Blair Gould

Comic Quintet 1: On Guard by EVELYN WAUGH
Read by Jeremy Clyde
'You are to look after Milly' he told the dog. 'See that she doesn't marry anyone until I get back.'
Producer TIM SUTER
(Jeremy Clyde is in Pump Boys and Dinettes at the Piccadilly Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Read By:
Jeremy Clyde
Producer:
Tim Suter
Unknown:
Jeremy Clyde

The last of six programmes What makes leader writers think they know better than the rest of us? Are the churches too confused to give proper guidance?
Geoffrey Smith of The Times and Gerald Priestland join Patrick Hannan for his last sceptical look at the advisers
With DILLWYN OWEN. ANNESTWILIAM and JAMES BENSON.
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Gerald Priestland
Unknown:
Patrick Hannan
Unknown:
James Benson.
Producer:
Herbert Williams

by JOHN FLETCHER with and Wayne is 15 and lives in Croydon. His dad, a plumber, is keen that he should learn a trade, his mother that he should follow his artistic instincts.
Wayne escapes parental strife into a fantasy world of dragons and labyrinths.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fletcher
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Wayne:
Julian Firth
Sheila:
June Barrie
Frank:
William Eedle
Vicar:
Hugh Dickson
Mr Winterhart:
Bill Wallis
Peter:
Mark Straker
Terry:
William Hope
Keith:
Thomas Henderson
Sandra:
Melinda Walker
Nurse:
Valerie Murray
Arthur:
Eric Allan
Sid:
Bernard Brown
Eddie:
David Sinclair

The Life of Riley by ANTHONY CRONIN abridged in ten episodes byjOHNSCOTNEY
Read by Jim Norton (1) Patrick Riley , poet and professional scrounger, is quite unable to cope with morality and respectability. Starting off in Dublin his precarious progress leads him via pubs and doss-houses to literary London. Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Cronin
Read By:
Jim Norton
Read By:
Patrick Riley
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

Patients' Guide to the NHS The last of eight programmes in which JENNI mills investigates how to make the best use of the National Health Service. Medical Accidents and Complaints Producer SARAH ROWLANDS

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

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