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Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Presented By:
John Humphrys
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

If you go down to the woods.... you will probably get bitten by insects. Graham White and Keith Snow offer Peter France as bait to the midges and mozzies of Epping Forest and try to find out why some people are more attractive to insects than others.
Producer JOHN HARRISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham White
Unknown:
Peter France
Producer:
John Harrison

A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain.
Chairman Robert Robinson First Round:
Midlands and East Anglia Leslie Page (teacher)
Clarence Rickards (librarian) Michael Grosvenor-Myer (journalist)
Peter Rowland (school teacher)
The programme includes Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own
Questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by LAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Clarence Rickards
Unknown:
Michael Grosvenor-Myer
Unknown:
Peter Rowland
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Richard Edis.

1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: Noisy Natalie Goes to the Theatre Stereo (R)
2.5 Explorers Captain Cook Written by ROY APPS (e) (Re-broadcast on Friday atll.OamVHFIFM)
2.25 Radio Thin King: Complete Stories The Crocodile and the Monkey
2.40 Listening to Music 3: O-level/CSE/GCSE Unit 5: The Whole Picture Devised by PROFESSOR GEORGE PRATT and BARRY GIBSON. Stereo (R) (e)

Contributors

Written By:
Roy Apps
Unknown:
Professor George Pratt
Unknown:
Barry Gibson.

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Where Do Babies Come From?
It is not sex education, but birth education that young children need according to some professionals. Karen Deco investigates new approaches to the birds and the bees.
Serial: Duplicate Keys (5)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor

The Nuremberg Egg by ROGER DAVENPORT with and A casual photograph taken outside a London theatre leads reporter Patrick Weaver towards a possible scoop. To his surprise, his investigations take him back 40 years and threaten the career of a famous actress and the future of her relatives.
Directed by GERRY JONES. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Davenport
Directed By:
Gerry Jones.
Elizabeth Fisher:
Googie Withers
Patrick Weaver:
Martin Jarvis
Jim:
Sean Barrett
Miss Lucky:
Pauline Letis
Joseph Schwartz:
Cyril Shaps
Henry Fairlie:
Garard Green
Stage doorkeeper:
Brian Smith
Oswald/Stranger at Fair Steve:
Shaun Prendergast

The fourth of six programmes What are the real choices on polling day on the issues which will affect our everyday lives? Geoffrey Goodman steps back from the politicians' rhetoric to identify the alternatives. Families talk about what matters to them and independent experts throw light on the parties' policies away from the heat of the campaign. Producer SHEILA COOK

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Goodman
Producer:
Sheila Cook

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap Presented by Peter White Producer SUSAN DENNY
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]Lines open from 8.30 to 10.15pm Free quarterly bulletin from:
[address removed](Send four saes, 81 x 12, for a year's supply)

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter White
Producer:
Susan Denny

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