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Presenter Simon Rae. Readers LIN SAGOVSKY and TIM PIGOTT SMITH. Guest Peter Porter.
Producer SUSAN ROBERTS BBC Bristol. Stereo
0 REQUESTS: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Readers:
Simon Rae.
Readers:
Tim Pigott Smith.
Unknown:
Peter Porter.
Producer:
Susan Roberts

A nationwide general-knowledge contest. Chairman
Robert Robinson
First Round - Home Counties.
Contestants:
Peter Wilcockson (retired) Leslie Allen
(documents clerk) Ann Hay
(school teacher) and Bill Smith
(retired bank manager)
Including Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN
Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Peter Wilcockson
Unknown:
Leslie Allen
Unknown:
Ann Hay
Unknown:
Bill Smith
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Richard Edis.

Is misogyny a rare disorder, or an integral part of our culture? Jenni Murray asks writers Joan Smith and Fidelis Morgan.
Serial: I, Gloria Gold (3) by JUDITH SUMMERS abridged in 11 episodes by MEG CLARKE.
Read by Sheila Steafel Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN
(This week: episodes 3-7) Editor CLARE SELERIE GREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Joan Smith
Unknown:
Judith Summers
Unknown:
Meg Clarke.
Read By:
Sheila Steafel
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin
Editor:
Clare Selerie

Harris Yulin , a member of the LA Classic Theater Works, reads
ARTHUR MILLER 'S short story about the price of fame.
Producer GERRY JONES (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harris Yulin
Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Producer:
Gerry Jones

BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Writer:
Mary Cutler
Peggy:
June Spencer
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Pat:
Patricia Gallimore
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Graeme Kirk
Shula:
Judy Bennett
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
Nelson:
Jack May
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Neil:
Brian Hewlett
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
DS Barry:
David Vann
Matthew:
Crawford Logan
Jerry:
Michael Deacon
William:
Philip Molloy

by John Fletcher
with Cornelius Garrett as Gregory, Timothy Bentinck as Harold St John, Melinda Walker as Litzi, Christian Rodska as Simpson, Andrew Hilton as Archie, John Rowe as MacDonald, and Gabriel Woolf as the Professor

1933: Gregory is on his first assignment as a spy.

BBC Bristol
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
John Fletcher
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Gregory:
Cornelius Garrett
Harold St John:
Timothy Bentinck
Litzi:
Melinda Walker
Simpson:
Christian Rodska
Archie:
Andrew Hilton
MacDonald:
John Rowe
The Professor:
Gabriel Woolf
Erich:
Jonathan Tafler
Commissioner:
Michael Graham Cox
Assistant commissioner:
John Hartoch
Gunther:
Ian Targett
Carl:
Richard Pearce
Gerta:
Joan Walker

Peter Ackroyd sets his new novel in the late 20th century; a prizewinning play by Dolores Walshe is at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre; and Paul Vaughan travels the world before planes were invented.
Producer CAROLINE YOUNG
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ackroyd
Play By:
Dolores Walshe
Play By:
Paul Vaughan

Castle Rackrent by MARIA EDGEWORTH abridged in eight episodes by JOHN SCOTNEY.
Read by Cyril Cusack
1: The Commencement of the Memoir of Old Thady Producer JEREMY HOWE BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Edgeworth
Unknown:
John Scotney.
Read By:
Cyril Cusack

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More