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A show of sagas, sages and songs.
• ANSWERS, PLEASE! - The sun is apparently a ball of fire. Why, then, is the space between the earth and the sun so cold and dark? If this, or any other question, provokes heated discussion in your family, find out the answer by writing to:
Answers, Please!, John Dunn.
BBC Radio 2. London WI 4WW. From Tuesday 6 August. John Dunn will be hosting a weekly edition of the programme.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dunn.
Unknown:
John Dunn

A quiz game about this day in history: the people, places and events that made it memorable.
Wendy Richard and Alfred Marks match wits on past July 16ths with Ernie Wise and George Chisholm. Chairman
Cliff Michelmore.
With Colin Sell (piano). Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Ernie Wise
Unknown:
George Chisholm.
Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

This week on record
Matt Monro.
Roland Shaw directs the BBC Big Band, with vocal guest Carol Kidd.
And Dreamtime, in which Angela Christian joins
Steve Race at the piano for some songs and tunes of earlier years.
Producer Maura Clarke

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Monro.
Unknown:
Roland Shaw
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Carol Kidd.
Unknown:
Angela Christian
Unknown:
Steve Race
Producer:
Maura Clarke

Miles Kington celebrates 150 years of Punch magazine with contributions from, among others, Alan Coren , Bill Tidy, Sir
Clement Freud , Melvyn Bragg and Thelwell. The magazine was founded in 1841, with Z25 capital, by the engraver
Ebenezer Landells and the journalist Henry Mayhew. Its own advance publicity described it as a 'refuge for destitute wit, an asylum for thousands of orphan jokes'. Over the years the editors have included
Sir Francis Bumand , Sir Owen Seaman , Malcolm Muggeridge and William Davis.
Producer Neil Rosser

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coren
Unknown:
Clement Freud
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Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Ebenezer Landells
Unknown:
Henry Mayhew.
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Sir Francis Bumand
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Sir Owen Seaman
Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Unknown:
William Davis.
Producer:
Neil Rosser

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