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Brian Hayes investigates a top issue of the day. Voice your views on what's in the news by phoning 0[number removed], at the cost of a local call from anywhere in the UK.
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Producers Anne Freeman and Mark Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Hayes
Producers:
Anne Freeman
Producers:
Mark Hill

by Victor Canning , adapted by Andy and Eric Merriman. Richard Griffiths stars as Edgar Finchley , the shy solicitor's clerk now returning home to London after his first trip to Paris. Mr Finchley promotes neighbourly feeling, renews an old acquaintance and seeks sanctuary.
Narrated by James Villiers.
Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Canning
Unknown:
Eric Merriman.
Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Unknown:
Edgar Finchley
Unknown:
James Villiers.
Mrs Crantell:
Anna Cropper
Robert Gillespie:
James Cohen
Mr Barker:
John Bird
Marie Peters:
Serena Evans

Gwen Catley was one of the leading British coloratura sopranos of the 1940s and 50s, in fact she was billed as having the highest voice in the land, despite being less than five feet tall.
On the eve of her 85th birthday she talks to
Michael Bevis about her remarkable career, ranging from Messiah to Much
Binding in the Marsh. Producer Anthony Wills

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Catley
Unknown:
Michael Bevis
Producer:
Anthony Wills

The last of four programmes in which Dave Gelly delves into the archives of the popular music press to find out about the pop topics of the day before yesterday.
Tonight, music from Henry Hall , Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch - plus mood music, the Flat
Foot Floogie and radio's threat to the peaceful British Sunday.
An Encore Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Gelly
Unknown:
Henry Hall
Unknown:
Paul Robeson
Unknown:
Elisabeth Welch
Unknown:
Foot Floogie

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