Turning the dial of my radio set
I wonder what kind of noises I'll get?
- the noise of a sousaphone!
Today's story: 'Sousaphone Band' by Peter Charlton
Guest storyteller Frank Tomes
Presenters this week: Toni Arthur, Rick Jones

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with Ann Ladbury

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A Western adventure series with Hannibal Heyes and Jed 'Kid' Curry two of the roughest, toughest - nicest and kindest - outlaws who ever rode the West
Starring Pete Duel as Smith and Ben Murphy as Jones
with guest stars Jack Cassidy, Joanna Barnes

There is a school of thought that a woman's place is in the home, and some things are better left to men. One thing women just should not do is plan a bank robbery and force Smith to carry out the raid by holding Jones at gun-point. Gallant as the boys are to the gentle sex, it makes them pretty mad...

A duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, Nerys Hughes, John Alderton and Frank Muir, Heather Sears, George Melly
Referee Robert Robinson
(from Manchester)
(Heather Sears's choice: page 5)

For centuries the survival of Venice, built as it is on mud-flats at the edge of the stormy Adriatic, has symbolised the triumph of man over nature; but within 20 or 30 years it could be lost.

The story of this tragedy is perhaps all too well known, but what is new is that for the first time scientists have begun to understand why Venice is sinking, and how they can stop the floods that threaten it. This scientific story is a fascinating one, as it pieces together evidence in climatology, geology, hydrodynamics and Venetian history.

Yet all the time working against Venice is the port of Marghera. Built in the 1920s paradoxically to solve the unemployment problems of the ailing city, it is now contributing to the destruction of Venice in a multitude of ways. Any restriction on its activities produces an -uproar from its industrialists and trade unions.

The film shows the constant strikes and political pressures which paralyse Venice and the intrigues inside the Town Hall which prevent effective action. Through all these problems, can Venice survive?

by David Snodin

Jenkins has an independent cast of mind. He is a squash-player, a novelist, an efficient and devoted worker. But is he the right man for the job?

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