Story: A Tree Alone written by ELIZABETH DUNKIN illustrated by JULEK HELLER Presenters
KAREN PLATT , STUART MCGUGAN

with sub-titles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather on 2

Brush up your reading and writing with BRIAN REDHEAD and FREDERICK JAEGER
FULTON MACKAY
BARBARA WINDSOR
Script BARRY TOOK
Adviser CATHERINE MOORHOUSE DirectorCAROLINE PICK
Producer DAVID HARGREAVES
Book (same title), £1.20, from bookshops

Michael Charlton and Charles Wheeler present news and opinion on events and issues of the day, including tonight and every Thursday UK Report from BBC news correspondents in Britain.
Newsreader Richard Whitmore
Editor JOHN TISDALL

First Semi-final
Champions of Crown Green Bowling compete for the BBC2 Masters' Trophy
Dennis Mercer (Cheshire) v
Norman Dawkes (Staffordshire)'
Mercer, the Champion and favourite again this year, takes on dark horse Dawkes who has reached the Semi-final by beating two experienced Champions.
Introduced by Colin Welland from the Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool. Commentator HARRY RIGBY
Producer NICK HUNTER. BBC Manchester

Robert Robinson introduces the weekly programme on new books - their writers and readers.
Which ghost and horror stories are guaranteed to chill the blood on a dark winter's evening? What are the magic ingredients likely to send a shiver down the spine? Who are the best practitioners?
In the studio Jonathan Miller and Nigel Kneale, who wrote Quatermass and Beasts for television, offer their own findings with examples from some new collections.

starring
Gordon MacRae , Shirley Jones with Cameron Mitchell , Barbara Ruick
Billy Bigelow is dead. In a starry heaven, he learns that all is not well with his wife and daughter on earth. As he recounts his early life to the Starkeeper, Billy learns that he has the right to return to earth for a day.
Music by RICHARD RODGERS , book and lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Director HENRY KING Films: page 16

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LESLIE SANDS reads
The Emigre's by TED WALKER