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6.27 Farming Today6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50 Weather; programme news
6.55 South-East News
: Today
The NewsThe world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by John Timpson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Weather: programme news
7.55 South-East News
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Timpson
: The News
and more of Today8.40 Today's Papers
: Men At Arms
by EVELYN WAUGHRead by HUGH BURDEN (3) ʇ
Contributors
Unknown:
Evelyn
Waugh
Read By:
Hugh
Burden
: The News
: The Living World
A Penny for an UrchinThis programme looks at the hedgehog.
: Operation Struggle
The four members of the British midget submarine XE-3 relive their arduous experiences during an unprecedented attack on the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao in Singapore Harbour 25 years ago. The Crew:LT IAN FRASER
SUB-LT W. J. L. SMITH
LEADING SEAMAN JAMES MAGENNIS
ENGINE-ROOM ARTIFICER
CHARLES REED
Sound effects for this programme were recorded with the assistance of the Royal Navy at HMS Dolphin, Gosport. Narrated and produced by COLIN REID
Contributors
Unknown:
Lt Ian
Fraser
Unknown:
J. L.
Smith
Unknown:
James
Magennis
Produced By:
Colin
Reid
: Musical Bridge
(BBC Sound Archive recordings): Daily Service
NEM page 99; Awake, our souls (BBC HB 300); Psalm91, vv 1-13; Matthew 10. vv 1-16 (rsv); Through the night of doubt and sorrow (BBC HB 186): Morning Melody
-with PEARL FAWCETT (accordion) and orchestral recordings made available by courtesy of German RadioIntroduced by PETER BARKER
Contributors
Introduced By:
Peter
Barker
: Seekers
Two's Company by JILL BROOKEThird of five morning plays about loneliness
Two suburban housewives, Mavis and Rose, find they have much in common. Prunella Scales as Rose Pat Coombs as Mavis GRAHAM ASHLEY as James
Produced by GLYN DEARMAN
Contributors
Unknown:
Prunella
Scales
Unknown:
Rose Pat
Coombs
Unknown:
Mavis Graham
Ashley
Produced By:
Glyn
Dearman
: Down Your Way
SwaffhamFRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited the Swaffham district of Norfolk
Produced bv RICHARD BURWOOD
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
12.55 Weather; programme news
: The World at One
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William HardcastleContributors
Introduced By:
William
Hardcastle
: Listen with Mother
Story: Bertha the Tanker Ship gets into trouble by LIANE SMITHContributors
Unknown:
Liane
Smith
: Steve Race's Invitation to Music
with the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA conducted by MICHAEL MOORES and NIGEL COXE (piano)Produced by ALAN OWEN f
Contributors
Conducted By:
Michael
Moores
Conducted By:
Nigel
Coxe
Produced By:
Alan
Owen
: Afternoon Theatre
A Cargo of Rice bv ARTHUR SWINSONThe Eastern Pride, an elderly vessel, is homeward bound across the Bay of Bengal with a caTgo of rice when she runs unexpectedly into bad weather....
Principal characters:
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Contributors
Produced By:
Joe
Burroughs
Capt Chapman, Master of the Eastern Pride:
Lockwood
West
John Seeker First Officer:
Alexander
John
Edward Fanshawe Second Officer:
Antony
Viccars
Martin Trumble, Third Officer:
Wilfrid
Carter
Sandy McFee, Chief Engineer:
Duncan
McIntyre
Mr Franklin, the carpenter:
Alan
Dudley
Capt Turnbull RN:
Garard
Green
Lt-Cmdr Kevans, RN:
Victor
Lucas
A Petty Officer:
Nigel
Graham
: The Countryside in July
A monthly programme reflecting life in the country with a natural history contribution by ERIC SIMMSIntroduced by c. GORDON GLOVER Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Contributors
Unknown:
Gordon
Glover
Produced By:
Arthur
Phillips
: Story Time: The World of A. J. Wentworth, BA
by H. F. ELLISMr Wentworth is called from a contented but eventful retirement back to Burgrove Preparatory School
5: A breath of fresh air abridged and read by NOEL ILIFF
Produced by MARGARET ETALL
Contributors
Unknown:
H. F.
Ellis
Unknown:
Mr
Wentworth
Read By:
Noel
Iliff
Produced By:
Margaret
Etall
: PM
The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your eveningIncluding the latest news, the evening press, what's on tonight, the City. and the people and talking points of the day. Presented by William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News
Contributors
Presented By:
William
Hardcastle
Presented By:
Derek
Cooper
: The News
: The Clitheroe Kid
Jimmy Clitheroe in Once More into the VicaraqeContributors
Unknown:
Jimmy
Clitheroe
: News Desk
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views With MERYL O'KEEFFEContributors
Unknown:
Gerald
Priestland
: Midweek Theatre
Come on then, astonish me! by ANDREW DAVIESAnother play in which the indomitable Steph Smith meets the world head-on and finds it wanting. with With RICHARD DENNING
GEORGE WOOLLEY , SHEILA WILTSHIRE PENELOPE PROTHEROE , CAROL VALE Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH (from Birmingham)
Contributors
Unknown:
Steph
Smith
Unknown:
Richard
Denning
Unknown:
George
Woolley
Unknown:
Sheila
Wiltshire
Unknown:
Penelope
Protheroe
Unknown:
Carol
Vale
Produced By:
Anthony
Cornish
Steph Smith:
Catherine
Crutchley
Linda:
Beverley
Sutherland
Mary:
Judith
Steele
Miss Heddon:
Penelope
Shaw
Alistair Smart:
Jeremy
Burnham
Tony Newman:
Jon
Rollason
Nigel:
Jeremy
Mason
Headmaster:
Leslie
Dunn
: Now Read On
With ROBERT ROBINSONTHE RT HON ANTHONY NUTTING reviews Humphrey Trevelyan 's personal account of The Middle East in Revolution
DESMOND DUPRÉ on a study of the Elizabethan poet, composer, and physician Thomas Campion
JULIAN MITCHELL on Cod's Englishman, Christopher Hill 's biography of Oliver Cromwell J. K. L. ANDERSON talks about The Ulysses Factor, his study of the exploring instinct in man and other new books
Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Robinson
Unknown:
Anthony
Nutting
Unknown:
Humphrey
Trevelyan
Unknown:
Desmond
Dupré
Unknown:
Thomas
Campion
Unknown:
Julian
Mitchell
Unknown:
Christopher
Hill
Unknown:
Oliver
Cromwell
Talks:
J. K. L.
Anderson
Produced By:
Jocelyn
Ferguson
: E. M. Forster
1879-1970A radio portrait in which aspects of the author's personality and work are considered by his friends
Speakers BENJAMIN BRITTEN WILLIAM PLOMER
SIR DENNIS PROCTOR
PROFESSOR W. J. H. SPROTT and PATRICK WILKINSON together with the recorded voices of the late
J. R. ACKERLEY and LEONARD WOOLF Compiled and narrated by FREDERICK LAWS
Produced by ROBERT POCOCK
8.58 Weather
Contributors
Unknown:
Benjamin
Britten
Unknown:
William
Plomer
Unknown:
Sir Dennis
Proctor
Unknown:
Professor W. J. H.
Sprott
Unknown:
Patrick
Wilkinson
Unknown:
J. R.
Ackerley
Unknown:
Leonard
Woolf
Unknown:
Frederick
Laws
Produced By:
Robert
Pocock
: The World Tonight
The NewsDavid Holden reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Holden
: One World
BRIAN MEREDITH examines achievements in international co-operation by the UN and some of its agencies.3: The Sea and the Sea Bottom
: A Book at Bedtime
The Shepherd File by CONRAD VOSS BARKRead by ]RICHARD BEBB (8)
Contributors
Unknown:
Conrad
Voss Bark
Read By:
Richard
Bebb
: The News
preceded by Weather11.31 Market Trends
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