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The First Episode of ' Night Falls in Budapest'

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A Sound-Picture of the Hungarian
Capital
Devised and introduced by ERIC MASCHWITZ
Produced by VAL GIELGUD in collaboration with Magyar Telefon Hirmondo es Radio
(Hungarian Broadcasting Company)
Relayed by land line from Budapest
This is the first of four ' episodes ' to be broadcast in the National Programme this week ; the others will be heard at
10.10 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. ' Night Falls in Budapest ' is an experiment in international broadcasting ; if this series proves successful in ' taking listeners travelling the scheme will be repeated from other European capitals. Four characters will appear in these programmes, an English man and an English girl visiting Budapest, and two young Hungarians who are out to give their friends a gcod time and show them the sights of the city on the Danube.

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Introduced By:
Eric Maschwitz
Produced By:
Val Gielgud

National Programme Daventry

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