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FOR THE SCHOOLS

on BBC Home Service Basic

RED SUN AND BLUE MOON by James Britton
A series of poetry programmes dealing with everyday experiences. 4: Who's Scared?
A poem about a homely comic endearing spirit, and other poems in which fear is shaped and controlled by the poet's insight.
Poems include
' Old Mother Laidinwool ' by Rudyard Kipling. ' Bickers Cottage ' by Frances Cornford , 'Dicky' by Robert Graves , and ' The Adventures of Isabel ' by Ogden Nash
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD 4: Hormones and Food
Synthetic hormones are now used extensively in agriculture and horticulture. What are hormones, and how do they help us to produce more food?
Script by Ronald Tait and Basil Tait
2.40 THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
A story of the youthful experiences that made a great writer become the champion of oppressed childhood Script by Jo Manton

Contributors

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James Britton
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Mother Laidinwool
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Frances Cornford
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Robert Graves
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Ogden Nash
Script By:
Ronald Tait
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Basil Tait
Script By:
Jo Manton

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