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Home for the Day

on BBC Home Service Basic

A Saturday Supplement to "Woman's Hour".
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson.
A London Village: Gordon Snell talks to people who live and work in Soho.
The Life of a Ghost: Ba Mason reviews a book about Maude ffoulkes, a "ghost writer" of royal biographies, and Arthur Marshall reads excerpts from the ghostly works.
A Walk a Day: Donald Norfolk considers it the key to healthy living.
A Dream Hospital: Sister Mary Perpetua talks to Teresa McGonagle about her plan for the most advanced hospital in Britain, to be built at Cheam in Surrey.
The Cutting Edge is on the Wrong Side: Michael Barsley talks to Anne Suter about the Left Handed Association.

Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Reporter:
Gordon Snell
Reporter:
Ba Mason
Reader:
Arthur Marshall
Speaker:
Donald Norfolk
Interviewee:
Sister Mary Perpetua
Interviewer:
Teresa McGonagle
Interviewee:
Michael Barsley
Interviewer:
Anne Suter

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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