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Woman's Hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Breeders and Cultivators of Pedigree:Ralph Whitlock talks about the Royal Family's farming interests.
Pick of the Paperbacks chosen by June Knox-Mawer and Edward Blishen Desert Island people: who would Sheila Hancock take or leave behind.
A Definition of Ethics: Anthony Quinton, President of Trinity College, Oxford, begins a new series (Anthony Quinton is one of the chairmen in Round Britain Quiz starting next Sunday)
Hands to Dance and Sky-lark, by Charles Causley abridged in nine parts by Janet Hickson
Read by Sean Arnold 1: Mrs Lisboa
Most of these stories are concerned with the experiences ashore of a 'Hostilities Only' sailor in the last war. Their narrator 'Jan Trethewey' undoubtedly has a lot in common with his creator, the renowned Cornish poet Charles Causley. He too was a sailor for the duration of the war.
(Music: Grainger's In a Nutshell Suite)
Editor WYN KNOWLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Whitlock
Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Janet Hickson
Read By:
Sean Arnold
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

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