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THE NEWBURY COAT Script by D. J. Saint
A true tale of the early nineteenth century. How the sheep was shorn, the fleece washed, dyed and spun, the wool woven, the cloth cut, and the coat made, all in one day.
Adventures in English series
2.20 METHODS OF MEDICINE
Isotopes and Medicine, by a doctor
What does the word ' atomic ' mean to you: nuclear submarines travelling underwater, or destruction and annihilation by the atom bomb? Atomic energy has important medical uses too.
2.40 SMUGGLERS
A story of the Welsh coast
A Welsh boy in the eighteenth century and his father are unwillingly involved in smuggling on the Cardigan coast. Script by Leslie Norris

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Script By:
D. J. Saint
Script By:
Leslie Norris

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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