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Poems by Rudyard Kipling
Alfred Noyes , Anthony Thwaite D H. Lawrence , Vachel Lindsay Laurie lee , and Kevin Crossley-Holland arranged by Joan Griffiths
Living Language series

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Alfred Noyes
Unknown:
Anthony Thwaite
Unknown:
D H. Lawrence
Unknown:
Vachel Lindsay
Unknown:
Laurie Lee
Unknown:
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Arranged By:
Joan Griffiths
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Children and Primary Schools
2: The Infant School
Starting school at the age of five can be a terrifying experience. Should full-time schooling start so early? And what sort of education is really needed by children between the ages of five and seven?
WILLEM VAN DER EYKEN introduces the programme
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Unknown:
Willem van Der Eyken
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Who was Mata Hari ?:
SAM WAAGENAAR. author of The Murder of Mata Hari , talks to Patrick Smith in Rome about the controversial Dutch dancer who was shot as a spy fifty years ago
Freeman of Barnstaple: recordings made earlier this afternoon when Sir Francis Chichester , born in a nearby village, was given the freedom of the borough
What shall we have for
Afters?: GEORGE VILLIERS gives some Cordon Rouge recipes for desserts
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE Rack

Contributors

Unknown:
Mata Hari
Unknown:
Sam Waagenaar.
Talks:
Mata Hari
Unknown:
Patrick Smith
Unknown:
Sir Francis Chichester
Unknown:
George Villiers
Introduced By:
Steve Rack
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The case histories of a remarkable detective
Written by DONALD STUART starring William Franklyn with Heather Chasen , David Gregory
The Black Widow
Signature tune composed by FRANK CHACKSFIELD
Devised for radio by Philip Ridgeway
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Written By:
Donald Stuart
Unknown:
William Franklyn
Unknown:
Heather Chasen
Unknown:
David Gregory
Composed By:
Frank Chacksfield
Radio By:
Philip Ridgeway
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Charles Chetwynd m p:
Basil Jones
Sexton Blake:
William Franklyn
Tinker:
David Gregory
Paula Dane:
Heather Chasen
Det Chief Insp Coutts:
Wilfrid Carter
Lew Harmer:
Henry Stamper
Arthur Branscombe:
Donald Bissett
Sally Drew:
Ann Murray
Norman Eyles:
Lewis Ward
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by ALAN Boucher
Suppose you go and live in iceland because you hate crowds? And suppose you decide that even !celand is a bit crowded in summer-traffic jams of as many as six cars at a time.... What is there left to do but go holidaying in Greenland?

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Boucher
Source: Radio Times
BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

There are 1.000 million inhabitants in non-Communist Asia. who take only 50 million newspapers. With the spread of compulsory education. the continent would seem ripe for a massive Harmsworthtype revolution.
TARZIE VITTACHI, formerly Asian
Director of the International Press Institute, explains to what extent the process is already taking place and what are the forces holding it back.
Regionalism in Asia: Friday

Source: Radio Times

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