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comes direct from Harper Adams Agricultural College, near Newport. Shropshire
DAVIDBUTLER and DAVID Richard -son pay an early-morning visit to the 350-acre College farm and to the National Institute of Poultry Husbandry which is associated with the College.
Produced by Anthony Parkin
Revised edition: Wed., 12.2.5 p.m. (Midland and West Home Services)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Richard
Produced By:
Anthony Parkin

Starting Spanish
A series of forty lessons for beginners or near beginners.
Lesson 2: En el café (ii)
Presented by JACINTA CASTILLEJO with the help of PABLO SOTO
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A 192-page book forms an essential part of the course. See pace 73

Contributors

Presented By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto

A series of twenty-one programmes for adults taking the G.C.E. A-level examination in English, planned in association with a National Extension College correspondence course.
2: The First World War
†Last Monday's broadcast (Study)
Details of the correspondence course can be obtained from the National Extension College. Shaftesbury Road. Cambridge.

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Petrol Injection — new developments
' Re-Tread ' Tyres
Equipping Your Own Garage
A Survey of Car Ownership together with topical news and the latest Read Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

Written by BARRY TOOK and MARTY FELDMAN starring Kenneth Home with KENNETH Williams , HUGH PADDICK BETTY MARSDEN , BILL PERTWEE
Music by THE FRASER HAYES FOUR EDWIN BRADEN and THE HORNBLOWERS
Announcer, Douglas Smith
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Broadcast on April 16 (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Took
Written By:
Marty Feldman
Unknown:
Kenneth Home
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Unknown:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Kenneth Wolstenholme, sports commentator, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme devised by him the gramophone records he would take to a desert island.

(Shortened version: Mon., 12.25 p.m).

Contributors

Presenter/Devised by:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Producer:
Monica Chapman

Jacobite Rock by A. R. Mills
Produced by JANE GRAHAM
Andrew Rnbertson is in A Midsummer Night's Dream ' at the Saville Theatre. London

Contributors

Produced By:
Jane Graham
Produced By:
Andrew Rnbertson
Lieut Middleton:
Tom Watson
Lieut Haliburton:
Joe Dunlop
EnsiKn Dunbar:
Ian Thompson
Crawford of Ardmillan:
Michael Deacon
Margaret Kennedy:
Rosalind Shanks
Captain Maitland:
John Rae
David Blair:
Andrew Robertson
Privy Councillor:
Harold Kasket
Jenkins:
Antony Viccars
Captain BosweU:
Denys Hawthorne
Commander Bird:
Nigel Clayton
Serjeant:
Malcolm Tierney
First girl:
Gudrun Ure
Second girl:
Janet Michael

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Sins of Omission: confessed or complained of by ZENA SKINNER. CHARLES CRICHTON , ANNE JONES. ARTHUR MARSHALL , and others
Carved in Stone: DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH. the sculptor, talks about her life and work in Cornwall
Our recess bed: MOLLY WEIR recalls the Glasgow tenement where she was brought up
Britain's private security forces: Tom CLAYTON talks to Teresa McGonagle about his recent book The Protectors
Saved by an iguana: IAN HARRIS tells of building a bridge and the consequences

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Zena Skinner.
Unknown:
Charles Crichton
Unknown:
Anne Jones.
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Dame Barbara Hepworth.
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Talks:
Tom Clayton
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle
Unknown:
Ian Harris

with in this week's story
The Suitor with and the ' Suitor,' GEORGE LAYTON
Script by DICK CLEMENT and IAN LA FRENAIS
Produced by JOHN BROWELL
Broadcast on August 13 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Layton
Script By:
Dick Clement
Script By:
Ian La Frenais
Produced By:
John Browell
Bob Ferris and Terry Collier ,:
Rodney Bewes
Bob Ferris and Terry Collier:
James Bolam
Audrey:
Sheila Fearn
Mrs Collier:
Olive Milbourne

VILEM TAUSKY conducts the BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, Colin Staveley in a programme of music for all the family with MARY THOMAS (soprano) FORBES ROBINSON (bass) ALAN CIVIL (horn)
Introduced by NEIL DAVIES
Produced by ARNOLD LEWIS and GARETH WALTERS
The programme includes music by Handel, Ponchielli. Malcolm Arnold, and the Andante and Rondo from Horn Concerto No. 4, in E flat major (K.495) by Mozart Given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Llandaff, on July 14
Forbes Robinson broadcasts by permission of the General Adminstrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd.

Contributors

Leader:
Colin Staveley
Soprano:
Mary Thomas
Introduced By:
Neil Davies
Produced By:
Arnold Lewis
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Ponchielli. Malcolm
Unknown:
Mozart Given
Unknown:
Forbes Robinson

A play by Val Gielgud freely adapted from the novel by H. SETON MERRIMAN
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
The action takes place in the year 1838: first in England, where the Chartist Movement was thought to be a prelude to revolution: and later in Spain, where Queen Christina was struggling to maintain her throne against her rival, Don Carlos.

Contributors

Play By:
Val Gielgud
Novel By:
H. Seton Merriman
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Don Carlos.
Frederick Conynwham:
Frank Duncan
Geoffrey Horner:
Leroy Lingwood
Edith Horner:
Alexa Romanes
Sir John Pleydell:
Ralph Truman
Chamberlain at Spanish Court:
Duncan McIntyre
General Vincente:
Robert Harris
Estella:
Ann Murray
Usher:
Michael Harbour
Queen Chnstina:
Noel Hood
Padre Concha:
Norman Shelley
Esteban Larralde:
Antony Viccars
Senora Inez Barenna:
Hester Paton Brown
Julia:
Eva Haddon
Mayor of Ronda:
Lockwood West

† BRIAN REDHEAD discusses some topical matters and some less topical with MRS. ELIZABETH GARD journalist and broadcaster
PROFESSOR Richard HOGGART
Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, School of English, University of Birmingham
HAROLD RILEY artist

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Elizabeth Gard
Unknown:
Professor Richard Hoggart
Artist:
Harold Riley

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