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Listeners' letters and points of difference aired by RENEE HOUSTON, NAN WINTON
ANNE EDWARDS , CAROL BINSTED
In the chair. ANONA WINN
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter
Produced by John Cassels
,Shortened version of Monday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan Winton
Unknown:
Anne Edwards
Unknown:
Carol Binsted
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
John Cassels

by John Galsworthy adapted for broadcasting in forty-eight parts by MURIEL LEVY with Rachel Gurney , Alan Wheatley Noel Johnson
13: A Breach in the Wall
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT and KEITH WILLIAMS
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Produced By:
Keith Williams

Children and Primary Schools
3: The Junior School
As the eleven-plus examination is gradually vanishing, the junior schools, for the seven-to-eleven-year-olds, are leading in some of the most exciting trends in education. What is their future? Should they develop into a new kind of ' middle school '?
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

A discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week:
JANET ADAM SMITH , A. ALVAREZ GEORGE MELLY. MILTON SHULMAN
In the chair, WALTER ALLEN
Produced by Carl Wildman
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Adam Smith
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
George Melly.
Unknown:
Milton Shulman
Unknown:
Walter Allen
Produced By:
Carl Wildman

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
From Down the Pit to Up the Poll: DENNIS LOWER talks to SAM OLIVER , pit boy, soldier, and political agent tThe First Hop: SARAH PEARCE tells how she and her friend ' Daph ' launched themselves on the social scene
'A Motionless, Speechless West-
Country Wench ...' WINIFRED PUTT describes her adventures in a theatre workshop tDrop us a line: Your news, views, and memories
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Oliver
Unknown:
Sarah Pearce
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

A Small Piece of Paradise
The book by Geoffrey Morgan adapted as a serial reading in five parts by the author
Read by RICHARD HURNDALL
2: The Problem
Arnold Massiter wanted to buy everything, the house, the junk-yard. even the garden, so that he could pull it all down and ' develop ' it. Mr. Penny seemed too stunned to take in the implications of the offer, but Joe knew he had to do something, something to stop the old man from losing everything he had. and for which no sum of money could compensate him.

Contributors

Book By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Read By:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Arnold Massiter

The case histories of a remarkable detective
Written by DONALD STUART starring William Franklyn with Heather Chasen , David Gregory
First Class Ticket to-Nowhere
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
Sexton Blake:
William Franklyn
Tinker:
David Gregory
Paula Dane:
Heather Chasen
Diana Frost:
Sian Davies
Det Chief Insp Coutts:
Wilfrid Carter
Herbert Preston:
Ronald Herdman
Barman:
David Brierley
Philip Kyle:
Douglas Hankin

A musical account of social conditions in the British Navy, 1650-1850
JOANNE BROWN ANN MURRAY PAT WHITMORE HARRY LANDIS LESLIE FYSON
CHARLES YOUNG JOHN WESTBROOK
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
Orchestra conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Narrated, written, and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanne Brown
Unknown:
Ann Murray
Unknown:
Pat Whitmore
Unknown:
Harry Landis
Unknown:
Leslie Fyson
Unknown:
Charles Young
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

tAt this time a speaker close to something that is currently happening in Britain or the world is questioned about his part in it. his view of it
Dr. Desmond Morris
Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts talks to
JONATHAN MILLER and GERALD LEACH about his latest book The Naked Ape which was published in Britain last week. In The Naked Ape Dr. Morris takes a zoologist's eye view of man, and suggests that man's behaviour is not greatly different from that of his nearest relatives, the hairy apes.
Professor Hermann Bondi

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Desmond Morris
Unknown:
Jonathan Miller
Unknown:
Gerald Leach
Unknown:
Professor Hermann Bondi

ACADEMY OF
ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS
Directed and led by NEVILLE MARRINER with ROGER LORD (oboe)
Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10, in G minor, for oboe and string orchestra
Concerto Grosso No. 22, in A major
† Broadcast on May 11, 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Oboe:
Roger Lord

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