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Starting Spanish
A series of forty lessons for beginners or near beginners
Lesson 8: En el tren a Madrid
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 page 47

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.
Radio tutor, David Grugeon
Last Monday's broadcast (Study)
Details of the correspondence course can be obtained from the National Extension College, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge.

Contributors

Radio tutor:
David Grugeon

A course of fifteen lessons in spoken Mandarin for those who followed Introduction to Chinese or who already have some knowledge of the language

Introduced by Lucia Liu with the help of Terry Chang
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and pronunciation record are available.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Lucia Liu
Unknown:
Terry Chang

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Fitness to Drive: some medical advice
The Human Factor: measuring drivers' ability
Winter Driving: the Policeman's way together with topical news and the latest Road 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 May 28 (Light)

Contributors

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

Jacques Loussier: pianist, 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:
Jacques Loussier
Producer:
Monica Chapman

Jill Bennett in Summer's End by Peter Russell with Michael Gwynn
Betty Hardy , Denys Hawthorne ' I was twenty-three when I married my husband. Twelve years ago. I can'even remember if I loved him or if I thought I loved him.'
In the summer of her life
Frances meets the other man.
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Michael Gwynn is in ' According to the Evidence ' at the Savoy Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Bennett
Unknown:
Peter Russell
Unknown:
Michael Gwynn
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Produced By:
Michael Gwynn
Louise Mason:
Betty Hardy
Frances Mason:
Jill Bennett
Harvey Mason:
Denys Hawthorne
Dick Wigmore:
Nigel Anthony
Herbert Dodd:
Michael Gwynn
Joe Minster:
Alan Dudley
Minnie:
Pauline Letts
Jim:
Leroy Lingwood

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIEANDERSON
The Silly Old Moo tag: DANDY NICHOLS, the actress it belongs to, talks to Marjorie Anderson
Shall we Marry?: a couple who are undecided talk to Mollie Lee
Lodgers are Lovely: Edith SIMPSON has turned an empty house into a home
Beauty Without Cruelty: how can humane principles be carried out in practice? NORMAN TOZER investigates
A Quiet Life: GLADYS YOUNG, at eighty. lives in a village in Sussex

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Edith Simpson
Unknown:
Norman Tozer

with in this week's story
Anchors Aweigh with Written by DICK CLEMENT and IAN LA FRENAIS
Produced by JOHN BROWELL
Broadcast on Sept. 24 (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Dick Clement
Written By:
Ian La Frenais
Produced By:
John Browell
Rodney Bewes:
James Bolam
Bob Ferris and:
Terry Collier
Mum:
Julie May
Sally:
Sara Kestelman
Denise:
Madeleine Mills
Sam:
Wilfrid Carter

David Franklin introduces a special edition of Gala Concert Hall with ANNE PASHLEY (soprano) KENNETH BOWEN (tenor) HAROLD BLACKBURN (bass) and the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, Marcus Dods
Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from Madam Butterfly (Puccini), Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Don Carlo (Verdi), and The Bartered Bride (Smetana).
Harold Blackburn broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company

Contributors

Introduces:
David Franklin
Soprano:
Anne Pashley
Tenor:
Kenneth Bowen
Bass:
Harold Blackburn
Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Eugene Oneam
Unknown:
Don Carlo

Mr. Gillie by James Bridie abridged for broadcasting and produced by STEWART CONN with Leonard Maguire
Madeleine Christie and Robert Urquhart
' I think that the few minutes between the door of the cage and the jaws of the cat make life worth living.'
Cast in order of speaking:
The main action of the play takes place in the schoolhouse at Crult, a village in the Scottish Lowlands, in the late 1940s.
Terrence Hardiman is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
James Bridie
Produced By:
Stewart Conn
Unknown:
Leonard Maguire
Unknown:
Madeleine Christie
Unknown:
Robert Urquhart
Unknown:
Terrence Hardiman
Judge:
Leon Sinden
Procurator:
Terrence Hardiman
Mr Gillie:
Leonard Maguire
Tom:
Tom Conti
Mrs Gillie:
Madeleine Christie
Dr Watson:
Robert Urquhart
Nellie:
Gertrude Bryce
Mr Gibb:
Duncan McIntyre

BRIAN REDHEAD discusses some topical matters and some less topical with Dr. ELIZABETH NELSON
Market research psychologist
CHARLES GROVES
Musical Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ALAN GEMMELL
Professor of Biology, University of Keele

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Elizabeth Nelson
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell

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