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Starting Spanish
A series of forty lessons for beginners or near beginners
10: Revision
Presented by JACINTA CASTILLEJO with the help of PABLO Soto
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A 192-page book is available

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.
10: To the Lighthouse
Radio tutor, DAVID GRUGEON
Last Monday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
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.
Programme 10
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
The Institution of Highway Engineers: National Conference on Highway Safety
When it won'start: tips to get you going
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 Horne
Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee
The Fraser Hayes Four
Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers
Announcer, Douglas Smith
Broadcast on June 11 (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:
Fraser Hayes
Unknown:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Producer:
John Simmonds

Something for the Family
A comedy for radio by Robert Coole
The new car is more than just a new toy. It is a whole new way of life. But can the family afford it? Well, with sacrifices, yes. But then is this new life worth living?
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Andrew Sachs is in ' Let Sleeping Wives Lie ' at the Garrick Theatre. London

Contributors

Produced By:
John Tydeman
Produced By:
Andrew Sachs
Mrs Biggs:
Barbara Mitchell
Mr Roper:
Frederick Treves
Dorothea:
Pamela Miles
Mr Biggs:
Andrew Sachs
Tony:
Kenneth Crannam
Mrs Rogers:
Barbara New
Mary Hutchinson:
Gudrun Ure
Jim Hutchinson:
Peter Baldwin
Policeman:
Michael Harbour
Nurse:
Alexa Romanes

A Saturday Supplement to "Woman's Hour".
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson.
Exams Again: Margaret Powell has just passed her A-levels in English literature.
Tailor your Knitwear: James Norbury with some advice on making up knitted garments.
A Refuge for the Strays: Jean Winchcombe has turned her home in Kent into an animal sanctuary.
Who's Hell?: Joan Rice looks back to her religious upbringing.
Don't fence me in: a portrait of Cole Porter through his words and music, selected and introduced by David Benedictus.

Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Speaker:
Margaret Powell
Speaker:
James Norbury
Speaker:
Jean Winchcombe
Speaker:
Joan Rice
Subject:
Cole Porter
Reporter:
David Benedictus

or It's Enough to Make a Cat Laugh
A comedy anthology featuring
MICHAEL BENTINE
WOODY ALLEN
PETER COOK
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN
DAVID FROST and JOHN CLEESE
WILFRID BRAMBELL and HARRY H. CORBETT
Introduced by TIM BRINTON
Compiled and produced by DAVID HATCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Bentine
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Sammy Davis
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
David Frost
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Wilfrid Brambell
Unknown:
Harry H. Corbett
Introduced By:
Tim Brinton
Produced By:
David Hatch

MARCUS DODS conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader. Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family with MICHAEL RIPPON (baritone)
JACK ROTHSTEIN (violin)
Introduced by ALEXANDER MOYES
Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from Mignon (Thomas) and The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), and the first movement from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No. in E minor.
From the Camden Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcus Dods
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Baritone:
Michael Rippon
Violin:
Jack Rothstein
Introduced By:
Alexander Moyes
Produced By:
Gareth Walters

Kind Hearts and Coronets
A radio version of the Eating Studios film based on a novel by Roy HORNIMAN adapted by GILBERT TRAVERS THOMAS from the screenplay by ROBERT HAMER and JOHN DIGHTON with Dennis Price
The play opens in the year 1902.
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY
Broadcast on March 6. 1965
See page 4

Contributors

Novel By:
Roy Horniman
Adapted By:
Gilbert Travers Thomas
Unknown:
Robert Hamer
Unknown:
John Dighton
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Warder:
Leonard Woodrow
Mr Elliott:
Gordon Faith
Prison Governor:
John Boxer
Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini:
Dennis Price
Mrs Mazzini:
Ev* Stuart
Mr Perkins:
Alan Haines
Sibella:
Jane Wenham
Lionel Holland:
Gordon Gardner
Charles Ascoyne D'Ascoyne:
Nigel Graham
Priscilla:
Rosalind Shanks
Boatman:
Tlmothy Harley
Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne:
Edward Chapman
Henry D'Ascoyne:
Fraser Kerr
Edith D'Ascoyne:
Diana Olsson
The Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne:
Wilfrid Carter
Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne:
Margaret Wolfit
Ethelred, Duke of Chalfont:
David March
Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne:
Hector Ross
General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne:
Hamlyn Benson
Hoskins:
Kenneth McClellan
Crown Counsel:
Noel Howlett

† BRIAN REDHEAD discusses some topical matters and some less topical with DAME KITTY ANDERSON educationist
BRIAN JACKSON Director of the National Extension College
JAMES RING
Professor of Physics,
Imperial College, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Kitty Anderson
Unknown:
Brian Jackson

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