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When They Reach Puberty
As children grow up, physical changes can cause embarrassment —to parents as well as to the youny people concerned. Problems may be simple, such as spots or puppy-fat: often they are more fundamental.
Speakers:
A CHILDREN'S SPECIALIST
DR. GERALDINE HOWARD
MRS. JUNE JAY
Chairman, LESLIE SMITH
Produced by Barbara Crowther
See page 56

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Geraldine Howard
Unknown:
Mrs. June Jay
Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

presents
Bill McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with MADGE STEPHENS and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Unknown:
Madge Stephens
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conductor:
Iain Sutherland
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

By John Galsworthy adapted for broadcasting in forty-eight parts by MURIEL LEVY with Rachel Curney
Alan Wheatley , Noel Johnson
21: The Bad Penny
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Unknown:
Rachel Curney
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Unknown:
Noel Johnson

A family magazine introduced by Ken Sykora and including:
Top Cats: Nick Henderson talks to the organiser and to cat-breeders about the National Cat Club Show which opens on Saturday
Two-Piece Band Unexpectedly Available: Steve Race recalls his school days and a boyhood friend in Lincoln
Messiah in the Raw: Paddy Bevan remembers being taken to the annual performances in a Welsh chapel
Thursday Topic - or it's happening now
Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Talks:
Nick Henderson
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Lincoln Messiah
Unknown:
Paddy Bevan

Dangerous Prelude
The end of the story of Sandy Wedderburn 's adventures in Scotland in the summer of 1745 Written and narrated by MICHAEL ELDER
Other parts read by Sheila Donald , John Shedden and John Young
5: The Road to the North
Produced by Ian Wishart

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Wedderburn
Read By:
Sheila Donald
Read By:
John Shedden
Read By:
John Young
Produced By:
Ian Wishart

The case histories of a remarkable detective
Written by DONALD STUART starring William Franklyn with Heather Chasen , David Gregory No Trees for the Peke
Signature tune composed by FRANK CHACKSFIELD
Devised for radio by Philip Ridgeway
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
William Franklyn is in ' There's a Girl in My Soup ' at the Globe Theatre. London

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
Produced By:
William Franklyn
Tinker:
David Gregory
Sexton Blake:
William Franklyn
Paula Dane:
Heather Chasen
Mrs Gypsom-Smythe:
Beth Boyd
Henry Gypsom-Smythe:
John Bown
Eustace Craille:
Ronald Baddiley
Garry Hanson:
John Bown
Det Chief Insp Coutts:
Wilfred Barrage
Mr Jones:
Nigel Graham

Dorothy L. Sayers died ten years ago this month, but her great detective creation Lord Peter Wimsey lives on. JANET HITCHMAN has written a portrait of the aristocratic detective coloured with scenes and excerpts from the books and stories in which he appears with DENIS MCCARTHY as Narrator
HUGH BURDEN as Lord Peter Wimsey
Other parts played by Ann Murray , Garard Green
Janet Hitchman, David Brierley
Produced by Robert Cradock
See page 56

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Unknown:
Peter Wimsey
Unknown:
Janet Hitchman
Unknown:
Denis McCarthy
Unknown:
Lord Peter Wimsey
Played By:
Ann Murray
Unknown:
David Brierley
Produced By:
Robert Cradock

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