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Starting Spanish
A series of forty lessons for beginners or near beginners
Lesson 11: Vamos al cine
Presented by JACINTA CASTILLIJO with the help of PABLO SOTO Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A 192-page book is available

Contributors

Presented By:
Jacinta Castillijo
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.
11: D. H. Lawrence
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

Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
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.

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
Christmas Presents for the Motorist
Keeping your Balance: loading the car for safety
Insurance and the Breath-Test 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
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS Broadcast on June 18 (Light)

Contributors

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

by Virginia Kerr
If it were true that 'all we need is love' then for Olive at least life would be simple—she has more than enough for her family. But the problems that engulf them go beyond their understanding and the seeds of tragedy fall on fertile soil. Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS
Brenda Bruce is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Writer:
Virginia Kerr
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Olive:
Brenda Bruce
Alison, her daughter:
Nicola Jenkins
Stephen, her younger son:
Alan Lewis
Colin, her eldest son:
Kenneth Cranham
Terry, Colin's wife:
Sian Davies
Carol, Stephen's girl-friend:
Carol Marsh

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
The British Ombudsman: the Parliamentary Commissioner SIR EDMUND COMPTON was a recent guest of Woman's Hour I can'help earwigging: YVONNE MOLLOY talks about the pleasures of eavesdropping in Dublin
Stone Carvers, Music Makers, and Country Lovers: TERESA MCGONAGLE visits Women's Institute members at Denman College
One way of investing: ROSEMARY MEYNELL collects old silver
Beatrice Webb : KITTY MUG-GERIDGE and RUTH ADAM talk about their biography of the famous socialist pioneer

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Sir Edmund Compton
Talks:
Yvonne Molloy
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle
Unknown:
Beatrice Webb
Unknown:
Ruth Adam

or Are you kidding?
A comedy anthology featuring:
ERIC SYKES and HATTIE JACQUES
JOYCE GRENFELL
BILL DANA , JOHN CLEESE
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Down with Skool
Introduced by Tim BRINTON Compiled and produced by DAVID HATCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Sykes
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Bill Dana
Unknown:
John Cleese
Introduced By:
Tim Brinton
Produced By:
David Hatch

SYLVIA CADUFF conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family with MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto)
VALERIE TRYON (piano)
Introduced by ALEXANDER MOYES
Produced by Gareth Walters
From the Camden Theatre, London
The programme includes music from Rosamunde (Schubert), Noburco (Verdi), and La Cenerentola (Rossini); and the Finale-from Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Sylvia Caduff
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Contralto:
Maureen Lehane
Piano:
Valerie Tryon
Introduced By:
Alexander Moyes
Produced By:
Gareth Walters

Snakes and Ladders by Douglas Livingstone
Keeping up with the Joneses can prove as precarious and humiliating a climb for the parents as for their offspring.
Music composed by ALAN PAUL Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Livingstone
Composed By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Frank Dunn:
Frank Duncan
Sheila Dunn, his wife:
Hilda Schroder
George, their son:
Brent Oldfield
Mary Forster:
Marjorie Westbury
John Forster:
Victor Lucas
Their children: Vernon:
Kaplan Kaye
Their children: Peter:
Simon Turner
Mr Barker:
Lockwood West
Mrs Barker:
Margaret Robertson
' Fags ' Barker, their son:
Graham Corrett

BRIAN REDHEAD discusses some topical matters and some less topical with MARY GOLDRING
Business Editor of The Economist
HUMPHRY BERKELEY merchant banker
DR. JOHN MORRIS
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Manchester Business School

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Goldring
Unknown:
Humphry Berkeley
Unknown:
Dr. John Morris

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