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A programme of old favourites sung by JOAN YEADON (soprano) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the WESTERN OPERA PLAYERS
Conductor, ARTHUR DUNN
† Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Soprano:
Joan Yeadon
Piano:
Ruby Taylor
Piano:
Dudley Savage
Conductor:
Arthur Dunn
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

C. GORDON GLOVER culls from the Complete Newgate Calendar the arbitrarily short life of John Cottingham , alias Mul-Sack, chimney-sweep, pick-pocket, and highwayman
Reader, John Justin
Produced by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Glover
Unknown:
John Cottingham
Reader:
John Justin
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

by Simon Raven
A comedy series in six parts depicting some improbable aspects of life in a Cambridge College
6: The Intruder
Tho mysterious demise, on college premises, of an unwelcome visitor threatens to bring scandal upun this ancient seat-of-learning-and disgrace to Its senior members.
Cast for the week:
SENIOR COMMON ROOM:
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Lovelace Dunkerton, Tutor:
Derek Francis
Rutherford Jones Master:
Hector Ross
Rev the Hon D'Arcy Blessington, Vice-Master ..:
Denys Blakelock
Piers Flute, Domestic Bursar:
Donald Layne-Smith
Senior Fellow:
Noel Howlett
Abram Grundy:
Denys Hawthorne
David Fitzhamilton-James:
Kenneth Fortescue
Aneurin Akenzua:
Lionel Ngakane
Perkes:
Leroy Lingwood
COLLEGE SERVANTS: Mr Windermere:
George Merritt
Percival:
Anthony Hall
Jenkins:
Ronald Herdman
Mrs Croop:
Noel Hood
Mrs Boot:
Anna Burden
Mrs Biffell:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Professor Buttock:
John Baker
Professor Cordus:
Humphrey Morton
Jack Squiff, a bookmaker:
Allan McClelland
Bill Sykes his clerk:
Ronald Herdman
Olivia Crush:
Hilda Schroder
Stranger:
Allan McClelland

The housewife -is buying less fish
'than she used to. Why? And how is the British fishing industry facing up to a situation in which it is only in twelfth place among the nations of the world, with Peru at the top? Apart from the domestic market, can fish help to solve the problems of the hungry nations?
IAN McINTYRE investigates
Produced by Georse Fischer

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McIntyre
Produced By:
Georse Fischer

Highlights from the Sunday show including:
Celebrities in the news and This week's current release
The War Wagon starring
JOHN WAYNE , KIRK DOUGLAS HOWARD KEEL , BRUCE CABOT KEENAN WYNN
Adaptation by Marjorie Bilbow
Script by Lyn Fairhurst
Introduced by PETER HAIGH
Produced by John Dyas
Shortened edition of Sunday's broadcast on Radio 2 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Kirk Douglas
Unknown:
Howard Keel
Unknown:
Bruce Cabot
Unknown:
Keenan Wynn
Unknown:
Marjorie Bilbow
Script By:
Lyn Fairhurst
Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Produced By:
John Dyas

A family magazine introduced from the South and West by RALPH WIGHTMAN Somerset Clarinet: ACKER BILK interviewed by Derek Jones
Ale House: BASIL JONES and his family brew their own beer Are Games Good for You?: a discussion
Penguins: JOHN SPARKS describes their way of life

Contributors

Clarinet:
Ralph Wightman
Clarinet:
Acker Bilk
Interviewed By:
Derek Jones
Unknown:
Basil Jones
Unknown:
John Sparks

Latest regional news — The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-This week's Name in the News-Sports Spot-FRED STREETER on Gardening
Introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bob Holness

Contributors

Written By:
Bruno Milna
Edited By:
Godfrey Baseley
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Archer:
Angela Piper
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Anthony William Daniel Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Valerie Woolley:
Jenny Lee
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Gregory Salt:
Gerald Turner
Fred Barratt:
Tommy Duggan
Fiona Watson:
Carole Boyd
Zebedee Tring:
Graham Rigby
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Doughy Hood:
Arnold Ridley

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Betty Marsden, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Elizabeth Beresford try to talk for just a minute on this and that.
Devised by Ian Messiter
Produced by David Hatch
Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London, W.1.
(Nicholas Parsons is in "Uproar in the House" at the Whitehall Theatre, London; Derek Nimmo in "Charlie Girl" at the Adelphi Theatre, London.)

Contributors

Chairman:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Betty Marsden
Panellist:
Derek Nimmo
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Elizabeth Beresford
Devised by:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
David Hatch

Ten programmes concerned with the future of Man
5: An Avalanche of People Contributors include:
JOSEPH WEINER , of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
ROGER REVELLE ,
Director of the Centre of Population Research. Harvard University
Programmes edited and introduced by LORD RITCHIE -CALDER
Recording
The Lonely Crowd: Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Weiner
Unknown:
Roger Revelle
Duced By:
Lord Ritchie -Calder

Pfitzner
Sextet, Op. 55
LEOPOLD WLACH (clarinet) ANTON KAMPER (violin) ERICH WEIS (viola)
FRANZ KVARDA (cello)
JOSEF HERMANN (double-bass) WALTER TRAMPER (piano) gramophone record

Contributors

Clarinet:
Leopold Wlach
Violin:
Anton Kamper
Viola:
Erich Weis
Cello:
Franz Kvarda
Double-Bass:
Josef Hermann
Piano:
Walter Tramper

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