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from Hull to Rotterdam in M.V. Norwave described by ROBERT STANNAGE and HAROLD ROGERS
220.000 square miles of grey, moody, and affluent waters. The sea of Saxon and Viking, of the Dogger Bank. Fair Isle and Forties, of sand dune, dike. and flood. For more than 2,000 years men have sailed these waters ... marauders and conquerors, pirates and colonisers, trawlermen, tourists. and prospectors.
Written by Robert Stannage
Produced by Harold Rogers

Contributors

Unknown:
M.V. Norwave
Unknown:
Robert Stannage
Unknown:
Harold Rogers
Written By:
Robert Stannage
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

A group of five morning plays performed by the BBC Drama Repertory Company Remember Old Jackie by John Richmond and Barbara Bolton
I don'know where all the years have gone. Ron and Colin grown up and married-and here are you and I still in the same house! '
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
John Richmond
Unknown:
Barbara Bolton
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Richard:
Lockwood West
Nell:
Betty Hardy
Verity:
Marjorie Westbury
Max:
John Wyse
Ron:
Nigel Anthony

.A sort of verbal tennis devised by Norman Hackforth
The players:
SHEILA HANCOCK
OLGA FRANKLIN
PAUL JENNINGS
NORMAN HACKFORTH and a special challenge this week from
PAT Moss and DORIAN WILLIAMS
In the umpire's chair, MAX ROBERTSON
Produced by David O'Clee
Pre-recorded at The Paris. Lower Regent Street. London. S.W.I

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Hackforth
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Olga Franklin
Unknown:
Paul Jennings
Unknown:
Norman Hackforth
Unknown:
Pat Moss
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Produced By:
David O'Clee

A radio serial in thirteen parts by Lance Sieveking based on the novel by Francesca Marton
with Patricia Leventon
1840: Betsey Wellard, from Kent, arrives in Bloomsbury, London, to take up her first situation as housemaid to the Whetstones.
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Writer:
Lance Sieveking
Based on the novel by:
Francesca Marton
Unknown:
Patricia Leventon
Unknown:
Betsey Wellard
Producer:
David H. Godfrey

A family magazine introduced by Steve Race and including:
Sorcerer's apprentice: Meston Batchelor is set to collect stump of tree and block of chalk for model reasons
Lord of all he surveys: Leslie Smith looks at the work of the District Surveyor, an office founded 300 years ago
The Faith of a Scientist: Bruce Tulloch talks to Sir Lawrence Bragg, F.R.S.
Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Meston Batchelor
Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Talks:
Bruce Tulloch
Unknown:
Lawrence Bragg

Tales from Jane Austen
Ten stories selected and abridged by H. OLDFIELD Box
1: 'How Mr. Collins found himself a wife ' from Pride and Prejudice
Read by BARBARA MITCHELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen
Abridged By:
H. Oldfield
Read By:
Barbara Mitchell

Latest regional news - The stories behind the headlines— 'Live' rush-hour traffic reports — Scotland Yard Calling — MICHAEL BROOKE looks at listeners' letters in Postscript-South-East Sport
Introduced by Tim GUDGIN
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brooke
Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin

by John Galsworthy adapted for broadcasting In forty-eight parts by MURIEL LEVY with Rachel Gurney
Alan Wheatley , Noel Johnson Kenneth Fortescue
25: The Family Skeleton Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
Kenneth Fortescue
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Soames:
Alan Wheatley
Irene:
Rachel Gurney
Jolyon:
Noel Johnson
Jon:
Kenneth Fortescue
Smither:
Brenda Dunrich
Aunt Juley:
Olga Lindo
Aunt Hester:
Grace Allardyce
Timothy:
Ronald Ward
Val Dartie:
Michael McClain
Holly:
Anne Cullen
Prosper Profond:
David March
George:
Humphrey Morton
Winitred Darrie:
Nicolette Bernard

PETER KATIN (piano)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, Colin Staveley
Conducted by BRIAN PRIESTMAN
Given before an Invited audience at the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. LlandaS, Cardiff

Contributors

Piano:
Peter Katin
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conducted By:
Brian Priestman

The ones that got away
BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
PAT WILLIAMS and DESMOND MORRIS talk to RONALD EYRE about books of the past year they have particularly enjoyed and have not yet had the opportunity to discuss
Produced by Russell Harty

Contributors

Unknown:
Benedict Nightingale
Unknown:
Pat Williams
Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Unknown:
Ronald Eyre
Produced By:
Russell Harty

A series of four-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Northern Ireland
Round 1
London
CEDRIC CLIFFE , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
Northern Ireland
C. E. B BRETT. RONALD GREEN
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
E. B Brett.
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

As the population gets healthier It gets older. But do we take enough care of old people? Do we house and feed them properly and-perhaps most important of all-make them feel wanted?
Focus examines these questions and lets old people and others express their opinions about an increasingly perturbing problem.
Narrated by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Produced by Ian McDougall

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Ian McDougall

Ten programmes concerned with the future of Man
7: The Empire of the Machines
Contributors include:
Amos DE-SHALIT
Director-General of the Weizmann Institute, Israel
DENNIS GABOR
Professor of Electronic Physics, Imperial College, London
ALEX COMFORT
M.R.C. Gerontology Group, University College, London
Programmes edited and introduced by LORD RITCHIE-CALDER Recording
The Manipulation of Man: Wed.

Contributors

Duced By:
Lord Ritchie-Calder

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