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by RAY JENKINS
A new play for the classroom specially written for this series
The scene is a deserted church. A group of children gather under the direction of their gang-leader to help him humiliate a boy he dislikes
Listen'ng and Writing series

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Jenkins

A poetry programme which includes excerpts from ' Noah's Journey ' by George MacBeth and ' The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Redwoods ' by Louis Simpson. Other poems included are by Robert P. Tristram Coffin and Walter de la Mare
Stories and Rhymes series

Contributors

Unknown:
George MacBeth
Unknown:
Samuel Taylor
Unknown:
Louis Simpson.

Every Friday this programme looks at educational opportunities for housewives and some of the possibilities for women returning to work
Presented by CAROLINE NICHOLSON and MICHAEL SMEE
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Presented By:
Caroline Nicholson
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

A family magazine introduced from the Midlands by DAVID STEVENS
The hand cannot deceive: take another look at your handwriting: every stroke and squiggle tells a story-to an expert. Graphologist FRANCIS FIELD tells some of his secrets to Barney Bamford
The bargainer: HARRY SOAN adds another name to his ' Village of Characters '-Gaius Kilpit , who bargained with a lord and built a chapel
Other people's babies: looking after other people's children has been the lifetime's work of RUBY WISE, who talks about some of her charges with Sonia Beesley

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stevens
Unknown:
Graphologist Francis
Unknown:
Harry Soan
Unknown:
Gaius Kilpit
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley

The Flight of the Heron
The novel by D. K. Broster abridged for reading on radio in eight parts
2: Three guineas
' was his duty to regain his liberty by any lawful means, but he had certainly acted the part of a pickpocket. The only compensation in his power was to pay for the clothes he had taken. He pulled out his purse, wrapped three guineas in his farewell letter. and laid it on the chair.'
Storyteller, DAVID STEUART with BRYDEN MURDOCH as Ewen Cameron
IAN DEWAR as Keith Windham and Hilary Thomson and John Shedden reading all the other parts
Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Novel By:
D. K. Broster
Unknown:
David Steuart
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Ewen Cameron
Unknown:
Ian Dewar
Unknown:
Keith Windham
Unknown:
Hilary Thomson
Unknown:
John Shedden
Produced By:
Ian Wishart

Latest regional news — The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-Weekend: what's on in the region -Sports Spot-FRED STREETER on Gardening
Introduced by Tim GUDGIN
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin

Contributors

Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Edited By:
Godfrey Baseley
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Anthony William Daniel Archer:
Colin Skipp
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Aunt Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Hazel Trentham:
Hilary Armstrong
Gregory Salt:
Gerald Turner
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Ronnie Beddoes:
Harry Littlewood
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Fred Barratt:
Tommy Duggan

A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Una Stubbs, Aimi MacDonald try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by Ian Messiter
Produced by David Hatch
Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, London, W

(Nicholas Parsons is in 'Uproar in the House' at the Whitehall Theatre; Derek Nimmo in 'Charlie Girl' at the Adelphi Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Una Stubbs
Unknown:
Aimi MacDonald
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo

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