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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. 17: The Waste Land
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:
David Grugeon

A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including French songs and readings from the Penguin book of French Short Stories and The Penguin Book of French Nineteenth Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French
Programme 3
Verlaine: Dans I'interminable Les bottes de sept lieues-3 Douce France Green (Fauri)
Speakers, PAULETTE PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT , PAUL COUSTER
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paulette Preney
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt
Unknown:
Paul Couster

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Improving the Road Surfaces: some recent developments by the Cement and Concrete Association
Insurance for your 1968 Continental Holiday: a review of the changes made by the major companies
Automatics on Ice: the problems of automatic gear-boxes and varying weather conditions 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

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
(Last Friday's broadcast
(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

Susan Hampshire: actress, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme devised by him the gramophone records she would take to a desert island.

(Shortened version: Mon., 12.25 p.m.)

Contributors

Presenter/Devised by:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Susan Hampshire
Producer:
Michael Hall

Horse of Another Colour by Marian Campbell
'Perhaps at his age he thinks there is nothing so safe as the devotion of a plain woman. But she's not only plain — she'll freeze him to death.' with Joan Hart
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Marian Campbell
Unknown:
Joan Hart
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Harris:
Nigel Clayton
Macey:
Frederick Bennett
Trojan:
Eric Anderson
Ruth:
Joan Hart
ROSS:
Lockwood West
Stella:
Carol Marsh
Dr Forbes:
Peter Baldwin
Coroner:
Fred Yule

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Tommy Steele : a recent Guest of the Week in Woman's Hour
From Suffragettes to Women in the Cabinet: two M.P.s, DAME IRENE WARD and DOUGLAS HOUGHTON , discuss two new books on political women in and out of Parliament
Family Foibles: DIANA GRAVES reflects on her own
Roast Monkey and Fried Turtles' Eggs: WENDY MYERS talks to Pamela Creighton about strange things she has eaten in her seven years travelling round the world
Cookery Club: MARGUERITE PATTEN and AUDREY ELLIS discuss Casserole Cookery
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Introduced By:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Dame Irene Ward
Unknown:
Douglas Houghton
Talks:
Wendy Myers
Unknown:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Marguerite Patten
Unknown:
Audrey Ellis

A radio competition for bands
Round 1: programme 5 City of Coventry Band
Conductor, ALBERT CHAPPELL v.
Crossleys Carpets Band
Conductor, JOHN HARRISON
Adjudicators:
LT.-COL. (Retd.)
DOUGLAS A. POPE , O.B.E.
GILBERT VINTER
FRANK WRIGHT
Introduced by JOHN DUNN
Produced by William Relton

Contributors

Conductor:
Albert Chappell
Conductor:
John Harrison
Unknown:
Douglas A. Pope
Unknown:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Frank Wright
Introduced By:
John Dunn
Produced By:
William Relton

The game that turns the pages of show-biz history with MIRIAM KARLIN , ALFRED MARKS PETER NOBLE, DICK VOSBURGH Chairman, BARRY TOOK
Programme devised and compiled by Denis Gifford Produced by Bill Worsley
Broadcast on Aug. 13. 1967 (Light)
Miriam Karlin is in ' Fiddler on the Roof ' at Her Majesty's Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Karlin
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Denis Gifford
Produced By:
Bill Worsley
Unknown:
Miriam Karlin

JAMES LOUGHRAN conducts the BBC Scottish SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Tom Rowlette in music for all the family with PAULINE TINSLEY (soprano) WIGHT HENDERSON (piano)
Introduced by DAVID FINDLAY
Produced by Colin Ratcliffe
The programme includes music from Aida (Verdi), Pavane by Faure, Rhapsody in Blue, by Gershwin, and the Overture William Tell by Rossini.

Contributors

Leader:
Tom Rowlette
Soprano:
Pauline Tinsley
Introduced By:
David Findlay
Produced By:
Colin Ratcliffe

The Valley of Fear
A play for radio by Michael Hardwick from the novel by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr. Watson
Produced by ROBIN MIDGLEY
Broadcast on December 31. 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Novel By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Produced By:
Robin Midgley
Mrs Hudson:
Penelope Lee
Inspector Macdonald:
Duncan McIntyre
Inspector Mason:
Garard Green
Sergeant Wilson:
Jultan Somers
Cecil Barker:
George Hagan
Ames:
Robert Hartley
Dr Wood:
Humphrey Morton
Mrs Allen:
June Tobin
Ivy Douglas:
Valerie Hanson
John:
Lee Fox

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