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Herr Koerber was an Austrian schoolmaster and a fanatical amateur archaeologist. ' He was possessed: he spent all his free time both in and out of season in a cave in the Salzofen, a nearby mountain....'
EVE MACHIN and her husband went on a memorable journey to this cave-with Herr Koerber.

Contributors

Unknown:
Herr Koerber
Unknown:
Herr Koerber.

The Manor House of Bretèche
A radio play by Joan O'Connor based on a story by HONORÉ DE BALZAC
' If 1 want to learn Rosalie's secret —and I shan'leave Vend6me without getting to the bottom of the mystery-then I think I know how to do what's necessary.'
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Play By:
Joan O'Connor
Story By:
Honoré de Balzac
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Dr Bianchon:
John Justin
Rosalie Jo:
Manning Wilson
Madame Lepas:
Gladys Spencer
Lawyer Regnault:
Geoffrey Wincott
Countess of Merret:
Margaret Wolfit
Ramon:
David Spenser
Count of Merret:
Denys Hawthorne
Victor Gorenflot:
Anthony Jackson

from Canterbury Cathedral Responses (Ayleward)
Psalm 37
Lessons: Jeremiah 36, vv. 1-8
2 Corinthians 3, vv. 4-18
Canticles (Maurice Greene in C)
Anthem: Valiant-for-Truth
(Vaughan Williams)
Hymn: As now the sun's declining rays (tune, St. Columba)
Organist, ALLAN WICKS
Assistant organist, Philip Moore

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Greene
Organist:
Allan Wicks
Organist:
Philip Moore

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

The Blanket of the Dark by John Buchan adapted for radio by NORMAN PAINTING
Lord Avelard is sponsoring a faction to depose Henry VIII , to be led by Peter Pentecost , a young clerk who has discovered that he is heir to the Duke of Buckingham. Peter ts aided by the Parliament of Beggars.
3: The Would-be King, a Fugitive
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
Peter Pentecost
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Peter Pentecost:
Alan Devereux
Solomon Darking:
Bob Arnold
Yeoman of the chamber:
George Woolley
Groom:
Jack Butcher
Lord Avelard:
Douglas Storm
Wench:
Jackie Clarke
Sabine Beauforest:
Jill Meers
Steward:
John Bott
Sir Gabriel Messynger:
Jeremy Mason
Plummer:
Arnold Peters
Simon Rede:
John Rowe
Nathaniel Sturmy:
Arthur R Webb
Dickon:
Peter Biddle
Mother Sweetbread:
Joyce Latham

A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair. JACK LONGLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

by lain Crichton Smith abridged as a seven-part reading from an unpublished novel set in Sutherland during the Highland Clearances
Mrs. Scott has been looked after by Donald Macleod and his wife. She will soon be well enough to return to her own house ...
PART 6
Reader, BRVDEN MURDOCH
Broadcast on August 6. 1967
(Radio 4: Scotland)

Contributors

Unknown:
Crichton Smith
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod

1: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
In a series of programmes
Derek Parker outlines the history of great European orchestras
This week he talks about the Philharmonic Orchestra which ever since 1842 has been one of the main features of the concert life in Vienna, and plays historic recordings of their performances conducted by: LEONARD BERNSTEIN , KARL BÖHM WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER HERBERT VON KARAJAN
CLEMENS KRAUSS , LORIN MAAZEL ARNOLD ROSÉ ,FRANZ SCHALK GEORG SOLTI , Richard STRAUSS BRUNO WALTER and FELIX WEINGARTNER
EBU recordings
Produced by Rosemary Hart
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Karl Böhm
Conducted By:
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Unknown:
Clemens Krauss
Unknown:
Lorin Maazel
Unknown:
Arnold Rosé
Unknown:
Franz Schalk
Unknown:
Georg Solti
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Bruno Walter
Unknown:
Felix Weingartner
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

Jack Overhill recalls his childhood and youth in the Cambridge of fifty years ago The speaker, whose father was a shoemaker-a Snob in the local vernacular-was brought up under conditions of extreme poverty in a Cambridge far removed from the dignified university town we more often hear about.....
Produced by Paul Humphreys
Shortened version of the broadcast on January 28. 1967 (Third)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Overhill
Produced By:
Paul Humphreys

NORTHERN SINFONIA ENSEMBLE
David Haslam (flute)
Sarah Barrington (oboe)
George MacDonald (clarinet) Michael Chapman (bassoon) Roger Best (viola)

Contributors

Flute:
David Haslam
Oboe:
Sarah Barrington
Clarinet:
George MacDonald
Bassoon:
Michael Chapman
Viola:
Roger Best

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