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The Tolpuddle Case
In 1834 six farm labourers of Tolpuddle in Dorset were arrested on a charge of having illegally conspired to form a trade union and condemned to seven years' transportation. of which they served three before Radicals at home obtaihed their pardon and release. The drama of this miscarriage of justice has been reconstructed from the record left by the leader of the condemned men. a Wesleyan lay preacher named George Loveless.
Script by John Richmond

Contributors

Unknown:
George Loveless.
Script By:
John Richmond

Speaking and Writing
A series of ten programmes designed to help and encourage those who wish to express themselves more effectively or recapture old skills in the spoken and the written word.
8: The Art of the Interview
Written and introduced by GILBERT PHELPS
Produced by Peggy Bacon
Broadcast on November 21, 1966

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gilbert Phelps
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

Chiefest Enemy by Hope Lee adapted for radio and produced by HALLAM TENNYSON
... security
Is mortals' chielest enemy
MACBETH
It is May 1945 in a Japanese Civilian Detention Centre outside Shanghai.
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Hope Lee
Produced By:
Hallam Tennyson

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
Bon Viveur: FANNY AND
JOHN CRADOCK talk to John Ellison about the turning points in their lives
The Surprise of My Life: DR.
JOHN ANTHONY PARR describes a consequence of going by ' Jet to the Sun ' t'One of my mates': ': a leaf from the diary of a primary school headmistress
Worth a Read: some book suggestions by HONOR WYATT

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Introduced By:
John Cradock
Unknown:
John Ellison

Latest regional news - The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-South-East Sport — MICHAEL BROOKE looks at listeners' letters in Postscript
Introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brooke
Introduced By:
Bob Holness

Listeners' letters and points of difference aired by RENÉE HOUSTON, MIRIAM KARLIN
AVRIL ANGERS, BETTINE LE BEAU In the chair, ANONA WINN
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter
Announcer, Angela Buckland
Produced by John Cassels
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse. Northumberland Avenue. London. W.C.2
Shortened version: Thurs., 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Miriam Karlin
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Announcer:
Angela Buckland
Produced By:
John Cassels

A social history in song
2: Workshop of the World with JOANNE BROWNE , CHARLES YOUNG
PAT WHITMORE , CHARLES WEST
HARRY LANDIS , ANN MURRAY
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanne Browne
Unknown:
Charles Young
Unknown:
Pat Whitmore
Unknown:
Charles West
Unknown:
Harry Landis
Unknown:
Ann Murray
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

Gandhi recalled by Robert Stimson
On January 30, 1948, Robert Stimson , then BBC Correspondent in India and Pakistan, sent back to London a dramatic eye-witness account of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in Delhi. Tonight, in an interview with RODNEY CHILTON , he recalls how the great Indian leader and advocate of the concept of non-violence himself came to a violent end in the beautiful flower garden of Birla House.
Broadcast in the BBC World Service

Contributors

Recalled By:
Robert Stimson
Unknown:
Robert Stimson
Unknown:
Mahatma Gandhi
Unknown:
Rodney Chilton

by Raymond Lyttleton adapted for radio by Margaret Etall
with Stephen Murray, Nicholas Pennell, Clifford Rose, Heron Carvic
The persons represented:
The time: 1843-1846. The places: Cambridge, Greenwich, and Ely
(Clifford Rose is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Author:
Raymond Lyttleton
Adapted for radio by:
Margaret Etall
Producer:
John Powell
John Adams, undergraduate of St. John's College, Cambridge:
Nicholas Pennell
David Bulhampton, a fellow undergraduate:
Ian Thompson
Dr Williamson, Tutor at St John's:
Peter Williams
Mrs Tiggs:
Pauline Letts
A college servant:
Victor Lucas
Dean Peacock, mathematician of Trinity College, Cambridge:
Clifford Rose
Professor Challis, astronomer at Trinity:
Heron Carvic
George Airy, the Astronomer Royal:
Stephen Murray
Richarda Airy, his wife:
Joan Matheson
Jenkins, the Airys' butler:
Alan Dudley
Mr. Millingford, Astronomer of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich:
John Wyse
M. Urbain le Verrier, Astronomer of the Paris Observatory:
Alexander John

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
WALTER TAPLIN introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For very late letters you can ring ([number removed]and dictate your message

Contributors

Introduces:
Walter Taplin

ELIZABETHAN CONSORT OF VIOLS
Directed by THURSTON DART (chamber organ)
William Lawes
Consort Suite No. 1, In G minor, in five parts
Sonata No. 9, in D major, for violin, bass viol, harp, and organ continuo
Fantasia and In nomine (Consort
Suite No. 1, in C minor, in six parts) gramophone records

Contributors

Directed By:
Thurston Dart
Unknown:
William Lawes

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