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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 SHEILA SCOTT and KENNETH WOLSTENHOLME
In the umpire's chair, MAX ROBERTSON
Produced by David O'Clee tPre-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:
Sheila Scott
Unknown:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Produced By:
David O'Clee

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
' The Irish Mail ':
GORDON SNELL takes a trip from Dun Laoghaire to London on the oldest named train in the world tLiving with Animals:
Peter Ross talks to MICAELA DENIS , who with her husband has filmed 150 ' On Safari ' television half-hours and many cinema films on wild life tKikuyu Curate in Surrey:
Leslie Smith talks to THE REV. LEONARD MWAWE from Kenya who has come as a curate to commuter land tDrop us a line: your news. views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Talks:
Peter Ross
Unknown:
Micaela Denis
Talks:
Leslie Smith
Unknown:
Leonard Mwawe

by John Galsworthy adapted for broadcasting In forty-eight parts by MURIEL LEVY with Rachel Gurney
Alan Wheatley , Noel Johnson
Patricia Gallimore
Michael Spice
Kenneth Fortescue
32: Suddenly at Robin Hill ...
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
Patricia Gallimore
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Kenneth Fortescue
Unknown:
Robin Hill
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Soames:
Alan Wheatley
Jolyon:
Noel Johnson
Irene:
Rachel Gurney
Jon:
Kenneth Fortescue
Gradman:
Earle Grey
Winifred Dartie:
Nicolette Bernard
Michael Mont:
Michael Spice
Fleur:
Patricia Gallimore

Introduced by ALAN SHALLCROSS
PAT Williams reviews The Codebreakers by David Kahn and The Great Assassins by Judge Gerald Sparrow
CHARLES OSBORNE discusses two books of poetry: The Voyage by Robert Lowell and Poems 1957-1967 by James Dickey
JULIAN MITCHELL looks at two new novels: Cry for a Shadow by Chrys Paul Fletcher and Finding Out by Thomas Baird
Produced by Russell Harty

Contributors

Introduced By:
Alan Shallcross
Introduced By:
Pat Williams
Unknown:
David Kahn
Unknown:
Judge Gerald Sparrow
Unknown:
Charles Osborne
Unknown:
Robert Lowell
Unknown:
James Dickey
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Chrys Paul Fletcher
Unknown:
Thomas Baird
Produced By:
Russell Harty

A series of four-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Scotland
Round 4
London
CEDRIC CLIFFE , FELIX FELTON
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE
ScotlandSIR JAMES FERGUSSON JACK HOUSE
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

THE TRAWLERMEN
The recent tragic loss of three Hull trawlers has centred attention on the hazardous job of the men who fish the Icelandic waters in midwinter. Are safety measures adequate? Has the industry moved into the twentieth century?
Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Produced by Alan Burgess

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

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