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Everyday German by radio
Twenty programmes for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language, based on Erich Kastner 's novel Drei Manner im Schnee: an extended version of last year's broadcast with extra practice material.
2: Der Gewinner des ersten Preises sucht Arbeit
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER
Last Monday's broadcast (Study)
A 112-page handbook Is available

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kastner
Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler

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 19th Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French
Programme 9
Mallarmé: Brise Marine
Les bottes de sept lieues (9) La Rochelle par la mer
Le petit oiseau de toutes les couleurs
Speakers: PAULETTE PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT. PAUL COUSTER
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paulette Preney
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt.

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Passenger Insurance: an examination of new proposals for compulsory insurance
Early Diagnosis: third talk on spotting trouble before it becomes extensive
The Last Combination: another stage in the history of the Automobile Association together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Arthur Phillips

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

A panel game controlled(!) by NICHOLAS PARSONS in which
DEREK Nimmo , CLEMENT FREUD
ANDRÉE MELLY, CHARMIAN INNES 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 Adelphl Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Charmian Innes
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo

T. Dan Smith, Chairman of the Northern Economic Planning Council, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme devised by him the gramophone records he would take to a desert island.

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

Contributors

Presenter/Devised by:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
T. Dan Smith
Producer:
Michael Hall

by Leo Arthurs
In a block of flats designed as a social experiment, mixing slum clearance families with people on the ordinary housing lists, 140 individuals live separate lives behind sixty closed doors.....
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Lorraine DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Arthurs
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
Mary Morris:
Margaret John
Juno Sullivan:
Carol Jones
Helen Sullivan:
Gillian Rees
Morlais Thomas:
Jack Walters
Julia Davenport:
Vera McGregor
Sylvia Davenport:
Stan Davies
John Davenport:
Anthony Hall
Bill Mouncey:
Bryn Williams
Suzie Fuller:
Jan Edwards
Charlie Fuller:
Ray Smith
Toby Charles:
Clive Roberts
Jessica Charles:
Myfanwy Talog

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Bill Simpson : a recent Guest of the Week in Woman's Hour My life hasn'been all misery: ANN BISPHAM, a polio victim, talks to Doreen Forsyth
The Good Life: personal interpretations from AUDREY RUSSELL , HARRY SOAN , and two sixth-formers
Rainwear Report: BUNTY GUNN considers value for money in waterproof clothing
Cosy and pretty or'real life?: GLAIDYS WILLIAMS , Fiction Editor of Good Housekeeping, and MARIE PEEL, who lectures in English at a College of Education, discuss women's magazine fiction

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Introduced By:
Bill Simpson
Unknown:
Doreen Forsyth
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Harry Soan
Unknown:
Glaidys Williams

A radio competition for bands
Round 2: programme 3
City of Coventry Band
Conductor, ALBERT CHAPPELL v.
Kinneil Colliery Silver Band Conductor, JOHN KIRKWOOD
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 Kirkwood
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 TOMMY TRINIDER , JUNE WHITFIELD
JOHN JUNKIN , PHILIP JENKINSON
Chairman, BARRY TOOK
Programme devised and compiled by Denis Gifford
Produced by Bill Worsley
Broadcast on Sept. 24. 1967 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Trinider
Unknown:
John Junkin
Unknown:
Philip Jenkinson
Unknown:
Denis Gifford
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Marcus. DODS conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family with PAMELA BOWDEN (contralto) JANET CRAXTON (oboe)
Introduced by Roy WILLIAMSON
Produced by David Rayvern Allen
From the Camden Theatre. London The programme includes music from Carmen (Bizet) and Casse-Noisette (Tchaikovsky), and L'Horlotie de Fiore (Francaix) for oboe and orchestra.

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Contralto:
Pamela Bowden
Introduced By:
Roy Williamson
Produced By:
David Rayvern Allen

The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene adapted from his film story by CHARLES HATTON
Richard Pasco , Rachel Gurney and Judi Dench
' MacgreGor : He isn'there. It's Mrs. Baines ... She killed him. I hate her. She killed Macgregor ... I wish she was dead too.'
Setting: An Embassy in London
Produced by RONALD MASON
Richard Pasco is in ' The Italian Girl ' at Wyndham's Theatre. London: Judi Dench in ' Cabaret ' at the Palace Theatre, London
Repeated: Monday, 3.15 p.m.
See page 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Story By:
Charles Hatton
Story By:
Richard Pasco
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Judi Dench
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Produced By:
Richard Pasco
Unknown:
Judi Dench
Felipe:
With J England
Secretary:
Rolf Lefebvre
Baines:
Richard Pasco
Ambassador:
Geoffrey Wincott
Mrs Baines:
Rachel Gurney
Mrs Barrow:
Gudrun Ure
Mrs Patterson:
Beth Boyd
Harry:
Nicholas Edmett
Julie:
Judi Dench
Policeman:
David Brierley
Sergeant:
Victor Lucas
Rose:
Barbara Mitchell
Dr Fenton:
Lockwood West
Ames:
Peter Baldwin
Det -Insp Hart:
Michael Deacon
Chief Det -Insp Crowe:
John Wyse

BRIAN REDHEAD disdusses some topical matters and some less topical with OLIVE SHAPLEY writer and broadcaster
PAUL JENNINGS author and humorist
ALEXANDER DUNBAR Director of the Northern Arts Association

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Paul Jennings
Unknown:
Alexander Dunbar

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