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Heathrow Airport. London, gives employment to 20.000 people; thirteen million passengers use it every year; aircraft to the value of £100-million land and take off from there every day.
This programme explains how the security of the airport operates, and how the International Airlines fall into the pattern
Presented by Brian Hoey
See page 36

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Hoey

by SIR EDMUND HILLARY abridged as a four-part reading by Carmel Ross Part 1
Reader, GABRIEL Woolp
At the close of a Himalayan expedition Sir Edmund Hillary asked his native helpers what one thing they most desired. The answer was ' schools ' and an old Sherpa remarked: ' Our children have eyes, but still they are blind.'
This is the amusing, often dramatic, story of Sir Edmund's return to fulfil his promise. Series broadcast in Story Time beginning on March 2. 1967

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Reader:
Gabriel Woolp
Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary

Surrey v. The Australians
Yorkshire v. Lancashire
Third and final day
Reports and commentary by JOHN ARLOTT and ALAN McGILVRAY from the Oval, and PETER CRANMER from Leeds

Contributors

Commentary By:
John Arlott
Commentary By:
Alan McGilvray
Commentary By:
Peter Cranmer

A discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week: RICHARD FINDLATER EDWIN MULLINS , DILYS POWELL ALAN PRYCE-JONES
In the chair, J. W. LAMBERT Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Edwin Mullins
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Alan Pryce-Jones
Unknown:
J. W. Lambert

A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including: Watch the dicky-bird:
Jack Singleton talks to ERIC Hos-KING, the eminent bird photographer, about his life and work What I miss most in music: a comment by B. C. HILLIAM (Flotsam) and his piano met Dr. Schweitzer: SUSAN
HAMPSHIRE talks to Carolyn Scott about her visit to Lambarene some years ago Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Talks:
Jack Singleton
Unknown:
Carolyn Scott

Stories in Verse
Six programmes of narrative poetry chosen and produced by David Davis
5; Crime and Punishment Readers: BETTY HARDY
DUNCAN McINTYRE , RALPH TRUMAN CHRISTOPHER BIDMEAD

Contributors

Produced By:
David Davis
Readers:
Betty Hardy
Readers:
Duncan McIntyre
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
Christopher Bidmead

Regional news — The stories behind the headlines-Scotland Yard Calling-South-East Sport -MICHAEL BROOKE looks at listeners' letters in Postscript Introduced by Tim GUDGIN
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brooke
Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin

by John Galsworthy adapted for broadcasting in forty-eight parts by MURIEL LEVY with Alan Wheatley Patricia Gallimore Michael Spice
Kenneth Fortescue
46: Fancy Dress
Cast in order of speaking: Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Unknown:
Patricia Gallimore
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Kenneth Fortescue
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Michael Mont:
Michael Spice
Soames:
Alan Wheatley
Fleur:
Patricia Gallimore
Harold Blade:
Nigel Anthony
June:
Gudrun Ure
Jon:
Kenneth Fortescue

Introduced by IAN TRETHOWAN
NOEL BARBER talks about Sinister Twilight, his study of the fall and rise again of Singapore MATTHEW COADY on Life with Queen Victoria, Marie Mallet 's letters from court 1887-1901, and Our Life in the Highlands by Queen Victoria
JANET ADAM SMITH on Blooms bury by Quentin Bell
MOELWVN MERCHANT on William Blake , an introduction to the man and to his work by Raymond Lister Produced by Russell Harty

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ian Trethowan
Talks:
Noel Barber
Unknown:
Marie Mallet
Unknown:
Quentin Bell
Unknown:
William Blake
Unknown:
Raymond Lister
Produced By:
Russell Harty

A knock-out quiz between students from universities throughout the British Isles
Quarter-Finals: Match 1
East Anglia v.
London School of Economics
Question-Masters:
JOHN ANTHONY at Norwich Max ROBERTSON at L.S.E. Produced by Brian Skilton

Contributors

Question-Masters:
John Anthony
Produced By:
Brian Skilton

on THE SECOND SEX
After fifty years of female suffrage many people still feel that in this country women are subject to discrimination. Recently Mrs. Joyce Butler , M.P., introduced a private Member's Bill to combat such discrimination
Tonight Focus looks at the ' second sex '
Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN Produced by Robert Cradock

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Joyce Butler
Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Robert Cradock

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