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7: Finding Out
In the old-style Primary School, children were expected to sit and be taught. Modern methods encourage children to explore and discover for themselves. As a result, young children show tremendous creative talents, particularly in writing and the arts.
Introduced by WILLEM VAN DER EYKEN
Produced by Peter Jarvis
Broadcast on November 16. 1967

Contributors

Introduced By:
Willem van Der Eyken
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

The Wanted Child
Thousands of adoptions take place happily and successfully each year, but a small number of babies are taken back by their mothers before the adoption can be finalised. So the period between the handover and the final signing of the papers can be a tense time, both for the baby's mother and the adopting parents.
BARBARA McDONALD has been talking to people involved in this situation

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara McDonald

Two out of every hundred people in Great Britain suffer from asthma. What is this disorder? Why are some people more likely to suffer from it than others? What factors may help to trigger off an attack? What are the most promising methods of treatment?
Doctors discuss these questions
Narrator, HUGH BURDEN
Compiled and produced by EILEEN CAPEL
Broadcast on September 7, 1967

Contributors

Produced By:
Eileen Capel

A family magazine which today is set in the Hebridean Isle of Skye-the beloved ' Island of mist '
Introduced by HOWARD LOCKHART
Comings and Goings: the Inner Hebrides as seen by two ladies of different viewpoint-RooNA RAUSZER, a returning native of Skye, and KATHLEEN GOODING , a visitor from the West of England
Do you know anyone called MacCoddrum?: DONALD B. MACLEOD asks the question and tells you why they are worth watching
Ten-pin and Fishing: Hotel proprietor KER ROBERTSON talks to Jonathan MacDonald about providing recreational facilities for the holidaymaker
The Five Sisters of Kintail: HUGH Ross tells the romantic legend of the range of mountains which stand sentinel over Loch Duich , high above, the road which leads to the Isles

Contributors

Introduced By:
Howard Lockhart
Unknown:
Kathleen Gooding
Unknown:
Donald B. MacLeod
Talks:
Ker Robertson
Unknown:
Jonathan MacDonald
Unknown:
Hugh Ross
Unknown:
Loch Duich

The Angry Men by MABEL FERRETT
A story of revolution in Yorkshire's woollen industry in the days of the Chartists adapted for radio in three parts by Olive Shapley
2: The River Rises
Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Mabel Ferrett
Unknown:
Olive Shapley
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Reader:
Ronald Harvi
David:
Neil Freeman
Joe Smith:
Colin Edwynn
Mr Naylor:
Geoffrey Banks
Helen:
Cynthia Michaelis

Tonight's evening paper of the air
Reports from the region's news studios and from Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk-Weekend with Tom BOSTOCK-Stop Press Column
Introduced by BOB HOLNESS

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Bostock-Stop
Introduced By:
Bob Holness

Repeated: Monday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Written by:
Brian Hayles
Edited by:
Godfrey Baseley
Produced by:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Jennifer Archer:
Angela Piper
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nora McAuley:
Julia Mark
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway

Mozart
Quintet in E flat major (K.614)
HEUTLING STRING QUARTET Werner Heutling (violin)
Oswald Gattermann (violin) Erich Bohlscheid (viola) Konrad HaeMer (cello) with Heinz-Otto Graf (viola) gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Oswald Gattermann
Viola:
Erich Bohlscheid
Cello:
Konrad Haemer
Viola:
Heinz-Otto Graf

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