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A medical magazine introduced by JOAN YORKE and including:
Specialist in the Studio: a rheumatologist answers listeners' questions
Pet Hazards: LESLIE SMITH reports on animal-borne diseases
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

says That's Life illustrated by opinions and comments from the BBC Sound Archives
Guest, Derrick SAWYER
Written by Robert Turley
Produced by Sheila Anderson
Brian Rix is in 'Let Sleeping Wives Lie ' at the Garrick Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Derrick Sawyer
Written By:
Robert Turley
Produced By:
Sheila Anderson
Produced By:
Brian Rix

by Richard Gordon adapted for radio and written by RAY COONEY starring
Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow with Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt
Episode 1: St. Swilhin's
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Gordon
Written By:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Unknown:
Simon Sparrow
Unknown:
Geoffrey Sumner
Unknown:
Sir Lancelot Spratt

A rare collection of instruments from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century: discussed by MADEAU STEWART and illustrated with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives
8: Clavi-organum and chamber organ
Produced by Leslie Perowne

Contributors

Unknown:
Madeau Stewart
Produced By:
Leslie Perowne

The Lawn Tennis
Championships
Commentary by MAURICE EDELSTON and MAX ROBERTSON from the Centre Court and No. 1 Court, with summaries and comments by ALF CHAVE and BEA WALTER
Results and latest news from the other courts given by BASIL CURTIS
From the All England Lawn Tennis Club

Contributors

Commentary By:
Maurice Edelston
Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Alf Chave

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
The Deighton File:
Rosemary Hart talks to LEN DEIGHTON about the start of his career, his books and his films
Inside the News: on the occasion of its centenary REGINALD TURNILL recalls working for the Press Association
Picnic on Mount Yerupoja:
NORMAN TENNENT describes how he improvised nègre en chemise and soupe Catalan in the Peruvian Andes
Drop us a line: your news. views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Talks:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Len Deighton
Unknown:
Reginald Turnill

Lost Splendour
The autobiography of Prince Felix Youssoupoff 1887-1967 translated by Ann Green and Nicolas Katkoff abridged by Donald Bancroft in eight episodes
Read by GEORGE MERRITT
8: Revolution

Contributors

Unknown:
Prince Felix Youssoupoff
Translated By:
Ann Green
Translated By:
Nicolas Katkoff
Abridged By:
Donald Bancroft
Read By:
George Merritt

A serial in six parts by Giles Cooper from the novel by John Wyndham
with Gary Watson and Barbara Shelley
'...London was a city of the blind, the capital of a blind country in a blind world.'

Contributors

Novelist:
John Wyndham
Adapted by:
Giles Cooper
Music:
David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer:
John Powell
Bill Masen:
Gary Watson
Young man:
Christopher Bidmead
Child:
Hilda Kriseman
Mother:
Pauline Letts
Blind man:
John Wyse
Josella:
Barbara Shelley
Archer:
Anthony Jackson

Within two months uf the outbreak of the Franco-German war in July 1870 the German troops were besieging Paris. The siege lasted for four months until lack of food caused the French to surrender.
This programme, compiled from contemporary newspapers, letters and diaries, gives a full account of the grim business, including the use of balloons and pigeons to keep Paris in touch with the relieving armies which never came, and the killing of zoo animals, rats. cats, and dogs. to feed the starving and freezing people.
Narrator, ARTHUR BUSH
Script by JONQUIL ANTONY
Produced by David Woodward
See page 36
The illustration shows the departure of the balloon post, from a contemporary print

Contributors

Narrator:
Arthur Bush
Script By:
Jonquil Antony
Produced By:
David Woodward

by TERENCE BENDIXSON
Planning Correspondent of The Guardian
When developers and planners are getting to work on some local environment, what can the residents do to contribute and if necessary to fight back? Terence Bendixson has been looking into the successes, and failures, of some local civic societies.

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Bendixson
Unknown:
Terence Bendixson

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More