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A series on aspects of child-care
4: Children who cannot spell
Is spelling a skill to be taught, or should it be 'caught' as a byproduct of reading? EILEEN CAPEL reports on recent researches, and questions teachers and children.
Produced by Barbara Crowther

Contributors

Unknown:
Eileen Capel
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

A medical magazine introduced by ANGELA PAIN and including:
Choosing a Bed: DONALD NORFOLK suggests some points to look out for
Specialist in the Studio: a dentist answers listeners' questions
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Angela Pain
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

presenting Bill McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with JANE FYFFE and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Unknown:
Jane Fyffe
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conductor:
Iain Sutherland
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARCUS DODS including music by Miles Maxwell , David Morgan , Eric Coates , Grieg, Saint-Saens, and Phyllis Tate

Contributors

Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Music By:
Miles Maxwell
Music By:
David Morgan
Music By:
Eric Coates
Music By:
Phyllis Tate

The Long Voyage Home by Eugene O'Neill adapted by ROGER PINE from The Long Voyage Home and Bound East for Cardiff with J. G. Devlin and Robert Ayres
Produced by RONALD MASON
Wednesday's broadcast (Radio 2)
See page 32

Contributors

Unknown:
Eugene O'Neill
Adapted By:
Roger Pine
Unknown:
J. G. Devlin
Unknown:
Robert Ayres
Produced By:
Ronald Mason

A family magazine introduced by TIM GUDGIN and including:
Three Falls to Win:
DEREK PARKER looks at the world of professional wrestling
All Your Own Work:
GORDON Gow has a preview of the Do It Yourself Exhibition at Olympia
Menus in mid-air:
ZENA SKINNER visits London Airport to find out about catering arrangements on aeroplanes
Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Gordon Gow
Unknown:
Zena Skinner

The Adventures of David Balfour from Kidnapped and Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson abridged for reading in thirteen parts
Read by BRYDEN MURDOCH with LEONARD MAGUIRE as Alan Breck
3: I hear of the ' Red Fox '
Produced by Gordon Emslie

Contributors

Unknown:
David Balfour
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Read By:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Leonard Maguire
Unknown:
Alan Breck
Produced By:
Gordon Emslie

Repeated: Friday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Writer:
Edward J. Mason
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Aunt Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Prue Forrest:
Mary Dalley
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Fiona Watson:
Carole Boyd
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Ronnie Beddoes:
Harry Littlewood
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart

A serial in eight parts by Gilbert Phelps
Dacres learns more about revolution and braves dangerous rapids only to be bitten by a snake. He wakes from delirium in the jungle hospital of the mysterious stranger.
5: A Discovery
Signature tune composed by Fitzroy Coleman
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Phelps
Composed By:
Fitzroy Coleman
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Robert:
Dacres Victorlucas
Dr Baldomero Oyarzo:
Wolfe Morris
Venacio:
Frank Singuineau
Gabriel:
Nigel Anthony
El Rastreador:
Leo Maguire
Indians:
Jumoke Debayo,
Indians:
Michael Deacon
Indians:
Nigel Anthony

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Tony BROWN introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For very late letters you can ring[number removed]and dictate your message

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Brown

A series of three programmes in which specialists talk to PAUL VAUGHAN about advances in their field which have dramatically changed medical treatment in the years since the establishment of the National Health Service.
2: Life-saving Drugs
DR. DESMOND LAURENCE, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at University College Hospital, London, talks about the impact of drug therapy.
Friday: Spare-part Surgery

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan

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