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A light-hearted look at some of the fortune-tellers of South Wales and their clients
If you have ever walked past the fortune-teller's booth in a fairground and wondered what goes on inside, now is your chance to pass through the beaded curtains where Madame Zeena jangles her bracelets and deals out the Tarot cards to holiday-makers on Aberavon beach.
The programme then moves to the quiet front parlour of a house in a Welsh village where ' Dolly.' the seventh child of a seventh child, tells how she acquired the art of ' reading ' teacups ...
Producer, Anita Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Madame Zeena

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Traffic Wardens Rampant: a comment on their legal powers by motoring lawyer CHARLES BRANDRETH
Day Trip to Canada: ARTHUR GARRATT samples North American motoring
Toots for the Job: unusual hints from the personal experience of Sam HENRY
Do you know the Law?: LAURIE SAPPER sets some questions on motoring matters together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Brandreth
Unknown:
Arthur Garratt
Unknown:
Sam Henry
Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

with Ken Dodd
JOHN LAURIE , PATRICIA HAYES
GRAHAM STARK, JUDITH CHALMERS and FREDDY DAVIES
DOODY'S DIDDY ORCHESTRA
Directed by GEOFF ALDERSON Script by Eddie Braben and Ken Dodd
Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Broadcast on January 7 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Dodd
Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Freddy Davies
Directed By:
Geoff Alderson
Script By:
Eddie Braben
Script By:
Ken Dodd
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Infamous Conduct
A new play specially written for radio by Paul Ferris
A general practitioner is struck off the medical register for failing to respond to a call from a patient who subsequently dies. The play describes the doctor's attempts to cope with his public and private predicament. with Kenneth Griffith , Richard Bebb Cwenyth Petty , Ray Smith
Produced by Lorraine DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Ferris
Unknown:
Kenneth Griffith
Unknown:
Richard Bebb
Unknown:
Cwenyth Petty
Unknown:
Ray Smith
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
Dr Jones:
Kenneth Griffith
Dr Martin:
Richard Bebb
Freda Martin:
Gwenyth Petty
Peter Samuels:
Ray Smith
Rose Samuels:
Pat Mort
Julia Hammond:
Mollie Jenkins
The Instructor:
Dillwyn Owen
The President:
Malcolm Graham
The Journalists RAY HANDY:
John Prior
The Secretary:
Myfanwy Talog
First woman patient:
May Rees
Second woman patient:
Aileen Allan

f Introduced by JUDITH CHALMERS
Visitor to Britain: CONSTANCE PANCHUCK from the U.S.A. who designs kitchens for wealthy clients
Knitting: advice from JAMES NORBURY
Chateau Suter 1968: ANNE SUTER tries her hand at wine-making
There's a thief about: KAY NASH talks about an unpleasant experience; and a lock expert, R. J. PILGRIM. gives advice
Pointing the finger: DORA TAYLOR on some minor annoyances Out of Town: a miscellany of country items
Tea with Mr. Rochester by FRANCES POWERS abridged by Cristina Sellors Read by SHIRLEY DIXON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Constance Panchuck
Unknown:
Anne Suter
Talks:
Kay Nash
Unknown:
R. J. Pilgrim.
Abridged By:
Cristina Sellors
Read By:
Shirley Dixon

From the Royal Albert Hall London
Gilbert and Sullivan
ANONA WINN , JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH , PETER GLAZE with a mystery guest and KENNETH HORNE in the chair
Produced by John Cassels
Pre-recorded at The Paris. Lower
Regent Street. London. S.W.1
Repeated: Tuesday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Adamson Norman Hackforth
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Produced By:
John Cassels

Edith Evans Festival
The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold adapted for radio by MARGARET ETALL
Living in the past amid the fading glories of her Sussex garden, Mrs. St. Maugham rules a household no less eccentric than herself. The arrival of a new companion brings order and a degree of sanity to this gently ridiculous entourage, but what secret lurks behind the careful composure of the mysterious Miss Madrigal? with and Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
See page 36

Contributors

Garden By:
Enid Bagnold
Unknown:
Margaret Etall
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Mrs St Maugham:
Edith Evans
Miss Madrigal:
Mary Morris
the Judge:
Cecil Parker
Laurel:
Angela Pleasence
Olivia:
Nicolette Bernard
Maitland:
Ian Thompson
Nurse:
Maureen Beck

Malcolm Muggeridge looks back on a winter in Moscow he spent as correspondent for the Manchester Guardian in the years 1932 and 1933 This time of his life in Stalinist Russia completely disillusioned him with Soviet Communism and in the process profoundly changed his views on life and even the shape of his future career.
Produced by Tom Read
Repeated: Friday at 4.0

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Produced By:
Tom Read

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