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A series on aspects of child care
6: Class Differences
The class system is usually deplored, yet it exists. What do parents and children think about it? Does it operate in schools?
LESLIE SMITH investigates
Produced by Barbara Crowther
Talking about death

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

A medical magazine introduced by JOAN YORKE and including:
Pain Relief in Childbirth: an anaesthetist reports on some of the latest methods being employed
Specialist in the studio: a pharmacologist answers listeners' questions on drugs and medicines
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Yorke
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

presenting Bill McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with BARBARA LEIGH and the BBC Scottish RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, lAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conductor:
Lain Sutherland
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

A series of plays each telling how the lives of different people were affected by a cat—the cat.
8: Cat Call by Gerry Jones
In which the cat tastes old age.
Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Jones
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Alun Davies:
Haydn Jones
Gwen Davies:
Betty Hardy
Chairman:
Leonard Fenton
Reporter:
Ian Thompson

by RICHARD GORDON adapted for radio in thirteen episodes by RAY COONEY starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow with Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt
Episode 12: Marriage-itis

Contributors

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

† LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA
Leader, Reginald Leopold
Conducted by GEORGE MICHIE including music by Benjamin Frankel , Morton Gould , Larry Ashmore , and Offenbach

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Leopold
Conducted By:
George Michie
Music By:
Benjamin Frankel
Music By:
Morton Gould
Music By:
Larry Ashmore

A series featuring the best-known Walt Disney films made in the last thirty years
Adapted and introduced by DESMOND CARRINGTON
Jungle Book inspired by the Rudyard Kipling * Mowgli ' stories with the voices of: PHIL HARRIS as Baloo the Bear SEBASTIAN CABOT as Batheera the Panther Louis PRIMA as The King of the Apes GEORGE SANDERS as Shere Khan the Tiger Sterling HOLLOWAY as Kaa the Snake
Music and lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman and Terry Gilkyson
Produced for radio by Desmond Carrington , Spencer Hale
Recording

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Phil Harris
Unknown:
Sebastian Cabot
Unknown:
George Sanders
Unknown:
Shere Khan
Unknown:
Sterling Holloway
Unknown:
Robert Sherman
Unknown:
Terry Gilkyson
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Spencer Hale

A family magazine introduced by POLLY ELWES and including:
Home is only another range of mountains: GWEN MOFFAT talks to Jack Singleton about her life and work in the hills
A Real Live Ghost:
ALAN TOWNEND visits his father, a seventh child of a seventh child, and hears a strange story
At the end of the golden road:
WILFRID THOMAS drops in on Samarkand Milk on the Menu:
GEORGE VILLIERS joins members of the Stanmore Townswomen's Guild at the National Dairy Centre
Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes
Talks:
Gwen Moffat
Unknown:
Jack Singleton
Unknown:
Alan Townend
Unknown:
Wilfrid Thomas
Unknown:
George Villiers

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 and PAUL KERMACK as James of the Glens
5: The House oj Fear
Produced by Gordon Emslie

Contributors

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

A serial in eight parts by Gilbert Phelps
Dacres has sorted out the tangles of the mysterious white doctor and the unknown man from Israel -or has he?
7: Scapegoat or Puppett
Other parts played by Patrick Tull and James Mellor
Signature tune composed by Fitzroy Coleman
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Phelps
Played By:
Patrick Tull
Played By:
James Mellor
Composed By:
Fitzroy Coleman
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Robert Dacres:
Victor Lucas
Venacio:
Frank Singuineau
Teobaldo Fajardo:
Godfrey Kenton
Consuela:
Margaret Robertson
Carlos:
Ian Thompson
Vincent Tarrant:
John Dearth
Police Captain:
Michael Deacon
Don Alexo Flores:
Malcolm Hayes
Adrian Binlow:
Antony Viccars
Myra Binlow:
Nicolette Bernard
Donald Cowcher:
Alan Lawrance
Sue Cowcher:
Hilda Kriseman
Ana Julia:
Sarah Brackett

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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