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Decisive Events
Drake's Voyage round the World
Spanish writers affirm the courtesy of their enemy, and his skill as a navigator. His daring proved a lasting inspiration to British seamen, who were late-comers to the art of ocean navigation. The story of his voyage (1577-80) is dramatically retold in this broadcast.
Broadcast on November 13. 1967

Calm After Stormy Seas
Sarah O'Flynn was a militant suffragette and the first woman doctor to work in Malaya. There she met and married the great oriental scholar Sir Richard Winstedt.
Lady Winstedt, now nearing eighty, talks to DEREK COOPER

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah O'Flynn
Unknown:
Richard Winstedt.
Unknown:
Derek Cooper

Manchester by the sea
BRIAN VAUGHTON travels the length of the Manchester Ship Canal, speaking with people concerned with its operation and from some of the towns along its banks
Produced by Denis Newell

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Vaughton
Produced By:
Denis Newell

A series of ten programmes designed to help and encourage those who wish to express themselves more effectively or recapture old skills in the spoken and written word.
8: Arguing a Case
Written and introduced by CAROL ROBSON
Produced by Peggy Bacon

Contributors

Introduced By:
Carol Robson
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

A family magazine
Introduced from Wales by Harry Soan including:
Star Guest: Jessie Evans, currently appearing in Canterbury Tales at the Phoenix Theatre, London, talks to Gerry Monte.
Tally Ho ! Gaenor Thomas follows the Miners' Hunt.
Return to Melingriffith: with Kathleen Gooding.
The Catlin Story: Wyn Calvin recalls the family who brought the Pierrots to the beaches of Britain.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Soan
Unknown:
Jessie Evans
Unknown:
Gerry Monte
Unknown:
Tally Ho
Unknown:
Gaenor Thomas
Unknown:
Kathleen Gooding
Unknown:
Wyn Calvin

Tales from the Arabian Nights edited by Naomi Lewis from the translations of EDWARD LANE and Sir RICHARD BURTON
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK
1: In which Sheherazade beguiles the waking hour on the first of a Thousand and One Nights, and tells the story of The Magic Horse.

Contributors

Edited By:
Naomi Lewis
Edited By:
Sir Richard Burton
Read By:
John Westbrook

Tonight's evening paper of the air
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk — Postscript with MICHAEL BROOKE-Stop Press
Introduced by TIM GUDGIN
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin

A panel game from the Midlands devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND
Recorded before an invited audience at The Commonwealth Institute, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

by Jaroslav Hasek translated by Paul Selver adapted for radio by R. D. SMITH with Other parts played by: Evan Morgan , Leigh Crutchley Emlyn James , Hubert Hughson Eric Ellis , Arthur Gomez
Denys Hawthorne , William Eedle Wilfred Babbage , John Scott Charles Simon. Stanley Lebor Anthony Hall. Rolf Lefebvre John Bryning , Keith Buckley Derek Birch
Songs arranged and sung by A. L. LLOYD
Concertina played by ALF EDWARDS
Produced by JOHN GRIFFITHS
Broadcast on July 16. 1962
See page 46

Contributors

Unknown:
Jaroslav Hasek
Translated By:
Paul Selver
Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Played By:
Evan Morgan
Played By:
Leigh Crutchley
Played By:
Emlyn James
Played By:
Hubert Hughson
Played By:
Eric Ellis
Played By:
Arthur Gomez
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
John Scott
Unknown:
Charles Simon.
Unknown:
Stanley Lebor
Unknown:
Anthony Hall.
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
John Bryning
Unknown:
Keith Buckley
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Sung By:
A. L. Lloyd
Played By:
Alf Edwards
Produced By:
John Griffiths
Schweik:
Norman Wynne
Mrs Muller:
Rachel Thomas
Chaplain Katz:
John Darran
Lt Lukash:
Anthony Viccars
Palivecs:
Dewi Williams
Mrs Palivecs:
Catherine Dolan
Bretschneider:
D L Davies
Blahnik:
George David
Justice:
Godfrey Kenton
Dr Bautze:
Haydn Jones
Col K von Zittergut:
Anthony Shaw
Vanek:
Ieuan Rhys Williams

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
WALTER TAPLIN 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:
Walter Taplin

BBC Radio 4 FM

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