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A new series about the nature of man and his culture
8: Apes and Men by Margery Morris
Narrator, BARRY FOSTER
Produced by David Lyttle

Contributors

Narrator:
Margery Morris
Narrator:
Barry Foster
Produced By:
David Lyttle

A medical magazine introduced by Joan Yorke and including:
Specialist In The Studio: a psychiatrist answers listeners' questions
' 'We'll Let You Know When
We Have a Bed ': DR. MICHAEL O'DONNELL investigates how long people have to wait for operations
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Dr. Michael O'Donnell
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

A series of programmes about the opportunities of further education.
1: Part-time Study
LYNDON H. JONES , Principal of the South-West London College, talks about correspondence courses and part-time study with students and parents and other teachers.
Produced by Ian Grimble
Rptd. Fri., 7.0 p.m. (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lyndon H. Jones
Produced By:
Ian Grimble

Farm on a Headland by Michael Davies
Josh Pritchard owns a smallholding near the sea which becomes the centre of conflict when Harry Crossman tries to buy him out.
Wednesday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Davies
Unknown:
Josh Pritchard
Unknown:
Harry Crossman

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
' You must have noticed ...
BASIL BOOTHROYD casts a critical eye over current events
Winter Joys-a symposium of music and memory compiled by DENNIS LOWER
The Poker Work Motto:
ANNE JONES tells of one of the great influences in her life
Your letters

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Anne Jones

Written by BARRY TOOK
JOHNNIE MORTIMER and BRIAN COOKE starring Kenneth Home with KENNETH WILLIAMS , HUGH PADDICK and BETTY MARSDEN
Music by THE MAX HARRIS GROUP
Announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
1 Broadcast on April 21 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Took
Written By:
Johnnie Mortimer
Written By:
Brian Cooke
Unknown:
Kenneth Home
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

The story of a great star told, with records, by ALAN DELL
* Discovered ' by the conductor Koussevitzky, Lanza was hailed by American music critics as another Caruso—the one singer he had idolised from his childhood. But a Hollywood contract changed the course of operatic history, and Lanza's debut in New Orleans as Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly in 1948 was also in a sense a farewell, as he never again sang a complete operatic role. But to millions of cinemafioers, and to many more millions who listen to his voice on records, Lanza was the greatest singing star of modern times. He died on October 7, 1959.
Broadcast on September 5

Reconstruction of outstanding criminal cases where the element of ' reasonable doubt ' was not always eliminated by the jury's verdict
The Death of John Gilmour
Soon after his marriage to an unwilling bride, a vigorous young farmer died mysteriously. Poison was confirmed, and it was proved that his wife Christina had bought arsenic. What did the jury decide?
Narrator, TOM FLEMING
Script by J. S. Campbell
Produced by ARCHIE P. LEE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gilmour
Narrator:
Tom Fleming
Script By:
J. S. Campbell
Produced By:
Archie P. Lee

Introduced by PAT WILLIAMS
JONATHAN RABAN on Petishism, a book about the pet cult and its implications, by Katherine Szasz
BAMBER GASCOIGNE talks about his illustrated history World Theatre
OLEG KERENSKY on two new novels, Talking About It Helps by Anthony Navman and Somewhere Beyond Reproach by Tim Jeal
Produced by Russell Harty

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pat Williams
Introduced By:
Jonathan Raban
Unknown:
Katherine Szasz
Talks:
Bamber Gascoigne
Unknown:
Anthony Navman
Unknown:
Tim Jeal
Produced By:
Russell Harty

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