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The Sailing of the Mayflower
Religious persecution under
James I inspired thousands of British families to cross the North Atlantic and to make their homes in a wilderness of trees and rocks. The tale of the Mayflower is told here mainly in the words of one of them, William Bradford.
Script by R. M. Neill-Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
William Bradford.
Script By:
R. M. Neill-Hall

A series in which you meet interesting and unusual people from all walks of life
The Sawdust Poet
David Millward , part-time poet-writer and full-time labourer, talks to TOM COYNE about his writing and about his job in a Black Country sawmill where coffin lids are one of the main products

Contributors

Unknown:
David Millward
Unknown:
Tom Coyne

A family magazine introduced by POLLY ELWES Fact or Fantasy, which would you rather?: ELIZABETH SEAGER suggests books of both kinds
Just a Squirt: GORDON Gow looks at the increasing range of domestic and industrial products packed in aerosols
Off the Footplate into the Fire:
KENNETH STOKES was a railway fireman but his good turn was misinterpreted f No Barriers: StSTER ROSE
GRAHAM was a member of the Red Cross Society relief team in Malaya. She talks to Tony Parker about her work for both sides during the terrorist emergency
Hold very tight please: some memories of a bus conductor by W. E. WATERS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes
Unknown:
Elixabeth Seager
Unknown:
Gordon Gow
Unknown:
Kenneth Stokes
Unknown:
Tony Parker
Unknown:
W. E. Waters

Tales from the Arabian Nights edited by Naomi Lewis
* Read by JOHN WESTBROOK
2: In which, in accordance with destiny, Sindbad the Porter is received and entertained by Sindbad the Sailor.

Contributors

Edited By:
Naomi Lewis
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 COLIN HAMILTON
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brooke-Stop
Introduced By:
Colin Hamilton

A panel game from the Midlands devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES. DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND
Recorded before an invited audience at The Commonwealth Institute. London
Repeated: Sunday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

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

A new history play for radio by Lydia Ragosin
with Joss Ackland, Murray Melvin
An accident or murder? The death of William Rufus while hunting in the New Forest remains a mystery; but there is one theory perhaps more sinister than any other ...
Friends of the King:
The action takes place in England and France in the reign of William Rufus between 1093. and 1100
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
(Joss Ackland is in "Hotel in Amsterdam" at the New Theatre, London)
See page 44

Contributors

Writer:
Lydia Ragosin
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Eadward:
Victor Lucas
Anselm Abbot of Bec:
Brian Haines
William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror:
Joss Ackland
Ranulf Flambard:
John Wyse
Sir Walter Tirel:
Haydn Jones
Count Robert of Meulan:
Francis de Wolff
Edmund:
John Bryning
Gilbert:
Alexander John
Geoffrey:
John Baddeley
Ralph:
Peter Williams
Richard, Robert of Normandy's illegitimate son:
Judy Bennett
Robert, Duke of Normandy and William's elder brother:
John Rye
Henry Aethling, William's younger brother:
Murray Melvin
Mahaut, Henry's mistress:
Lisa Harrow
Hugh, Earl of Chester:
Victor Lucas

Three Men in a Boat
To say nothing of the dog by JEROME K. JEROME abridged by Donald Bancroft
Read by RICHARD BRIERS
Produced by John Cardy
First of ten instalments Richard Briers is in ' The Real
Inspector Hound ' at the Criterion Theatre. London
George said, 'Let's go up the river.' Harris and I both said that was a good idea of George's. and we said it in a tone that seemed to somehow imply that we were surprised that George should have come out so sensible. The only one who was not struck with the suggestion was Montmorency (the dog). He never did care for the river, did Montmorency. We were three to one, however, and the motion was carried.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerome K. Jerome
Abridged By:
Donald Bancroft
Read By:
Richard Briers
Produced By:
John Cardy

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