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presenting BILL McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing and the ' BBC SCOTTISH RADIO Orchestra Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conductor:
Iain Sutherland
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

A panel game controlled (!) by NICHOLAS PARSONS in which
KENNETH WILLIAMS , DEREK Nimmo
GERALDINE JONES , CLEMENT FREUD try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by Ian Messiter
Produced by David Hatch
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse.
Northumberland Ave... London. W.C.2 Derek Ntmmo is in ' Charlie Girl' at the Adelphi Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Derek Nimmo
Unknown:
Geraldine Jones
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Derek Ntmmo

American Humour
A series of eight readings chosen and abridged by MARVIN KANE
7: My Life As A Sports Widow from the book Bottoms Up by CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER
Reader, SARAH BRACKETT
Produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Abridged By:
Marvin Kane
Reader:
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Reader:
Sarah Brackett
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

Tonight's evening paper of the air
South-East '68: more of the year's headline-makers talk about the stories that made them front-page news
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk-Stop Press Introduced by TIM GUDGIN and MERYL O'KEEFE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin
Introduced By:
Meryl O'Keefe

Adapted for radio in twenty parts by VAL GIELGUD from four of the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester with
Norman Shelley , John Bennett BOOK 3:
Hornblower and the Hotspur 5: The Treasure Fleet
Produced by TREVOR HILL
Book 4, beginning nert week, is ' Lord Hornblower '

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
John Bennett
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Horatio Hornblower:
John Westbrook
Admiral Lord Hornblower (story-teller) and Commander Horatio Hornblower:
John Westbrook
Maria, his wife:
Vida Paterson
Mrs Mason:
Norma Wilson
Mr Foreman, Signal-Midshipman:
Bruce Bould
Lt William Bush:
John Bennett
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis:
Norman Shelley
Captain Graham Moore:
Graham Tennant
James Doughty, the Steward:
Geoffrey Banks
Mr Carron, the Consul:
Geoffrey Banks

Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENEE HOUSTON. DIANA DORS KATHARINE WHITEHORN RITA MERKRLIS
In the chair, ANONA WINK
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter
Produced by John Cassels
Pro-recorded at The Playhouse
Northumberland Ave... London, W.C.I
Repeated: Thursday, 12.25 p.m. Be Reasonable!, a male reply: Sat., 7.0 p.m.; Tues., 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Dors
Unknown:
Katharine Whitehorn
Unknown:
Rita Merkrlis
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
John Cassels

A second programme on the regiments of the British Army which have lost their old identity by amalgamation into a new large regiment or by disbandment
Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks recalls these regiments by their regimental marches, their his tory and traditions
Singers, WILLIAM SMITH LESLIE FYSON
Piano, Leslie Pearson
Produced by Francis Dillon

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Brian Horrocks
Singers:
William Smith
Singers:
Leslie Fyson
Piano:
Leslie Pearson
Produced By:
Francis Dillon

The News followed by THE WORLD IN 1968
A review of the year presented by ANTHONY KING and JOHN TUSA introducing headline voices of 1968 from s
A Current Affairs production by Mike Chaney and Alan Thompson This programme will be issued as a gramophone record by BBC Radio Enterprises early in the New Year See page 44

Contributors

Presented By:
Anthony King
Presented By:
John Tusa
Production By:
Mike Chaney
Production By:
Alan Thompson

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