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Two illustrated talks by NICHOLAS TUCKER
2: True Aim or Off Target?
The nineteenth century tended to tone down the sexual content of nursery rhymes; the twentieth century has been more concerned with their violence. Nicholas Tucker describes the most recent campaign in Britain. The True Aim Movement for Nursery Rhyme Reform, which was largely the creation of one man, Geoffrey Hall.
Readers, JAN EDWARDS and PETER BALDWIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Tucker
Unknown:
Nicholas Tucker
Readers:
Geoffrey Hall.
Readers:
Jan Edwards
Readers:
Peter Baldwin
Source: Radio Times
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The Road from Ruin by Frederick Benedict Germany at the end of the war: an English soldier and a German girl flee in front of the advancing Russians, attempting to find a refuge in western Germany. They face violence, ruin, and the chaos of war. but there are also obstacles within themselves.
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN

Contributors

Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Christa:
Glenda Jackson
Mike:
David Buck
Sarge:
Henry Stamper
Lofty:
Alaric Cotter
S S man:
Michael Deacon
Refugee:
Francis de Wolff
Source: Radio Times
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from the chapel of New College, Oxford
Introit: These Hours (Adrian Cru/t) Responses (Kenneth Leighton )
Psalms 65. 66, 67 (Turle and Elvev,
Ashfield, Christopher Gibbons )
Lessons: Numbers 14, vv. 11-24;
Romans 8, vv. 26-39
Canticles (Paul Drayton : Colleoium
Novum)
Anthem: Faire is the heaven
(Harris)
Hymn: Lead kindly light (E.H.
425: Alberta)
Organist and Choirmaster, DAVID LUMSDEN
Organ Scholar, Murray Somerville Assistant organist, John Schaeffer

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Leighton
Unknown:
Christopher Gibbons
Unknown:
Paul Drayton
Organist:
John Schaeffer
Source: Radio Times
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A family magazine introduced by Tim GUDGIN
No tunes left: STEVE RACE dispels a popular myth
Disabled for a day:
PEGGY ARCHER visits St. Loyes School of Occupational Therapy and talks to students
A nice cup of canal water:
SAM LOMAS talks to St. John Howell about his life on the canals
A bay called Godwit: another newsletter from JAMES McNEISH in New Zealand
Customers and connoisseurs?:
A. V. CHADWICK'S day in a wine shop
Award for heroes: H. RIVERS-
MOORE recalls an unusual presentation

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin
Unknown:
Peggy Archer
Talks:
Sam Lomas
Unknown:
John Howell
Unknown:
James McNeish
Source: Radio Times
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A case of medical detection
Written by ARTHUR SWINSON
' As the doctors were only too aware. until the causal agent had been identified, dealing with the outbreak as a whole presented appalling problems.'
The facts in this reconstructed account are authentic; only identities have been disguised to comply with medical etiquette.
Other parts: Geoffrey Brightman Frank Hatherley , Brian Miller Marah Stohl. Peter Wheeler Christopher Wilkinson Rosalie Williams
Produced by JOHN Coops

Contributors

Written By:
Arthur Swinson
Unknown:
Geoffrey Brightman
Unknown:
Frank Hatherley
Unknown:
Brian Miller
Unknown:
Marah Stohl.
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Christopher Wilkinson
Unknown:
Rosalie Williams
Produced By:
John Coops
Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Dr Kingsley:
Wilfred Harrison
Source: Radio Times

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