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A medical magazine introduced by JOAN YORKE
Specialist in the Studio: a rheumatologist answers listeners' questions
Enlarged prostates: DR. Richard LANGDALE talks about treatments for this common complaint
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Yorke
Talks:
Dr. Richard Langdale
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

Ten programmes on child development, linked with an in-service study course prepared for residential staff by the Central Training Council for Child Care.
6: Dependence and Autonomy One of the most important aspects of a child's development is the gradual move from the total dependence of infancy to the comparative independence of adult Jife.
How can the child's dependency needs best be met in the residential setting, and what are some of the ways in which he can be helped towards the autonomy required of him in adult life?
A discussion between
JAMES ROBERTSON , research worker in child development and DR. PENELOPE LEACH
Produced by Dennis Simmons
Broadcast on November 10. 1967

Contributors

Unknown:
James Robertson
Unknown:
Dr. Penelope Leach
Produced By:
Dennis Simmons

A Call from Stephanie by Hugh Stewart adapted by GERRY JONES
Stephanie Gibson , who had left Ledford for the gay lights of London, returns in a desperate hurry to raise some money to enable her to get to America before the gangsters who are after her can kill her. She stirs up some old and long-forgotten troubles ...
Produced by MARTIN ESSLIN
Wednesday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Stewart
Adapted By:
Gerry Jones
Adapted By:
Stephanie Gibson
Produced By:
Martin Esslin

Chinese restaurants are now an established part of the British way of life. But is the same true of the Chinese themselves? Do they consider themselves ' permanent ' residents? Have they found the 'good life ' in this off-shore European island of ours?
Introduced by GERALD HARRISON
Produced by Bob Houlton
See page 38

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gerald Harrison
Produced By:
Bob Houlton

A family magazine introduced by Steve Race and including:
Going to the Pictures: Peter Davalle reviews some of the films you can see this month, including The Lion in Winter; Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell; Where Eagles Dare; and Funny Girl; and meets Omar Sharif
You must have noticed ... : Marjorie Proops takes a sideways look at this week's events
Women at the wheel: Dennis Lower talks to Joyce Wilkins about her book What every woman ought to know about men and motors
How does your garden grow?: Polly Duckham found both pleasures and problems in the garden she and her husband acquired recently
Your letters

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Peter Davalle
Unknown:
Marjorie Proops
Talks:
Dennis Lower
Unknown:
Joyce Wilkins
Unknown:
Polly Duckham

The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan
Thackeray's comic novel adapted for broadcasting and produced by TERENCE TILLER
A series of seven readings by VICTOR LUCAS
4: In Disguise followed by Thackeray's poem The Ballad of Bouillabaisse read by FREDERICK TREVES

Contributors

Produced By:
Terence Tiller
Unknown:
Victor Lucas
Read By:
Frederick Treves

by Henry Cecil
Andrew Cruickshank as Judge Cecil, in thirteen cases from his London County Court - Fact or Fiction?

with guest stars Raymond Huntley as Mr. Blandish, an incensed connoisseur of food and drink suing a very expensive hotel
Denys Blakelock as Mr. Crabtree, a longwinded lawyer trying to prove that the hotel and its restaurant were not wholly inadequate as claimed

Contributors

Writer:
Henry Cecil
Producer:
H.B. Fortuin
Judge Cecil:
Andrew Cruickshank
Mr. Blandish:
Raymond Huntley
Mr. Crabtree:
Denys Blakelock
Mr. Benton, Counsel for Mr. Blandish:
Lockwood West
Girl in the reception:
Carol Marsh
Mr Cutworthy, the manager:
Rolf Lefebvre
A waiter:
Antony Viccars

bringing you each week voices of people concerned with the topics and troubles of today
The Killer Diseases
Cancer, bronchitis, and coronary thrombosis are the three killer diseases of our time. What hope does modern science offer for the future?
Produced by Alan Burgess

Contributors

Produced By:
Alan Burgess

1862-1934 tA portrait of the composer drawn from the writings and recorded memories of those who knew him by RAYMOND NEWPORT
Narrator, DUNCAN MCINTYRE
Recorded voices:
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM , BASIL DEAN BENNO MOISEIWITSCH , ERIC FENBY NORAH SCOTT-TURNER
Music on gramophone records conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM and Sir MALCOLM SARGENT
Produced by Maurice Brown
See page 39

Contributors

Narrator:
Raymond Newport
Narrator:
Duncan McIntyre
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
Delius:
Felix Felton
Clare, his sister:
Betty Hardy
Jelka, his wife:
Martina Mayne

Introduced by CHARLES DOUGLAS-HOME
WILLIAM PLOWDEN on The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester
CLAIRE TOMALIN on Body and Clothes by R. Broby-Johansen , and Sense Relaxation by Bernard Gunther with photographs by Paul Fusco
ALEX HAMILTON on The Unfortunates by B. S. Johnson
Produced by Patricia Brent

Contributors

Introduced By:
Charles Douglas-Home
Introduced By:
William Plowden
Unknown:
William Manchester
Unknown:
Claire Tomalin
Unknown:
R. Broby-Johansen
Unknown:
Bernard Gunther
Unknown:
Paul Fusco
Unknown:
Alex Hamilton
Unknown:
B. S. Johnson
Produced By:
Patricia Brent

Schubert Geheimnis (Sag'an, wer lehrt dich
Lieder?)
Dass sie hier gewesen Des Sangers Habe
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) ERNEST LusH (piano)
Broadcast on December 31. 1985
Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major.
Op. 64 No.
DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET Colin Sauer , Peter Carter
Keith Lovell. Michael Evans
Broadcast on July 14. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Schubert Geheimnis
Unknown:
Dass Sie Hier Gewesen
Unknown:
Des Sangers Habe
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Unknown:
Colin Sauer
Unknown:
Peter Carter
Unknown:
Keith Lovell.

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