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The Story of a Life
† Andrew CRUICKSHANK reads from William Barelav 's new translation of the Gospels
Mark 11. vv. 27-33: Matthew 11. vv 28-30; Luke 17. vv. 20-21; John 11. vv. 47-53: John 11, vv. 55-57; Luke 19. vv. 28-41

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Cruickshank
Unknown:
William Barelav

THE DIVIDING CELL by PROFESSOR W. S. BULLOUGH
Reproduction and Growth series
10.50 MUSIC WORKSHOP II
Follow-up
Written and produced by William Murphy
11.0 TIME AND TUNE
Introduced by JOHN CAMBURN
Sonos: Susy, little Susy; The Lortl
Song; The Weather Witch
Written and produced by Douglas Coombes
11.20 MAN
A new series about the nature of man and his culture
6: A day in the Bushman Camp by Margery Morris
Narrator, BARRY FOSTER
Produced by David Lyttle
11.40 KAOLIN FROM CORNWALL by PHILIP HOLLAND
Geography

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor W. S. Bullough
Produced By:
William Murphy
Introduced By:
John Camburn
Produced By:
Douglas Coombes
Narrator:
Margery Morris
Produced By:
David Lyttle
Unknown:
Philip Holland

A medical magazine introduced by Joan Yorke and including:
Specialist in the Studio: a G.P. answers listeners' questions
People who won't eat: Angela Pain reports on an unusual disease

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Yorke
Reporter:
Angela Pain
Producer:
Thena Heshel

by PENELOPE FARMER
Living Language series
2.20 POETRY CORNER
The Big Beasts
2.30 MUSIC WORKSHOP I
Follow-up: Music Workshop activities are practised and revised
Written and produced by William Murphy
2.40 LOOKING AHEAD
Your World
6: You and your Friends
Written by Colin Finbow

Contributors

Produced By:
William Murphy
Written By:
Colin Finbow

Ten programmes on child development, linked with an in-service study course prepared for residential staff by the Central Training Council for Child Care.
7: The Imaginative Life
What is the value of play to the child, and what are the kinds of play-fantasy and imaginative thinking to be expected from children of different ages who are functioning normally?
A discussion on some actual scenes of spontaneous play among children of different age-groups by HANSI KENNEDY , child psychotherapist, and DR. PENELOPE LEACH.
Produced by Dennis Simmons
Broadcast on November 17, 1967
Accompanying publication: p. 40

Contributors

Unknown:
Hansi Kennedy
Unknown:
Dr. Penelope Leach.
Produced By:
Dennis Simmons

Degree of Guilt by David Munro
When the Vice-Chancellor's son is thought to have cheated in his finals, certain members of the University staff may find themselves in a serious predicament.
Produced by HUGH STEWART
Wednesday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Munro
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
Patriarch of the Pits: WILL
PAYNTER, former General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers and now a member of the Commission for Industrial Relations, talks to Derek Cooper about his life and career tYou must have noticed....:
MARJORIE PROOPS takes a sideways look at this week's events
Away from it all (ii): more listeners' holiday questions answered by JEAN ROBERTSON of the Sunday Times and TED APPLETON
Talking Shop: George Villiers meets MARIKA HANBURY-TENISON , author of Soups and Hors d'oeuvres, who has been collecting cookery books and experimenting with recipes for as long as she can remember
Your letters

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Marjorie Proops
Unknown:
Jean Robertson
Unknown:
George Villiers
Unknown:
Marika Hanbury-Tenison

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
5: Famine in the Garrison followed by one of Thackeray's Ballads of Policeman X 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?
7: The Limit with guest star Irene Handl as Mrs. Main: 'Well, I wasn'actually spying on him, as they do on us, but one of our rooms does overlook their utility room and I just happened to see him packing the case with boots and shoes, not with china and glass as he maintains.'
But for the endless legal squabble between neighbours, Mr. Justice Broadbent would have been able to retire three years ago.
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Broadcast on Jan. 28, 1968 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Cecil
Unknown:
Andrew Cruickshank
Unknown:
Judge Cecil
Unknown:
Irene Handl
Unknown:
Mr. Justice Broadbent
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Rufus Catchpole, a millionaire:
John Wyse
His Counsel:
Ronald Herdman
Andrew Mellows, Counsel for Mrs Main:
Lockwood West
Mr Justice Broadbent:
Andrew Cruickshank
Mr Trumpington:
Victor Lucas
George Brent, his Counsel:
Haydn Jones
Lord Chief Justice:
Ralph Truman
Clerk of the Court:
Frank Henderson

REPORTS....
Northern
Ireland-
Order or Anarchy?
What is happening in Northern Ireland today as the result of last Monday's Election? What will happen in the future to these six counties of Ulster?
Produced by Alan Burgess
A series bringing you each week voices of people concerned with the topics and troubles of today

Contributors

Produced By:
Alan Burgess

Introduced by CHARLES DOUGLAS-HOME
MATTHEW COADY on Leisure and Pleasure in the Nineteenth Century by Stella Margetson
JANE McKERRON on Charles Booth's London by Albert Fried and Richard M. Elman
MONTAGUE HALTRECHT on Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
PAT WILLIAMS on In the Wake of Sea-Serpents by Bernard Heuvelmans
Produced by Patricia Brent

Contributors

Introduced By:
Charles Douglas-Home
Introduced By:
Matthew Coady
Unknown:
Stella Margetson
Unknown:
Jane McKerron
Unknown:
Albert Fried
Unknown:
Richard M. Elman
Unknown:
Montague Haltrecht
Unknown:
Eldridge Cleaver
Unknown:
Pat Williams
Unknown:
Bernard Heuvelmans
Produced By:
Patricia Brent

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
ANTONY BROWN introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post, BBC, London, W1A 1AA. For very late letters you can ring (01) - [number removed], extension 3030, and dictate your message.

Contributors

Introduces:
Antony Brown

Reger
Volkslied (Ein Vöglein singt im
Wald); Maiennacht; Einen Brief sollichschreiben;
Waldeinsamkeit CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano) ERIK WERBA (piano)
Recording made available by courtesy of Austrian Radio
Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major
Op. 71 No. 3
MACGIBBON STRING QUARTET Margot Macgibbon (violin) Lorraine du Val (violin) Anatole Mines (viola) Lilly Phillips (cello)
Broadcast on February 18, 1966

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Waldeinsamkeit Christa Ludwig
Violin:
Margot MacGibbon

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