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A weekly magazine for amateur gardeners
Introduced by ROY HAY including:
F. R. MCQUOWN giving advice on climbers for north walls
A. R. PASKE on Asparagus
GEORGE GILLARD with a guide to the week's work
Produced by George Sigsworth

Contributors

Introduced By:
Roy Hay
Unknown:
F. R. McQuown
Unknown:
A. R. Paske
Unknown:
George Gillard
Produced By:
George Sigsworth

Second Year Russian
Twenty lessons in spoken Russian, planned in conjunction with the University of Essex.
Written and presented by L. M. O'TOOLE
18: Who's for a Swim?
With MARINA RYAN, TANIA KELIM VICTOR GREGORIY
VLADIMIR CZUGUNOW , IGOR YELTSOV
† Last week's broadcast (Study on 3)

Contributors

Presented By:
L. M. O'Toole
Unknown:
Marina Ryan,
Unknown:
Tania Kelim
Unknown:
Victor Gregoriy
Unknown:
Vladimir Czugunow

A series about English writing and writers, planned in conjunction with a National Extension College correspondence course.
18 :The Clerk's Tale
In the last programme about Chaucer's Canterbury Tales DAVID GRUGEON introduces the story of a patient and much-tried wife.
Script by Elizabeth Dixon
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3)

Contributors

Introduces:
David Grugeon
Script By:
Elizabeth Dixon

Two stories by GEORGES SIMENON , dramatised in twenty episodes by Paul Couster , are combined with language practice for those who already know some French.
PIERRE VALMER as Maigret
Le chien jaune
Part 6: Dr. Michoux has been put in prison for his own protection and is visited by Maigret in his cell; the tramp with the big' feet is still at large, but 4here is news of Jean Servieres.
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS and LOUIS BLONCOURT
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3) This week's Study on 3 and accompanying publications: page 44

Contributors

Stories By:
Georges Simenon
Unknown:
Paul Couster
Unknown:
Pierre Valmer
Unknown:
Jean Servieres.
Introduced By:
Katia Ellis

BILL HARTLEY introduces:
DUDLEY NOBLE on his book Milestones in a Motoring Life
MICHAEL KEMP of the Daily Sketch to discuss the 1969 driving test
HARRY HEYWOOD of Practical Motorist for the first of four simple maintenance guides together with topical news and at 12.23* the latest traffic report
1 Produced by Jim Pcstridge

Contributors

Introduces:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Unknown:
Harry Heywood
Produced By:
Jim Pcstridge

A spontaneous discussion by RT. HON. EDWARD DU CANN. M.P. MARY GOLDRING , WILLIAM DAVIS LORD WILLIS
Chairman. DAVID JACOBS
Produced by Michael Bowen from the Athenaeum Arts Centre, Warminster
Last Friday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
M.P. Mary Goldring
Unknown:
William Davis
Unknown:
Lord Willis
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

The Centurion
A radio play by Arthur Swinson
The extraordinary attacks made by the Rev. Michael Grant , Vicar of St. Luke's upon his parishioners during his sermons of which he is quite unaware, cause great concern in the diocese of Bilchester. The solution to the mystery links the days of the Roman occupation of Britain with the present.
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Play By:
Arthur Swinson
Unknown:
Rev. Michael Grant
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
The Rev Michael Grant:
John Pullen
Betty Grant:
Jan Edwards
Gordon Talbot, a churchwarden:
Malcolm Hayes
The Bishop of Bilchester:
Carleton Hobbs
Janet, his secretary:
Marjorie Westbury
The Rev Henry King:
Denis McCarthy
James Neill, a local newspaper editor.......................:
Basil Jones
Jill Harrison:
Eva Haddon
Julia Stringer:
Gretta Gouriet
Miss Appleby:
Betty Hardy
Canon Quintus:
Francis de Wolff

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Slimming diets and how they are presented in the press
Sheila Black, Winifred Carr, Dr. Michael Winstanley, M.P. and Dr. William Thomason
Starting a collection of old maps: Hugh Scully
Organising a baby-sitting group: Alison Denny
Napoleon III in exile: Ernest Weal and Kay Evans
Repertory Theatres: Gordon Gow

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Sheila Black
Unknown:
Winifred Carr
Unknown:
Dr. Michael Winstanley
Unknown:
Dr. William Thomason
Unknown:
Hugh Scully
Unknown:
Alison Denny
Unknown:
Ernest Weal
Unknown:
Kay Evans
Unknown:
Gordon Gow

A radio competition for bands
Round 2: Programme 3
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
Conductor.
WALTER B. HARGREAVES v.
Hammond Sauce Works Band
Conductor, GEOFFREY WHITHAM
Adjudicators. HARRY MORTIMER CAPTAIN TREVOR L. SHARPE FRANK WRIGHT
Introduced by JOHN DUNN
Produced by William Relton

Contributors

Conductor:
Walter B. Hargreaves
Conductor:
Geoffrey Whitham
Unknown:
Harry Mortimer
Unknown:
Captain Trevor L. Sharpe
Unknown:
Frank Wright
Introduced By:
John Dunn
Produced By:
William Relton

A male reply to Petticoat Line
TERENCE ALEXANDER CYRIL FLETCHER
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON BRIAN MATTHEW take the masculine point of view in answer to the Petticoat Line broadcast last week
In the chair. MICHAEL SMEE
Produced by John Cassels
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse
Northumberland Ave., London, W.C.
Sliortcned version: Tiies., 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Alexander
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Brian Matthew
Produced By:
John Cassels

Montague Phillips 18851969
A programme of his music including Overture, Revelryr Finale from Piano Concerto No. 2. in E major: and excerpts from The Rebel Maid. witn
RAE WOODLAND (soprano)
BENJAMIN LUXON i baritone)
LIZA FUCHSOVA (piano)
BBC CHORUS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conducted by VILEM TAUSKY
Introduced by ROY WILLIAMSON
Produced by John Meloy

Contributors

Unknown:
Montague Phillips
Soprano:
Rae Woodland
Soprano:
Benjamin Luxon
Piano:
Liza Fuchsova
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conducted By:
Vilem Tausky
Introduced By:
Roy Williamson
Produced By:
John Meloy

True and Lawful Queen
A play for radio by Alison Plowden with Kathleen Helme as Katherine of Aragon The place: England.
The time: May 1527-January 1538 Other principal parts: with Patricia Gallimore and David Brierley
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Plowden
Unknown:
Kathleen Helme
Unknown:
Patricia Gallimore
Unknown:
David Brierley
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
Henry VIII:
Hector Ross
Francisco Felipez, confidential servant to Katherine:
Frank Duncan
Don Iniyo de Mendoza, Imperial Ambassador in England:
David March
Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York.:
Francis de Wolff
Cardinal Campeggio, Papal Legate:
Peter Tuddenham
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury.........:
Lockwood .West
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester:
Brian Haines
Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry and Katherine...:
Rosalind Shanks
Eustace Chapuys, Imperial Ambassador:
John Pullen
The Duke of Norfolk:
Alan Dudley
Lord Mountjoy:
Godfrey Kenton
Thomas Cromwell, Secretary to the King ..............:
John Graham
The Duke of Suffolk:
Peter Pratt
Griffiths, usher to Katherine:
Basil Jones

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