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by BRIAN PRIESTLEY
Assistant Editor,
Birmingham Evening Mail
' The other side of the park ' is on the edge of one of the great immigrant areas of Birmingham. For many English people it is inhabited by a set of shadowy but stereotyped people known as Jamaicans, Pakistanis, and Indians.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Priestley

There's No Escape by Gerard Stuart with Patrick Barr , Olga Lindo Norman Claridge , Fraser Kerr Ex-convict Artie Rickets is the likely suspect for the safe-cracking at the factory in which he is night-watchman; but Rickets cannot be found, and when he is the police find that their job has only just begun.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Broadcast on Aug. 26. 1964 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard Stuart
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Olga Lindo
Unknown:
Norman Claridge
Unknown:
Fraser Kerr
Unknown:
Artie Rickets
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Det Chief Supt Arnott:
Patrick Barr
Artie Rickets:
Garard Green
Stanley Millbank:
Norman Claridge
Smithson, a cashier:
Peter Bartlett
Det -Sgt Murray:
Fraser Kerr
Fingerprint man:
Arthur Lawrence
Mrs Rickets:
Olga Lindo
' Sniffy ' Williams:
John Bryning
Det Chief Supt Herrick:
Frederick Treves
Alice Rickets Jo:
Manning Wilson
Lydia Markham:
Mary Wimbush
Anthony Frost:
Bruce Beeby
Mrs Grubb:
Eva Stuart

from the Parish Church of St. James, Belfast
Within the Octave of the Feast of St. Patrick
Patron Saint of Ireland sung by the choir of ST. ANNE'S CATHEDRAL
Introit: 0 most merciful (Wood) Responses (Tomkins)
Psalms: 98, 99, 100, 101 (Harty in A; Harry Grindle in F and C; Nicholson in G)
Canticles (Wood in D)
Lessons: Exodus 28, vv. 1-4, 29-38;
1 Timothy 3, vv. 1-13 (N.E.B.)
Anthem: Hail gladdening light
(Wood)
Hymn (I.C.H. 326): I bind unto myself today (St. Patrick)
Voluntary: 'Giant' fugue in D minor (Prelude on Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Schopfert (S.680) (Back)
Director of Music, HARRY GRINDLE
Organist, Norman Walker

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Grindle
Organist:
Norman Walker

Introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
Vic Feather: JOHN ELLISON continues his conversation with the man who has risen from being a flour-boy in the Co-op to high office in the T.U.C.
The Pan Players: SIDNEY HARRISON recalls a trip to Trinidad where he adjudicated at the Steel Band Championships
The Children's Newspaper: BRIAN DOYLE pays a tribute to Arthur Mee who started this publication fifty years ago
Dear departed smells: VERA DAY indulges a sniff of sentimentality over old lost homes

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Sidney Harrison
Unknown:
Brian Doyle
Unknown:
Arthur Mee

The House of the Seven Flies by Victor Canning adapted in five parts by HOWARD JONES
5: Through a thinning mist
' When you steal something it's easier not to know anything about the owner.'
Produced by ROGER PINE

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Canning
Unknown:
Howard Jones
Produced By:
Roger Pine
Edward Furse:
Michael Spice
Constanta Straatsma:
Stephanie Gathercole
Charlie Ponz:
David Brierley
Jan Beukleman:
John Wyse
Mama:
Kathleen Helme
Rohner:
Wilfrid Carter

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