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A weekly magazine for amateur gardeners
Introduced today by JOHN STREET
D. T. CLAY JONES talks about the growing of sweet peas and JOHN WRIGHT gives advice on vegetables with particular reference to weed control and spacing widths
GEORGE Gillard gives a guide to the week's work
Produced by George Sigsworth

Contributors

Unknown:
John Street
Talks:
D. T. Clay Jones
Talks:
John Wright
Unknown:
George Gillard
Produced By:
George Sigsworth

Un Paso Mas
A new course of twenty lessons for those who already have a basic knowledge of the language.
1: EI senor Diez va a un congreso
Presented by JACINTA CASTILLEJO and PABLO Soto with ANTONIO Lopez , ROSA Barbany and FERNANDO AGÓS
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paso Mas
Presented By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto
Unknown:
Antonio Lopez

The last programme in a series about English writing and writers
21: What Nextr
DAVID Grugeon discusses with students and tutors the opportunities for further study after the A-Level examinations and looks ahead to the Open University.
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3) Enquiries about the correspondence course should be addressed to the National Extension College, 8 Shaftcsbury Road. Cambridge

Contributors

Unknown:
David Grugeon

Two stories by GEORGES SIMENON dramatised by Paul Couster
PIERRE VALMER as Maigret
Le chien jaune: Part 9
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS and Louis Bloncourt with GEORGES LAMBERT
JEAN WLADON , ELMA SOIRON
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3) This week's Study on 3 and accompanying publications: page 50

Contributors

Stories By:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised By:
Paul Couster
Dramatised By:
Pierre Valmer
Introduced By:
Katia Ellis
Introduced By:
Louis Bloncourt
Unknown:
Georges Lambert
Unknown:
Jean Wladon
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
BILL HARTLEY introduces
RUPERT Townshend-Rose : a legal warning: mind how you go
DONALD NORFOLK on the pleasures of cycling
HARRY HEYWOOD of Practical Motorist with the third of four simple maintenance guides together with topical news and
12.23* the latest traffic report
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Introduces:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Rupert Townshend-Rose
Unknown:
Harry Heywood
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

A spontaneous discussion by RT. HON. ENOCH POWELL M.P. , BERNARD LEVIN
DR. DAVID KERR M.P. , JOYCE GRENFELL
Chairman, DAVID JACOBS
Produced by Michael Bowen from The Congress Theatre. Eastbourne. Sussex
Last Friday's broadcast (Radio 2)
Listeners' views for use In Any Answers? ' (Thursday at 8.45 p.m.. Radio 2 should be addressed to the BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR, marked ' Any Answers? '

Contributors

Unknown:
Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell M.P.
Unknown:
Bernard Levin
Unknown:
Dr. David Kerr M.P.
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

Maugham the Storyteller
The Alien Corn by W. Somerset Maugham
Adapted for radio by ERIC EWENS
Other parts:
Hilda Kriseman , Frederick Treves
Pianist. Paul Hamburger
In Art, the difference between the amateur and the professional is immeasurable. Neither great riches nor burning passion can bridge the gap, and this knowledge may prove more bitter than some caD bear.
Produced by ARCHIE Campbell

Contributors

Radio By:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Hilda Kriseman
Pianist:
Frederick Treves
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
the storyteller:
Carleton Hobbs - replaced by Alan Wheatley
Ferdy Rabenstein:
John Wyse
Sir Adolphus Bland:
Cyril Luckham
Muriel, his wife:
Grizelda Hervey
::
Martin Jarvis

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
What I like about today
NICHOLAS TOMALIN , Ann Jellicoe LORD ARRAN
Columnist writes a novel
RODERICK MANN
House-buying
NORMAN TOZER
The River by FREDERICK MCMANUS read by JAMES McManus
See page 51

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Nicholas Tomalin
Unknown:
Ann Jellicoe
Unknown:
Roderick Mann
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Unknown:
Frederick McManus
Read By:
James McManus

A male reply to Petticoat Line
Col. Sammy Lohan
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON DAVID SYMONDS JOHN TAYLOR 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.2
Shortened version: Tues., 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Col. Sammy Lohan
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
David Symonds
Unknown:
John Taylor
Produced By:
John Cassels

Brian Priestman conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family, with SHEILA ARMSTRONG (soprano)
Introduced by Roy Williamson
Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from The Barber of Seville (Rossini); Goyescas (Granados); Pique Dame (Suppe); and Four Cornish Dances by Malcolm Arnold

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Priestman
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Sheila Armstrong
Introduced By:
Roy Williamson
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Malcolm Arnold

The Bitter Conquest
A play adapted from her novel by Charity Blackstock with David March
Effie Morrison , Bryden Murdoch Gudrun Ure , Douglas Murchie
In 1750. four years after the Battle of Culloden, there is an uneasy peace between the English and the Highlanders in Inverness. Jamie Macdonald, mutilated by the English troops at Culloden, continues to wage a desperate battle against them on Culloden Moor. The English: The Scots:
The Singer: MARGARET FRASER The Piper:
Pipe-Major DONALD MACLEOD
Produced by AUDREY Cameron
Broadcast on February 3. 1964
Repeated: Monday, 3.15 p.m.
See page 49

Contributors

Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Singer:
Margaret Fraser
Unknown:
Major Donald MacLeod
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
The General:
Godfrey Kenton
Captain Adams:
David March
Captain Trevor:
Arthur Bolano
The Sergeant:
Stephen Thorne
Duncan Moir:
Douglas Murchie
Helen Moir:
Gudrun Ure
Jamie Macdonald:
Bryden Murdoch
Christian Forbes:
Effie Morrison
Murdoch Forbes:
Sheila Donald
A soldier:
John Shedden
A jailor:
John Shedden
First woman:
Sheila Latimer
Second woman:
Sheila Donald

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