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by Mavis Budd, abridged by Frances Hitchins
Read by Gina Curtis
Produced by John Cardy
First of five instalments

'I can't see any harm in having their photos taken,' said mother. 'It isn't as if it's for a calendar.' 'It ent nice!' Granny persisted. 'Stark raw! And without a stitch! I don't hold with it, no more I don't.'

The incredible Budd family, first serialised in 1967 in The Simple Life, are back with further adventures.

Contributors

Author:
Mavis Budd
Abridged by:
Frances Hitchins
Reader:
Gina Curtis
Producer:
John Cardy

A look at some of the last outposts of steam locomotion which modernisation of the railways has left behind
Introduced by PETER WHEELER
1: The Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch Light Railway
Produced by Don Mosey
See page 40

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Wheeler
Produced By:
Don Mosey

To top the bill at this theatre is an accolade sought by artists aU over the world
GALE PEDRICK , who for many years sat in the stalls as a London theatre critic, takes his seat again at the Palladium He re-creates some of its history and recalls some of the famous voices heard there, including: BOB HOPE, TED RAY
BUD FLANAGAN. ARTHUR ASKEY JOE DAVIS , CHRISTOPHER STONE SOPHIE TUCKER , WILL FYFFE
Produced by Helen Fry
See page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Bud Flanagan.
Unknown:
Arthur Askey
Unknown:
Joe Davis
Unknown:
Christopher Stone
Unknown:
Sophie Tucker
Produced By:
Helen Fry

A musical wander through the decade, and a word or two about some of the outstanding events
The records recall many of the world's all-time standards of popular music-the shows, the films, the radio performances, the million sellers
Written and introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Additional research by Bill Sullivan
Produced by Mark White
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Bob Holness
Unknown:
Bill Sullivan
Produced By:
Mark White

The Iron Duchess by William Douglas Home adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Athene Seyler
The action takes place in the drawing-room of Cranshaws Castle, the seat of the Duke of Whitadder. The time is the not-so-distant past.
Faced by a desperate challenge to law and order on the domestic front, the Duchess of Whitadder resorts to ' strong-arm ' tactics to quell the insurrection at its source.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Broadcast on October 8. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Wells
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Jean, the parlourmaid:
Jean Marlow
Collins, the butler:
Peter Claughton
The Duke of Whitadder:
Ronald Ward
Mr Sass, the Gimaltan Minister:
Howard Goorney
The Duchess of Whitadder:
Athene Seyler
The Marquess of Cranshaws, her son:
Terence Alexander
The Rt. Hon. Percy Garvald, MP.,Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs:
Felix Felton
Mary Garvald, his daughter:
Barbara Barnett
The Rev William Twitworth:
Geoffrey Lumsden
Mrs Twitworth:
Rosamund Greenwood

Bank Holiday edition introduced by Tim GUDGIN
Sir Adrian Boult-eighty tomorrow-talks to DEREK PARKER
A room full of spiders: St. John Howell went to see JOHN CROKER , arachnologist
Farmer wife: JENNIFER SEWELL , wife of a top diplomat and mother of two children, tells Michael Gilliam how she runs a 480-acre farm on her own, and serves as the only woman on the National Farmers' Union Council
A blotted page: LADY INGLEDY-MACKENZIE recalls a wedding attendant who didn'quite behave as planned
And the last word comes from BASIL BOOTHROYD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin
Introduced By:
Sir Adrian Boult-Eighty
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
John Howell
Unknown:
John Croker
Unknown:
Jennifer Sewell
Unknown:
Michael Gilliam
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd

A musical quiz devised by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane
DAVID FRANKLIN and FRANK MUIR challenge
IAN WALLACE and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, STEVE RACE
Graham Dalley at the keyboard

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Graham Dalley

by Christopher Fry adapted for radio by MARTIN JENKINS with Keith Michell
Maurice Denham , Mary Morris The action of the play takes place in the year 1200 B.C.. alternating between the Pharaoh's palace and Miriam's tent.
Other parts:
David Brierley , Alaric Cotter
Produced by MARTIN JENKINS
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Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Fry
Unknown:
Martin Jenkins
Unknown:
Keith Michell
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Mary Morris
Unknown:
David Brierley
Unknown:
Alaric Cotter
Produced By:
Martin Jenkins
Seti 11, the Pharaoh:
Maurice Denham
Anath Bithiah, his sister:
Mary Morris
Ramases, his son:
David Spenser
Teusret, his daughter:
Nicola Jenkins
Moses:
Keith Michell
Miriam, his sister:
Pauline Letts
Shendi, Miriam's son:
Nicholas Edmett

by JUDITH LISTOWEL
Reports from a tour just ended 1: The Sudan
' The Sudan was fascinating-I interviewed everyone, including: the great-grandson of the Mahdi, who lives in Omdurman in a style worthy of the Princes of India. But he took a good degree at Oxford and is astonishingly progressive, and is leader of the opposition to the Government ...1
Uganda: Tuesday, 10.45 p.m.

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