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A symposium on singers with the recorded voices of Maria CALLAS , BARONESS CEDERSTRÖM ASTRA DESMOND... MARY GARDEN TITO GOBBI, JOAN HAMMOND
LOTTE LEHMANN. RICHARD lewis
PETER PEARS. ODA SLOBODSKAYA
GÉRARD SOUZAY, JOAN SUTHERLAND DAME MAGGIE TEYTE, CARRŒ TUBB
DAME EVA TURNER
Narrated by ROY WILLIAMSON
Produced by Madeau Stewart from the BBC Sound Archives

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Callas
Unknown:
Joan Hammond
Unknown:
Lotte Lehmann.
Unknown:
Richard Lewis
Unknown:
Peter Pears.
Unknown:
Joan Sutherland
Produced By:
Madeau Stewart

The Arts Council has just sponsored a tour of towns in Lancashire by the novelists Iris Murdoch and Julian Mitchell , the poet Adrian Henri. and the playwright John McGrath. They have been to libraries, schools, and colleges, and have been holding public meetings to discuss problems and ideas about the job of writing and reading.
RONALD EYRE reports, with recorded illustration, on the activities of this week in the North
Produced by Russell Harty

Contributors

Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Adrian Henri.
Unknown:
John McGrath.
Unknown:
Ronald Eyre
Produced By:
Russell Harty

The world famous story by JONATHAN SWIFT
Read in six parts by MAX ADRIAN
4: The Land of the Giants
Having escaped death by shipwreck and death by exhaustion Gulliver enters Royal Service. He finds life easier but no less odd ...
Broadcast on August 3, 1967

Contributors

Story By:
Jonathan Swift
Unknown:
Max Adrian

LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Leopold
Conducted by MICHAEL MOORES
CEDRIC DUMONT
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING ORCHESTRA
Conducted by OIVIND BERGH
Recordings made available by courtesy of Swiss and Norwegian Radios

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Leopold
Conducted By:
Michael Moores
Conducted By:
Cedric Dumont
Conducted By:
Oivind Bergh

on Richard Attenborough who recalls the highlights of his career from teenage actor to film director, with soundtrack illustrations and comments from SIR JOHN CLEMENTS and SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER
Written and introduced by PETER MATTHEWS
Produced by Lyn Fairhurst

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Unknown:
Sir John Clements
Unknown:
Sir Laurence Olivier
Introduced By:
Peter Matthews
Produced By:
Lyn Fairhurst

for the Friday in Easter Week from St. Paul's
Roman Catholic Church,
Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham
Celebrant and Preacher, FR. COLIN MITCHELL
Readings: 1 Peter 3, vv. 18-22;
Matthew 28, vv. 16-20
Hymns: Now at the Lamb's high royal feast: Christians, to the Paschal Victim: Almighty Father, take this bread: Of our soul's sincere and heavenly bread: Battle is o'er, hell's armies flee
The combined choirs of St. Teresa's and St. Augustine's Junior Schools
Organist, JOHN Thorne
The action of the Mass described by FR. JOSEPH DAVIS , M.S.F.S.

Contributors

Organist:
John Thorne
Unknown:
Fr. Joseph Davis

tA family magazine introduced from Northern Ireland by MICHAEL BAGULEY
Honesty is much easier: PATRICIA LINDSAY learns a hard lesson from her children
Talking about Roses: Eric Mayne with the heads of two famous rose-growing families, PAT DICKSON and SAM MCGREDY
The Model: NITA HARDIE reads Peggy Heavey 's story of how she was chosen to ' sit' for an Art School
Country courting has changed -says MICHAEL J. MURPHY
Traditional Irish Music sung and played by ROBIN MORTIN and CATHAL MCCONNELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Baguley
Unknown:
Patricia Lindsay
Unknown:
Eric Mayne
Unknown:
Pat Dickson
Unknown:
Nita Hardie
Unknown:
Peggy Heavey
Unknown:
Michael J. Murphy
Played By:
Robin Mortin
Played By:
Cathal McConnell

Ten programmes arranged for radio by Julia Small
Narrator, Neil Freeman
with Hilda Schroder, Madeleine Vacher, John Bennett, Brian Trueman, John Linstrum

She literally almost lost her head over a love affair before she was sixteen. Ten years later she was accused of complicity in a rival's murder, even though by now she had the pick of the world's eligible males to choose from. She kept them dangling for a quarter of a century - for the first Elizabeth knew better than to marry one and set the rest against her...

Contributors

Arranged by:
Julia Small
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Narrator:
Neil Freeman
[Actress]:
Hilda Schroder
[Actress]:
Madeleine Vacher
[Actor]:
John Bennett
[Actor]:
Brian Trueman
[Actor]:
John Linstrum

Repeated: Monday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Writer:
Edward J. Mason
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Perks:
Hilary Newcombe
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Roger Travers-Macy:
Jeremy Mason
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Dr McLaren:
Duncan McIntyre

Danzi: Wind Quintets
B flat major, Op. 56 No. 1 E minor, Op. 67 No. 2
NEW YORK WOODWIND QUINTET Samuel Baron (flute)
Ronald Roseman (oboe) David Glazer (clarinet) Ralph Froelich (horn)
Arthur Weisberg (bassoon) gramophone records

Contributors

Flute:
Samuel Baron
Oboe:
Ronald Roseman
Clarinet:
David Glazer
Horn:
Ralph Froelich
Bassoon:
Arthur Weisberg

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