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by PENNY WHITTAM
Nursery Rhymes: music selected and arranged by Vera Gray
Repeated: Thursday, 9.55 a.m.
11.20 MUSIC WORKSHOP II
There is to be a celebration in the village and it will be attended by no less than His Worship the Mayor.
Songs: Our village: Ballad
Written and produced by William Murphy
11.40 EAT YOUR SWEET, APE
A play by ROBERT LAMB
The first of two programmes exploring the theme of community and man's need of his fellow human beings
The Sixth Form series: Religion
In its Contemporary Context

Contributors

Arranged By:
Vera Gray
Produced By:
William Murphy
Play By:
Robert Lamb

The boyhood of Genghis Khan (died 1227)
Written by Rhoda Power
World History series
2.20 MUSIC SESSION ONE
The Pirates of Penzance
WILLIAM Appleby rehearses the overture and some of the songs in Act 1
Produced by Jenyth Worsley
2.40 EUROPE AND THE CONGO
Written by Dennis Buckle f Geography: Radiovtslon

Contributors

Unknown:
Genghis Khan
Written By:
Rhoda Power
Produced By:
Jenyth Worsley
Written By:
Dennis Buckle

Highlights from the Sunday show including:
Celebrities in the News
STEVE Race reviews a current soundtrack LP. and scenes from Pendulum starring GEORGE PEPPARD and JEAN SEBERG
Adaptation by David Rider Introduced by PETER HAIGH
Written and produced by Lyn Fairhurst
Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast (Radio 2)

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Unknown:
George Peppard
Unknown:
Jean Seberg
Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Produced By:
Lyn Fairhurst

A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
President of the Royal Academy: SIR THOMAS MONNINGTON talks to Derek Parker about his work
On a Grand Scale: SONYA CAL-LINGHAM meets the people who cater for anything from a garden party for 8,000 to Cruft's Dog Show and Wimbledon
A Hero of Waterloo: FRANCES COLLINGWOOD tells the story of Copenhagen, a horse
Your letters

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Talks:
Sir Thomas Monnington
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Frances Collingwood

Travellers in Africa
A series of six readings
5: Mary Kingsley : Journey to the Rembwe River Chosen and abridged by Barry Campbell from the book Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley
Reader. NICOLETTE BERNARD
Produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Kingsley
Abridged By:
Barry Campbell
Reader:
Mary Kingsley
Reader:
Nicolette Bernard
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in The Ship That Wagged Its Tail with NORMA RONALD , JOHN GRAHAM
Written by EDWARD TAYLOR and JOHN GRAHAM
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
Broadcast on March 1, in the BBC
World Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
John Graham
Written By:
Edward Taylor
Written By:
John Graham
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

A series of general knowledge quiz contests between schools taking part in a sixth-form Hellenic Cruise last December aboard the S.S. Uganda and recorded as she sailed to and through the Mediterranean
Chairman, STEVE RACE
Tonight's preliminary round:
St. John's College, Southsea v.
Burton-on-Trent
Girls' High School
Produced by David Allan
Repeated: Thursday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Produced By:
David Allan

A series of programmes about non-eonformers who by precept and example helped to change the society in which they lived
Instrument of the Truth
A study of William Thomas Stead
1849-1912 and the case of ' The Maiden Tribute
Written by MICHAEL HARDWICK and MOLLIE HARDWICK
Narrated by C. R. HEWITT
... Like John the Baptist, he ' constantly spoke the truth, rebuked vice and patiently endured for the truth's sake '
ADMIRAL LORD FISHER until Denys Hawthorne as W. T. Stead and Pauline Letts. Barbara Mitchell
Ronald Herdman. Anthony Jackson and Peter Williams
Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
William Thomas Stead
Written By:
Michael Hardwick
Written By:
Mollie Hardwick
Unknown:
C. R. Hewitt
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
W. T. Stead
Unknown:
Pauline Letts.
Unknown:
Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman.
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson
Unknown:
Peter Williams
Produced By:
John Powell

on India: the Rich and the Poor
Compiled and introduced by JOSEPH HONE
On a recent visit to India Joseph Hone met ministers and ex-ministers. professors and students, maharajahs and left-wingers, industrialists and steam-engine drivers-the rich and the poor. In this report he talks to them about the problems and conflicts in their country today.
Produced by Alan Burgess

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joseph Hone
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

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