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A weekly magazine for amateur gardeners.
Introduced by John Street, including:
John Warren and Fred Webb on approved methods of using fertilisers in the garden.
George Gillard with advice on the week's work.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Street
Speaker:
John Warren
Speaker:
Fred Webb
Speaker:
George Gillard
Producer:
George Sigsworth

Un paso mas: 8: No hay mal que por bien no venga
Twenty lessons in spoken Spanish for those who already have a basic knowledge of the language.
Molina and Diez go to Sitges to visit Senor Morales's sick grand-mother and find a party in full swing.
Presented by Jacinta Castillejo and Pablo Soto
Broadcast on May 19 (Study on 3)

11.0 A Language in Your Luggage: 7: Fiesta
Fourteen programmes about Italy, Spain, France, and Germany for listeners planning holidays abroad this summer who have some knowledge of the language. Programmes 5-7 are devoted to Spain.
Written and presented by John Haycraft with Nina Epton
Broadcast on May 14 (Study on 3)

11.30 Deux Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret
Two stories by Georges Simenon dramatised in twenty episodes by Paul Couster, combined with language practice for those who already know some French.
Pierre Valmer as Maigret, Paulette Preney as Felicie
Felicie est Id: Part 6
Maigret takes Felicie to visit Petillon in hospital; Felicie is terrified by an unexpected encounter in a restaurant.
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS and Louis BLONCOURT
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3)

This week's Study on 3 and accompanying publications: page 38

Contributors

Presented By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto
Presented By:
John Haycraft
Unknown:
Deux Enquetes
Stories By:
Georges Simenon
Unknown:
Paul Couster
Unknown:
Pierre Valmer
Unknown:
Maigret Paulette Preney
Introduced By:
Katia Ellis
Introduced By:
Louis Bloncourt

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
BILL HARTLEY introduces:
MIKE KEMP of the Daily Sketch posing the question ' Guilty of Neglect? '
CHIEF SUPT. SHIRLEY BECKE , Head of the Metropolitan Women Police, on the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary
Stainless Steel and the Motor Car: a discussion on future developments together with topical news and at 12.23* the latest traffic report
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Introduces:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Mike Kemp
Unknown:
Shirley Becke
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

A spontaneous discussion by THE RT. HON. GEORGE BROWN. M.P. MARGARET THATCHER M.P. , PAUL JOHNSON
SIR HENRY JOHNSON
Chairman. David JACOBS
Produced by Michael Bowen from British Rail Locomotive Works. Derby
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. George Brown. M.P.
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher M.P.
Unknown:
Paul Johnson
Unknown:
Sir Henry Johnson
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

An Arm for England by Michael Drin in this story of a life and a death at sea
Produced by DAVID GEARY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Drin
Produced By:
David Geary
Sir Horatio Nelson:
John Bentley
Sam Sproule:
Lockwood West
Tom Scully:
John Bryning
Jonathan Parkes:
John Gabriel
Captain Ball:
Philip Morant
Captain Saumarez:
Michael Kilgarriff
Captain Berry:
Peter Williams
Captain Hardy:
John Pullen
Captain Troubridge:
Frederick Treves
William Pitt:
Godfrey Kenton
Lady Hamilton:
Gudrun Ure
Captain Blackwood:
Garard Green
Lieutenant Pasco:
Michael Deacon
Chief Surgeon Beatty:
Charles Simon

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
The devil with hill-climbing!
BA MASON
Sorts and conditions-the good neighbours
HILARY OSBORN
A comment on women fashion writers
MICHAEL PARKINSON
Fifty years a designer
JAMES NORBURY and Mollie Lee
At home with a poetess
RUTH PITTER and Marjorie Anderson
Dibs: In Search of Self by VIRGINIA M. AXLINE abridged by B. J. Salmon read by ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY
First of eleven instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Hilary Osborn
Unknown:
James Norbury
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Ruth Pitter
Unknown:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Virginia M. Axline
Abridged By:
B. J. Salmon
Read By:
Rosalie Crutchley

A radio happening with JIMMY EDWARDS , TED RAY TOMMY TRINDER CYRIL FLETCHER
In the chair, McDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest, JOAN TURNER from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
Broadcast on Aug. 25. 196& (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

International
Choral
Competition
FINALS
MIXED VOICE CLASS from Sweden, Mariakoren
Conductor. Bror Samuelsson v. from Switzerland, Choeur de la
Radio Suisse Romande
Conductor. Andrg Charlet
EQUAL VOICE CLASS from Finland,
Brahe Ojaknar Choir
Conductor, Gottfried Grasbeck v. from Yugoslavia,
Male Chamber Choir of Celje Conductor, Egon Kunej
YOUTH CLASS from Norway,
Sandefjord Jentekor
Conductor, Sverre Valen v.
Winning choir of the Semi-Final broadcast in the Music Programme last Wednesday
Adjudicators: KRISTIAN LANGE HANS KERKHOFF
THOMAS MATTHEWS
ALLEN PERCIVAL , ROGER VOLET
Introduced by MARTIN MUNCASTER
Produced by Anthony Philpott
Presented bv the BBC in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union

Contributors

Conductor:
Bror Samuelsson
Conductor:
Gottfried Grasbeck
Conductor:
Egon Kunej
Conductor:
Sverre Valen
Unknown:
Kristian Lange
Unknown:
Hans Kerkhoff
Unknown:
Thomas Matthews
Unknown:
Allen Percival
Introduced By:
Martin Muncaster
Produced By:
Anthony Philpott

by A.R. Rawlinson based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling
with Gary Bond, Gemma Jones, and Gary Watson
"I'll be a famous artist and everyone will have heard of Dick Heldar... We'll never leave each other, Maisie... we'll always belong to each other - for ever and ever and ever."
(Repeated: Monday, 3.15 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
Rudyard Kipling
Adapted by:
A.R. Rawlinson
Producer:
John Tydeman
Maisie:
Gemma Jones
Dick Heldar:
Gary Bond
Mrs Jennett:
Kathleen Helme
Toroenhow:
Gary Watson
Madame Binat:
Grizelda Hervey
Binat:
Leonard Fenton
Beeton:
Frederick Treves
Syndicate Principal:
John Gabriel
Nilghai:
Francis de Wolff
The Red-haired Girl:
Patricia Gallimore
Bessie:
Elizabeth Proud
Keneu:
Michael Spice

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