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In 1866 the Diana was trapped for the winter in the Arctic ice. Michael HYDE has compiled from the journal of the ship's surgeon the story of her feat of endurance
GEOFFREY BANKS as Narrator COLIN EDWYNN as C. E. Smith
First broadcast in Talkabout (Radio
4: North)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Hyde
Narrator:
Colin Edwynn

WILFRID THOMAS recently visited Tunisia, once the centre of an empire and now emerging from centuries of decline to face the pressures of a tourist-conscious state on the fringe of Middle Eastern politics.
With recordings of the music and people he met, Wilfrid Thomas offers his view of Tunisia Unveiled
Produced by Denys Gueroult

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfrid Thomas
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

The Lawn Tennis Championships
Commentary by MAX ROBERTSON and MAURICE EDELSTON from the Centre Court and Number 1 Court, with summaries and comments by FRED PERRY , ALF CHAVE , and BILL Threlfall
Results and latest news from the other courts given by Basil Curtis
From the All England Lawn Tennis Club

Contributors

Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Commentary By:
Maurice Edelston
Unknown:
Fred Perry
Unknown:
Alf Chave
Unknown:
Basil Curtis

A Shilling for Candies
A play by Rex Rienits adapted from the novel by Josephine Tey with Denys Hawthorne as Detective-Inspector Grant
' I felt so bad about it I came back. When ( found she wasn'anywhere on the road, I thought she must still be on the beach. And then I saw the police car, and the ambulance ... '
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Play By:
Rex Rienits
Novel By:
Josephine Tey
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Detective-Inspector Grant
Produced By:
Betty Davies

A family magazine introduced by POLLY ELWES and including:
Number One Boy: EDWARD WARD. former Reuters correspondent and BBC reporter, comes into the studio to talk about his autobiography published today
The men who wait: JILL PEARson describes the Mines Rescue Station at Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire where day and night the men wait for a call they hope will never come
Nose for a Story: RONALD DAVIS, at five years old, really wanted to know tDemon Drink: ALICE MAY
COLLIS recalls how it entered her family and affected her own life

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes adapted for radio by Angela Jesson
Read by MICHAEL Tudor BARNES
5: Hue and Cry
A degree, wandering in limbo, and a promise for the future.
Produced by Anthony Cornish
Michael Tudor Barnes is a National Theatre player

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Brown
Unknown:
Thomas Hughes
Unknown:
Angela Jesson
Read By:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Produced By:
Michael Tudor Barnes

ANONA WINN, JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH. PETER Glazi with a mystery guest and DAVID FRANKLIN in the chair
Produced by Bobby Jaye
Pre-recorded at The Paris, Lower
Regent Street. London, S.W.I

Contributors

Unknown:
Adamson Norman Hackforth.
Unknown:
Peter Glazi
Unknown:
David Franklin
Produced By:
Bobby Jaye

by Ugo Betti
' And bit by bit the goats themselves fall in love with the goat-herd. They keep their eyes fixed on him, and never move away from him. they-butt him gently.' with Rosalie Crutchley as Agata
Produced by ALAN Ayckbourh
See page 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Ugo Betti
Unknown:
Rosalie Crutchley
Produced By:
Alan Ayckbourh
Edoardo:
Brian Miller
Pia:
Heather Stoney
Angelo:
Michael Graham Cox
Silvia:
Elisabeth Sladen

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Gilbert PHELPS introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post. BBC, London. [Postcode removed]. For very late letters you can ring (OD-[number removed], extension 3030, and dictate your message.

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