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The classic novel of the sea by Richard Henry Dana arranged for radio in ten parts by HOWARD JONES
Read by JOHN ROWE
1: Round the Horn
Produced by Brian Hulme
Broadcast in Story Time on March
22, 1968
Richard Henry Dana. born in 1815 into a distinguished New England family, inherited his father's literary talents, and it was while studying at Harvard that an eye infection prevented him from carrying on with his studies. He decided that time spent away from all forms of study might be the cure, and became an ordinary seaman on the brig Pilgrim bound from Boston to California via Cape Horn The experiences of this nineteen-year-old youth, recounted with much humour. brought about a greater understanding of the sailor's life and had repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Henry Dana
Read By:
John Rowe
Produced By:
Brian Hulme
Unknown:
Richard Henry Dana.

by BRIAN HARRISON
Fellow and Tutor in Politics and History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Victorian pubs, Victorian drinking -they are something of a legend, from Dickens to the music-hall ballads and the temperance tracts. How far does the reality of drink in the Victorian era fit the popular myths?
Broadcast on February 3 (Third)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Harrison

The Travels of Maudie Tipstaff by Margaret Forster adapted for radio and produced by GUY VAESEN
When Maudie Tipstaff ' loses ' her husband she decides to spend a third of the year with each of her grown-up children.
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Maudie Tipstaff
Unknown:
Margaret Forster
Unknown:
Maudie Tipstaff

A family magazine introduced by Steve Race and including:
All the Winners!: Jack Singleton announces the results of Home This Afternoon's competition to write a poem on 'Summer' or 'A Letter to a New-born Child'
A Hundred Years of 'Marge': Zena Skinner traces the story of margarine - invented by a French chemist in 1869 on the orders of Napoleon III
The modest matinee idol: Matthew Norgate remembers Owen Nares
From Crusading to Char-ing: Honor Wyatt suggests some new books for your library list.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Zena Skinner

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe abridged by NEVILLE TELLER as an eight-part reading
Read by NORMAN RODWAY
Part 2: In which 1, wretched Robinson Crusoe. cast away on a desert island with no companion to share my solitude, order my existence, and come to a better understanding of Heaven's wondrous ways when I am blessed with a true miracle.
Produced by Ronald Mason
Broadcast on August 26. 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Robinson Crusoe
Unknown:
Daniel Defoe
Abridged By:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Norman Rodway
Produced By:
Ronald Mason

ANONA WINN. JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH. PETER GLAZE 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
Repeated: Thursday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

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

by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton with John Hurt
' Here lies the body of George Dillon. aged thirty-four—or thereabouts-who thought, who hoped, he was that mysterious ridiculous being called an artist.'
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
See page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
John Osborne
Unknown:
Anthony Creighton
Unknown:
John Hurt
Unknown:
George Dillon.
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Josie Elliot:
Patrlcia Gallimore
Ruth Gray:
Mary Wimbush
Mrs Elliot:
Eva Stuart
Norah Elliot:
Joy Osborne
Percy Elliot:
Malcolm Hayes
George Dillon:
John Hurt
Geoffrey Colwyn-Stuart:
James Thomason
Mr Webb:
Peter Williams
Barney-Evans:
Alan Dudley

The News
Background to the News
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