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First in a selection of programmes from the weekly series which has been bringing you the voices of people concerned in the topics and troubles of today
Presented by JEAN METCALFE
Produced by Michell Raper
Next Tuesday:
Urban Motorways

Contributors

Presented By:
Jean Metcalfe
Produced By:
Michell Raper

presenting BILL McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with his guest, UNA McLEAN and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

A musical picture of the United States the country, its history and its people
Narrators: CHARLES CHILTON EDDIE MATTHEWS , ANN MURRAY
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Narrators:
Charles Chilton
Narrators:
Eddie Matthews
Narrators:
Ann Murray
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

by Richard Gordon adapted for radio in thirteen episodes by RAY COONEY starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow with Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Spratt
Episode 6:
The Captain's Problem
RAY Cooney as Jock Hornbeam EDWARD CAST as Colonel Smith
Guest star:
Peter Jones as Easter
Produced by DAVID HATCH
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse.
Northumberland Ave., London. W.C.2
Richard Briers Is in ' Cat Among the Pigeons' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Gordon
Unknown:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Unknown:
Simon Sparrow
Unknown:
Geoffrey Sumner
Unknown:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Jock Hornbeam
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Richard Briers

PETER BLACK, GERALDINE JONES , and DOUGLAS JOHNSON take a present-day look at some sounds and statements from the past preserved in the BBC Archives
Introduced by LESLIE DUNN
Produced by Richard Maddock

Contributors

Unknown:
Geraldine Jones
Unknown:
Douglas Johnson
Introduced By:
Leslie Dunn
Produced By:
Richard Maddock

A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
State Visit of the President of Finland:
The President is greeted by Her Majesty The Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh at Victoria Station and drives in state to Buckingham Palace. Scene described by GODFREY TALBOT and PETER BROMLEY
More Winners: JACK SINGLETON introduces more winning entries in Home This Afternoon's literary competition
Anti-Slaver: ALICE LADY HARRIS , now in her 100th year, recalls tier pioneering days as a missionary in the Congo
One Fell Swoop: PENNY LEDIGO rents an ancient cottage in the Lake District

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Godfrey Talbot
Unknown:
Peter Bromley
Introduces:
Jack Singleton
Unknown:
Alice Lady Harris

Theatricals
Memoirs and reminiscences compiled by DEREK PARKER
4: Ellen Terry
The Story of My Life
' The maxim is well worn that art is long and life is short, and there is no art, I think, which is longer than mine! At least, it always seems to me that no life can be long enough to meet its requirements. And anyway, I am afraid that I think as little of the future as I do of the past: the present for me! '
Reader, KATHLEEN HELME
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Unknown:
The Story
Produced By:
John Powell

Crucial events in the War at Sea reconstructed in thirteen episodes
11: Sortie to St. Nazaire
Raid on the Normandie Lock
Narrated by MICHAEL FLANDERS with Eric Francis and John Baddeley. Wilfrid Carter Brian Haines , Michael Spice Hector Ross members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Naval Historical Adviser, Lt.-Cmdr. Peter Kemp O.B.E., R.N. Ret.
Written and produced by JOHN BRIDGES

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Francis
Unknown:
John Baddeley.
Unknown:
Wilfrid Carter
Unknown:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Produced By:
John Bridges

An occasional series of programmes about great figures from the theatre of the past
Sarah Bernhardt by TOM ROTHFIELD with Irene Worth
Others taking part:
Cecile Chevreau , Betty Hardy Madi Hedd , Stephen Jack
Jim Norton. Charles Simon
Tim Seeley. James Thomason Ralph Truman , John Wyse
Narrator, DOUGLAS STORM
This portrait of the brilliant French actress who died in 1923, and whose life and personality were even more extraordinary than her controversial acting career, is compiled from contemporary documents and journals.
Produced by DOROTHY BAKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Bernhardt
Unknown:
Tom Rothfield
Unknown:
Cecile Chevreau
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Madi Hedd
Unknown:
Stephen Jack
Unknown:
Jim Norton.
Unknown:
Charles Simon
Unknown:
Tim Seeley.
Unknown:
James Thomason
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Narrator:
Douglas Storm
Produced By:
Dorothy Baker

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