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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
Originally broadcast in the series
Radio Four Reports ...

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joseph Hone
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

presenting BILL MCCUE in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with his guest STEPHANIE VOSS and the BBC Scottish RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Ian Tyre Conducted by OWAIN ARWEL HUGHES produced by Eddie Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McCue
Unknown:
Stephanie Voss
Leader:
Ian Tyre
Conducted By:
Owain Arwel Hughes
Produced By:
Eddie Fraser

by Richard Gordon adapted for radio in thirteen episodes by RAY COONEY starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow
Episode 9:
To Bed or Not to Bed
RAY COONEY as Tony Benskin NORMA RONALD as Wendy Swithinbank DENNIS RAMSDEN as Colonel Brown DAVID JASON as Harris EDWARD CAST as the Waiter
Produced by DAVID HATCH
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse.
Northumberland Ave... London. W.C.2
Richard Bners 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:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Tony Benskin
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
Wendy Swithinbank
Unknown:
Dennis Ramsden
Unknown:
Colonel Brown David Jason
Unknown:
Harris Edward
Produced By:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Richard Bners

by Edith Wharton adapted for radio in ten parts by EILEEN CULLEN with Eileen Atkins and Stephen Thorne
1: A Box at the Opera
A matter of family honour in New York society in the 1870s.
Produced by R. D. SMITH
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Wharton
Unknown:
Eileen Cullen
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

A family magazine introduced by Tim GUDGIN and including:
Way down in Tennessee: SONYA CALLlNGHAM introduces some of the people she met on a recent visit to Nashville
Never in the Credits: MARTIN LYDER , stand-in. stuntman, and double, talks to Peter Davalle about his life in films
'He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast ':
MARGARET LEDGER attends a service for the blessing of animals at St. Paul's, the actors' church in Covent Garden market
Your letters

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tim Gudgin
Unknown:
Martin Lyder
Unknown:
Peter Davalle

Theatricals
Memoirs and reminiscences compiled by DEREK PARKER 7: Before I Forget being the autobiography of a Chevalier d'Industrie 1861-1923, written by Albert Chevalier
An earnest actor with his art in touch.
Long may he give us genre quite old Dutch.
Reader, LEONARD FENTON
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Written By:
Albert Chevalier
Reader:
Leonard Fenton
Produced By:
John Powell

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A musical wander through the decade, and a word or two about some of the outstanding events
The records recall many of the world's all-time standards of popular music—the shows, the films, the radio performances, the million sellers.
Written and introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Additional research. Bill Sullivan
Produced by Mark White
Broadcast on December 19. 1968

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sullivan
Produced By:
Mark White

A radio script about Princess Caroline of Brunswick (later the Queen-Consort of George IV) and her secret trial of 1806 by NEVILLE BRAYBROOKE
with Hana-Maria Pravda, David March, Raf de la Torre with Lynn Carson, Wilfrid Carter, Garard Green, Malcolm Hayes, Diana Robson, Hector Ross
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Neville Braybrooke
Unknown:
Lynn Carson
Unknown:
Wilfrid Carter
Unknown:
Garard Green.
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Unknown:
Diana Robson
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Harris:
Raf de la Torre
George Prince of Wales:
David March
Princess Caroline:
Hana-Maria Pravda
Lady Douglas:
Grizelda Hervey
William Cule:
Alan Barry
Sir John Douglas:
Godfrey Kenton
Betty Townley:
Kathleen Helme
Thomas Lawrence:
Raiph Truman
Capt Thomas Manby:
James Mellor

Many children are born so handicapped that they must quickly die or at best live miserably for a while unless they are given constant and expensive care. There are probably no more such casualties than there used to be—many were hidden away-but there are certainly more survivors. What now is done, could be done, should be done: what would it cost, and who would pay?
In the studio: DR. STEPHEN BLACK. Director of a research unit in the field of psychophysiology (chairman): THE RT. HON. J. ENOCH POWELL , M.B.E-. M.P.. as formerly a Minister of Health; ALLEN FIELD. Headmaster, the Shaftesbury Society's Corey Hill School; R. B. ZACHARY. F.R.C.S., paediatric surgeon and Chairman of the Spina Bifida Trust; ELIZABETH CLEVERDON SKELLON. who has worked for some years in this field: with recorded contributions from others, including both sufferers and their parents
Produced by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell
Unknown:
R. B. Zachary.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Cleverdon Skellon.
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

A series of five talks about how Britain's foreign policy needs to be adapted to the country's changed circumstances in the world.
2: The Matter of Britain
What is foreign policy about?
What is our dip]omatic effort designed to do-and to whom? And what are our priorities: defence, the balance of payments, Europe? PETER JENKINS of The Guardian talks to senior past members of the Foreign and Commonwealth Service, LORD GORE-BOOTH. G.C.M.G., SIR HAROLD BEELEY. K.C.M.G., and SIR FRANK ROHERTS. G.C.M.G., who have been engaged in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jenkins
Unknown:
Harold Beeley.
Unknown:
Sir Frank Roherts.

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