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On Your Farm visits the Milton Keynes area and investigates the social and agricultural problems involved in taking over 22,000 acres of land for a new city.
Arranged and introduced by Anthony Parkin
(Broadcast on May 31)

Contributors

Presenter/Arranged by:
Anthony Parkin

A weekly magazine for amateur gardeners introduced by JOHN STREET
WILL INGWERSEN and FRED WHIT-SEY give advice on the selection and growing of ground cover plants; GEORGE GILLARD talks about the week's work
Produced by George Sigsworth

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Street
Talks:
George Gillard
Produced By:
George Sigsworth

Un paso mas
Twenty lessons in spoken Spanish for those with a basic knowledge of the language.
19: El senor Diez llega a casa
Diez, still suffering from flu, arrives home with the Ruizs. and Seflor Molina drops in unexpectedly with a gift for the patient.
Presented by JACINTA CASTILLEJO and PABLO SOTO
Last week's broadcast (Study on 3)

Contributors

Unknown:
Seflor Molina
Presented By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto

Four programmes for amateur observers t4: Birds as musicians
The music historian Percy Scholes once wrote: ' There are two musical races in the world-the birds and the humans.' This theme is explored and illustrated by JOAN HALL-CRAGGS , with a contribution from TERRY GOMPERTZ
Presented by ERIC SIMMS
For a reading list send a large stamped addressed envelope to: Bird Sounds. [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Scholes
Illustrated By:
Joan Hall-Craggs
Presented By:
Eric Simms

Six programmes on the art and technique of the theatre, presented by R. D. SMITH , with contributions from experts with different experiences of the craft of staging a play.
1: The Playwright with JOHN ARDEN , ALAN PLATER ARNOLD RIDLEY , ROBERT SHAW
Broadcast in March (Study on 3) For a reading list send a stamped addressed envelope to: [address removed]
This week's Study on 3 and accompanying publications: page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Unknown:
John Arden
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Arnold Ridley

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
GEORGE Fox takes a look at the traffic troubles of Japan
A Plain Woman's Guide: JENNIFER BARLING with help for those who need it
The Sixth Serine: PATRICK MAC-NAGHTEN discusses intelligent anticipation together with topical news and at 12.23* the latest traffic report
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Introduced By:
George Fox
Unknown:
Jennifer Barling
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

with Jon Pertwee , Leslie Phillips Stephen Murray
A chronicle of events aboard H.M.S. Troutbridge written by LAWRIE WYMAN and involving RICHARD CALDICOT HEATHER CHASEN, TENNIEL EVANS MICHAEL BATES , LAWRIE WYMAN
Announcer, MICHAEL De MORGAN
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Broadcast on January 5 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Written By:
Lawrie Wyman
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans
Unknown:
Michael Bates
Unknown:
Lawrie Wyman
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

The Bad Samaritan
A play written for radio by Val Gielgud with Joan Matheson and Lewis Stringer
Scene: The village of Kingsbourne Parva in' the Home Counties.
Produced by VAL GIELGUD
Broadcast on June 20. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Janet Mortimer:
Joan Matheson
The Rev Humphrey Mortimer:
Lewis Stringer
Bill, his son:
Nigel Anthony
Joy, his daughler:
Patricia Gallimore
Sir Giles Fairweather:
Eric Anderson
Hugo Mortimer:
Peter Claughton
Mrs Binns:
Anna Burden
Mrs Trout:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Dr John Gale:
Walter Fitzgerald
Lady Fairweather:
Valerie Taylor
The Bishop:
Carleton Hobbs

from the Regions
† Introduced by OLIVE SHAPLEY including:
Profile of Dame Flora Robson who talks to HYLDA BAMBER
Away from it all: BARRIE and MARIANNE HESKETH tell Peter Wheeler about the new life which they have made for their family on the Island of Mull
Seasonal landlady: ELIZABETH CAYLEY describes how she has made her house work for her
Ideas in the air: with MOLLIE HARGREAVES , RICHARD BURSLEM, and ARNOLD YATES
Dibs: In Search of Self by Virginia M. Axline abridged by B. J. Salmon
Read by ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY
Last of eleven instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Dame Flora Robson
Unknown:
Marianne Hesketh
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Elizabeth Cayley
Unknown:
Mollie Hargreaves
Unknown:
Arnold Yates
Unknown:
Virginia M. Axline
Abridged By:
B. J. Salmon
Read By:
Rosalie Crutchley

'twixt ISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , DAVID NIXON
Tune-twisters from STEVE RACE
In the chair, Roy PLOMLEY
Devised and written by Ian Messiter
Produced by Peter Titheradge
Pre-recorded at The Paris Lower
Regent Street. London, S.W.I. Rptd.: Sun., 9.30 p.m. (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Peter Titheradge

from the Royal Albert Hall
London
VALERIE MASTERSON (soprano)
MARGARET CABLE (mezzo-soprano)
DUNCAN ROBERTSON (tenor)
JOHN HEDDLE NASH (baritone)
IAN WALLACE
(bass-baritone)
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader. Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARCUS Dods
Gilbert and Sullivan
Part 1: Excerpts from
Patience
7.49* The Sorcerer
8.6* lolanthe
Part 2 at 8.50 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Soprano:
Valerie Masterson
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Baritone:
John Heddle Nash
Bass-Baritone:
Ian Wallace
Conductor:
Marcus Dods

Flowering Cherry by Robert Bolt with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray
Apple trees in blossom, with a few white hens on the grass and some high white clouds in a blue sky; it's a sight for the gods, it's Shangri-la.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by RONALD MASON

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Denison
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Isobel Cherry:
Dulcie Gray
Tom Cherry:
Nigel Lambert
Gilbert Grass:
Hector Ross
Jim Cherry:
Michael Denison
Judy Cherry:
Jan Edwards
David Bowman:
Roger Gale
Carol:
Miriam Margolyes

Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod
One of the ancient clans of Scotland, the MacLeods trace their descent from the Norse Kings of Man. As the first woman chief and twenty-eighth of the line. Dame Flora lives in the Isle of Skye at Dunvegan Castle, occupied continuously by her family for more than 700 years. Her clan ' family ' are domiciled over the world, and in the last ten years'the time of her life'—Dame Flora (now aged ninety-one) has been to visit them.
Introduced and produced by ARCHIE P. LEE

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Flora MacLeod
Produced By:
Archie P. Lee

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