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7.10 South-East News
7.15 On Your Farm: a report on this year's Royal Smithfield Show which ended its five-day run in London yesterday
Arranged and introduced by ANTHONY PARKIN
7.45 Today's- Papers
7.50 Outlook retlecting matters of Christian interest and concern
7.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Anthony Parkin

8.10 South-East News
8.15 From Our Own Correspondent
BBC Correspondents talk about the news. its background, and the people who make it
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
8.45 Today's Papers
8.50 Yesterday in Parliament
8.59 Weather

A weekly magazine for amateur gardeners introduced by JOHN STREET Hedges: GEOFFREY SMITH
Winter work on the lawn:
IAN GREENFIELD
Garden Centres: PETER SEABROOK
Week's Work: GEORGE GILLARD
Produced by GEORGE SICSWORTH

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Street
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Peter Seabrook
Produced By:
George Sicsworth

A course in Spanish based on some of the best known Spanish writers
10: La novela picaresca
The pícaro is a working-class rogue, pitting his wits against his masters and the society in which he lives. Extracts from La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes and La vida del buscón.

5: Scientific Education -
Meeting the Nation's Needs
DR EDMUND KING , Reader in Comparative Education at King's College, London, introduces this examination of scientific education in Britain and abroad, in the light of technological and social change and existing educational needs. For publications see page 50

Contributors

Reader:
Dr Edmund King

A weekly survey of the world of motoring introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Winter Tyres: MARTYN WATKINS explains their types and uses The Motor Trade Jungle: the Ringers Tale by WALTER PRIEST The Institution of Highway Engineers: PAT GREGORY reports this year's National Conference together with topical news and at 12.23* the latest traffic report Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Martyn Watkins
Unknown:
Pat Gregory
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

A spontaneous discussion by LORD SOPER
RT HON JEREMY THORPE , MP RT HON IAIN MACLEOD , MP LADY RACHEL BILLINGTON Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Harborne and Quinton Community Centre, Birmingham Listeners' views for use in Any Answersr should be addressed to the BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR, marked Any Answers?

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Thorpe
Unknown:
Iain MacLeod
Unknown:
Lady Rachel Billington
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

Sailor, Sailor by WILLIAM INGRAM
' It's not the water that's flowed under the bridge is the worry. It's the water that's been dammed up and never had the chance to flow anywhere at all! ' and Other parts TALFRYN THOMAS Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
William Ingram
Unknown:
Talfryn Thomas
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Llew Davies:
Meredith Edwards
Caen Davies:
Christine Pollen
Teifian Davies:
Willlam Ingram
Sailor Davies:
Glyn Houston
Thomas Thomas:
Haydn Jones
Gwladys Thomas:
Jan Edwards

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Guest: Professor Frank George Professor of Cybernetics at Brunei University
A Spot of Novelty-transforming a kitchen: ELIZABETH KENDALL
Our vanishing hedgerows: JEAN GOODMAN investigates
Bookshelf: Houdini: the Untold Story, by MILBOURNE CHRISTOPHER and ELISABETH BERESFORD
Sentimental Journeys: AUDREY BUTLER , ETHEL TAYLOR , and LUCIE STREET
A Kind of Magic: written and read by MOLLIE HARRIS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Professor Frank George
Unknown:
Elizabeth Kendall
Unknown:
Jean Goodman
Unknown:
Elisabeth Beresford
Unknown:
Audrey Butler
Unknown:
Ethel Taylor
Read By:
Mollie Harris

Eloar The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
4.17* Bruch Scottish Fantasia DAVID OISTRAKH (violin)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JASCHA HORENSTEIN
4.49* Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf ERIC PORTER (narrator) THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH
5.15* Rachmaninov Symphony No 3. in A minor
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Violin:
David Oistrakh
Conducted By:
Jascha Horenstein
Conducted By:
Prokofiev Peter
Narrator:
Wolf Eric Porter
Conducted By:
Igor Markevitch
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy

Hubert Gregg offers a tribute to the Master including selections from
Conversation Piece, Operette, Sigh No More, Bitter Sweet, Private Lives, Tonight at 8.30, and featuring, on disc, Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in a scene from Red Peppers. with RAE WOODLAND, CHERRY LIND LESLIE FYSON. ROBERT DOCKER BBC CHORUS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by MARCUS DODS Produced by ALAN OWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Unknown:
Noel Coward
Unknown:
Gertrude Lawrence
Unknown:
Lind Leslie Fyson.
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conducted By:
Marcus Dods
Produced By:
Alan Owen

by Noel Coward
with Moira Lister and Edward de Souza
This production is one of the many tributes to Noel Coward on the occasion of his 70th birthday - a time of celebration which he himself recently described, with charming irreverence, as Holy Week!
Adapted for radio by Cynthia Pughe.
(Repeated: Monday, 3.15 pm)
("Enjoy yourself as much as possible....": page 15)
followed by an interlude.

Contributors

Written by:
Noel Coward
Adapted by:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced by:
Norman Wright
Sibyl Chase:
Gudrun Ure
Elyot Chase:
Edward de Souza
Victor Prynne:
Peter Tuddenham
Amanda Prynne:
Moira Lister
Louise:
Lorna Philippe

A late-evening conversation in Which LEILA BERG , BRIAN JACKSON and PETER MASON freely exchange thoughts, opinions. ideas, and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
Produced by JOHN MUSGRAVE

Contributors

Unknown:
Leila Berg
Unknown:
Brian Jackson
Unknown:
Peter Mason
Produced By:
John Musgrave

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