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Freezing and Storing Food
As food prices increase, more people are growing their own fruit and vegetables or considering buying perishable foods in bulk. There are many ways of storing surplus food to prevent expensive waste - freezing, bottling, jam and pickle making, even drying! To help you match product with process, prime you on procedure and warn you of pitfalls, Gwen Conacher and Janet Warren.
In the Chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Conacher
Unknown:
Janet Warren.

by David Wheeler
[Starring] BBC Drama Repertory Company
with Timothy Bateson as Leonard

Leonard is an elderly commuter, outspoken and friendly, a nuisance to his fellow-travellers; but he has something on his mind...

(Saturday's broadcast)

Contributors

Writer:
David Wheeler
Director:
Margaret Etall
Leonard:
Timothy Bateson
Man opposite:
Anthony Newlands
Terry:
Heather Bell
Mother:
Anne Rosenfeld
Clergyman:
William Eedle
His wife:
Elizabeth Bell
Student:
Brian Hewlett
Elderly Man:
Jonathan Scott
George:
Rod Beacham

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
On the Beach: ANDY PRICE finds ways of exploring and discovering.
2.0-2.2 News
'Project Tiger': ANN WRIGHT tells MALCOLM BILLINGS Of the Indian Wild Life Board's work. After ' Watership Down ': RICHARD ADAMS talks tO HENRY KELLY about the pleasures of a successful writer's life.
Last Will and Testament: BILL THOMAS , solicitor, bequeaths to MOLLY PRICE-OWEN the importance and knowledge of making a will.
Long Road to Freedom (7)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Ann Wright
Talks:
Richard Adams
Unknown:
Henry Kelly
Unknown:
Bill Thomas
Unknown:
Molly Price-Owen

Waxing Lyrical
Peter Clayton investigates some of the lyric writers' favourite themes in popular song.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Clayton
Producer:
Christine Hardwick

A weekly series of poetry programmes compiled and presented by Patric Dickinson
Poems read by ELIZABETH BELL and SEAN BARRETT
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Patric Dickinson
Read By:
Elizabeth Bell
Read By:
Sean Barrett
Producer:
Christopher Venning

Another chance to hear a selected edition from this series. The Man Who Never Was starring
Peter Sellers , Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan
With the RAY ELLINGTON QUARTET MAX GELDRAY , WALLY STOTT AND
HIS ORCHESTRA
Announcer WALLACE GREENSLADE Script by SPIKE MILLIGAN and LARRY STEPHENS
Producer charles CHILTON
(First broadcast in Feb 1958)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Ray Ellington
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Unknown:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Larry Stephens
Producer:
Charles Chilton

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