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Introduced by MARJORIE ANSDERSON
Why do people tell lies?
ELIZABETH WEBB investigates
Poetry Choice
MARJORIE ANDERSON
Parisian agency with difference
JOHN CHANCELLOR
Reading your letters
America's anti-smoking campaign
DR. DANIEL HORN and ELSPETH WEIR
BASIL and PHYLLIS BOOTHROYD read
Stay Married' Abroad by BASIL BOOTHROYD
Sixth of seven instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Ansderson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Webb
Unknown:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
John Chancellor
Unknown:
Dr. Daniel Horn
Unknown:
Elspeth Weir
Unknown:
Phyllis Boothroyd
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd

A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title
Second Round
Featuring each week three winners from the first round of the contest
Chairman: FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
4: Midlands and North of England
ARTHUR Scruton , Gloucestershire Civil Servant
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN , Lancashire Antique Dealer
NOEL FAGAN , Cheshire Sales Manager
Including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants
Devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Produced by Joan Clark
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Arthur Scruton
Unknown:
Michael Bernstein
Unknown:
Noel Fagan
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

by Richard Gordon
Adapted for broadcasting in thirteen parts by RAY COONEY starring
Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow
Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt
13: To Pass or Not to Pass
RAY COONEY as Tony Benskin EDWARD CAST as Taffy Evans DENNIS RAMSDEN as Dean DENIS MCCARTHY as Padre
Guest star:
Irene Handl as Mrs. Clarke
Produced by DAVID HATCH
Broadcast September 17. 1968
(Radio 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Gordon
Unknown:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Unknown:
Simon Sparrow
Unknown:
Geoffrey Sumner
Unknown:
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Unknown:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Tony Benskin
Unknown:
Taffy Evans
Unknown:
Dennis Ramsden
Unknown:
Dean Denis McCarthy
Unknown:
Irene Handl
Produced By:
David Hatch

featuring Roy Hudd with SHEILA BERNETTE
NORMAN PERCIVAL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Announcer, PAT DOODY
Written by David Nobbs , Eddie Foxall Chic Jacob and Les Lilley Brian O'Shea , Tony Aspler Tony Rich , Tony Fletcher
Produced by Edward TAYLOR
Sunday's broadcast
Roy Hudd is in ' The Giveaway' at the Garrick Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Unknown:
Sheila Bernette
Unknown:
Norman Percival
Written By:
David Nobbs
Written By:
Eddie Foxall
Written By:
Chic Jacob
Written By:
Les Lilley
Unknown:
Brian O'Shea
Unknown:
Tony Aspler
Unknown:
Tony Rich
Unknown:
Tony Fletcher
Produced By:
Edward Taylor
Unknown:
Roy Hudd

Ian Wallace introduces listeners' requests played by the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARcus DODS with BELLE GONZALEZ
JOSEPH COOPER (piano) and this week's guest personality: Wolf Mankowitz
Produced by David Rayvern Allen
A BBC World Service production

Contributors

Introduces:
Ian Wallace
Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Unknown:
Belle Gonzalez
Piano:
Joseph Cooper
Produced By:
David Rayvern Allen

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