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for undkr-sevens: Let's join in-a New Year story. ' The Old Woman pays her Bills,' written for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe
11.20 IF YOU WERE A CHILD IN AUSTRALIA. ' Living in Sydney-a city in Australia,' by Kate Lee
11.40 TALKS for SIXTH FORMS, This term critics discuss some famous novels which give a picture of social life in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ' War and Peace.' by Tolstoy. Script by E. M. Forster

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe
Talks:
Kate Lee
Script By:
E. M. Forster

TRAVEL TALKS. The British Empire. ' The Way to India: Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope and finds the sea route from Europe to India.' Script by Silvia Goodall
2.20 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques Oberlin. Programme varié
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. Dramatic reading from ' The Tower of London.' by Harrison Ainsworth , adapted by Jo Manton. 1 — ' Lady Jane Grey 's Imprisonment '

Contributors

Script By:
Silvia Goodall
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin.
Unknown:
Harrison Ainsworth
Adapted By:
Jo Manton.
Adapted By:
Lady Jane Grey

with Holt and Maurice, Ted Andrews and Barbara, Max and Harry Nesbitt. Jack Warner , Anne Shelton , Revnell and West. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer, John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Andrews
Unknown:
Harry Nesbitt.
Unknown:
Jack Warner
Unknown:
Anne Shelton
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Norman Wooland.
Producer:
John Sharman.

(to say nothing of the dog)
Jerome K. Jerome's famous book dramatised for radio by John Jowett. With Naunton Wayne as 'J.,' Basil Radford as 'Harris,' and Hubert Gregg as 'George.' Music composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smith. Produced by Vernon Harris
Other parts played by Fred Yule, Joan Young. Ian Sadler, John Jowett, Bill Stevens, and Doris Gilmore. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Alan Crooks.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerome K. Jerome
Unknown:
John Jowett.
Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Basil Radford
Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Composed By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Produced By:
Vernon Harris
Played By:
Fred Yule
Played By:
Joan Young.
Played By:
Ian Sadler
Played By:
John Jowett
Played By:
Bill Stevens
Played By:
Doris Gilmore.
Unknown:
Alan Crooks.

A radio dramatisation of the book by Brigadier James Hargest , C.B.E., D.S.O. , M.C. Robert Wynd -ham, as Brigadier Hargest , tells the story. Special musical score by Harold Noble. Dramatised and produced by Joel O'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
James Hargest , C.B.E., D.S.O.
Unknown:
M.C. Robert Wynd
Unknown:
Brigadier Hargest
Unknown:
Harold Noble.
Produced By:
Joel O'Brien

Series of special programmes starring leading British, American, and French swing combinations. 4-' A date with Johnny.' Alistair Cooke introduces the Johnny Guarnieri Trio: Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Slam Stewart (bassI, and Sidney Catlett (drums).

Contributors

Introduces:
Alistair Cooke
Unknown:
Johnny Guarnieri
Piano:
Johnny Guarnieri
Piano:
Slam Stewart
Piano:
Sidney Catlett

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