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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS, by Ann Driver
11.20 CITIZENSHIP. ' 'Have you thought about ...?'' The People who Cater for Holidays.' by H. M. Burton
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. ' What is Involved in Planning?': a discussion between Professor G. D. H. Cole and listeners on questions raised during the series

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Talks:
H. M. Burton

TRAVEL TALKS. How the World Lives: ' Eskimos in the Arctic.' by E. W. Manning . An explorer tells you how she lived and travelled in the Arctic
2.20 LET'S join IN-' The Bubble Man,' a Chinese story written for broadcasting by Pauline Pidgeon
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. ' Quentin Durward ,' by Sir Walter Scott , dramatised by Honor Wyatt . Part 3

Contributors

Unknown:
E. W. Manning
Unknown:
Pauline Pidgeon
Unknown:
Quentin Durward
Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Dramatised By:
Honor Wyatt

Reports (followed by running commentaries) by Stewart MacPherson on the British Open Golf Championship from Hoylake; by Raymond Glendenning and Max Robertson on the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships from Wimbledon; and by John Snagge on Henley Royal Regatta

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart MacPherson
Unknown:
Raymond Glendenning
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
John Snagge

(Request Week)
'Bunkle Butts In' by M. Pardoe. A shortened version of the serial voted top of Request Week in all Regions. Produced by Nan Macdonald from the original adaptation by Bertha Lonsdale

Contributors

Author:
M. Pardoe
Adapted by:
Bertha Lonsdale
Producer:
Nan MacDonald
Colonel de Salis:
Robert Marsden
Mrs de Salis:
Jessica Dunning
Robin:
Peter Johnson
Jill:
Patricia Windle
Bunkle:
Billie Whitelaw
Aunt Georgia:
Rosemary Horstmann
Captain James:
Norman Somers
Mr Bentham:
Fred Fairclough
Newman:
Herbert Smith
Bill:
William Price
Narrator:
Michael Acton-Bond

including racing results, cricket scores, and special reports on: Lawn Tennis: The All-England Championships, by F. H. Grisewood.
From Wimbledon
Golf: The final day of the Open Championship, by Henry Longhurst.
From Hoylake
Rowing: The Henley Royal Regatta, by John Snagge. From Henley

Contributors

Unknown:
F. H. Grisewood.
Unknown:
Henry Longhurst.
Unknown:
John Snagge.

A Weekly Survey
Sir Paul Butler , K.C.M.G., at present Far Eastern Research Secretary at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, talks about the background to the problem of Korea
Sir Paul Butler has had long experience of the Far East as a member of the Foreign Service in territories formerly belonging to the Japanese Empire

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Paul Butler

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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