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Experiments on Thinking by Philip L. Short of the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol The speaker is studying the changes that take place in the electrical rhythms of our brains and in the way we breathe when we are trying to solve different problems. In his talk he explains how these changes are related to the ways in which different people think.

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip L. Short

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Saturday Afternoon Variety
Introduced by Ronnie Taylor with Violet Carson Brenda Auden
Lynette Collinson and Sheila Colman
Jack Watson
Tony Fayne and David Evans with the Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
' For the Children '—page 39

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ronnie Taylor
Unknown:
Violet Carson
Unknown:
Brenda Auden
Unknown:
Lynette Collinson
Unknown:
Sheila Colman
Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Tony Fayne
Unknown:
David Evans
Conducted By:
Alyn Ainsworth

Introduced by Joe Linnane
.Tonight in order of broadcasting:
Peter Sinclair
Peggy Cochrane
Joan Turner
Patrick O'Hagan
Googie Withers and Kenneth More
Betty Driver
Ken Platt
The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Production by Tom Ronald and Michael North

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joe Linnane
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Peggy Cochrane
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Unknown:
Patrick O'Hagan
Unknown:
Googie Withers
Unknown:
Kenneth More
Unknown:
Betty Driver
Unknown:
Ken Platt
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Production By:
Tom Ronald
Production By:
Michael North

A play for broadcasting by Elleston Trevor

A man has escaped from a criminal lunatic asylum. With the obstinate cunning of a simple mind he begins to make his way back to the scene of the crime for which he was convicted; with all the resources of modern equipment the police close in upon his trail

Principal characters in order of speaking: [see below]

Contributors

Writer:
Elleston Trevor
Producer:
David H. Godfrey
Sergeant Wilson:
Eric Anderson
Sergeant Tait:
Aubrey Richards
Superintendent Woods:
Richard Williams
Major Lambert, Chief-Constable:
Gordon McLeod
Mrs Toms:
Elsa Palmer
Beulah Marston:
Rosamund Greenwood
Mathias:
Hugh Manning
Mary:
Elizabeth Digby-Smith
Gertrude Reeve:
Catherine Nangle
Henry Reeve:
Allan Jeayes
Clara Livingstone:
Dorothy Green
Sam:
Alan Reid
Betty:
Elizabeth London
Stanley:
Geoffrey Bond
Sid:
John Mann
Harry:
Cyril Shaps
Queen's Counsel:
Keith Pyott
Counsel for the Defence:
Reginald Thorne
Miss Tuffnell:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Other parts played by:
Audrey Mendes
Other parts played by:
Derek Hart
Other parts played by:
Ronald Sidney
Other parts played by:
Charles Rea
Other parts played by:
Brian Hayes
Other parts played by:
Rupert Davies
Other parts played by:
Richard Warner
Other parts played by:
John Baker
Other parts played by:
Valerie Pertwee
Other parts played by:
Bettina Dickson
Other parts played by:
Hugh Munro
Other parts played by:
Nancy Nevinson
Other parts played by:
Margot Heath
Other parts played by:
Gerard Green

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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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