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TRAVEL TALKS. Mervyn Jones talks about the Valley of the Tennessee River and some of the changes that have come about there during the past thirty years.
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. ' Looking at Trees': a talk by Adrian Hill , an artist who draws trees
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH r. The Wanderings of Odysseus. 2-' Odysseus and the Cyclops.' Script by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Talks:
Mervyn Jones
Talk By:
Adrian Hill
Script By:
Silvia Goodall

'Biggles and the Pirate Treasure'
First of four Biggles adventures adapted by Bertha Lonsdale from stories in the book by Captain W. E. Johns
Production by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Adapted By:
Bertha Lonsdale
Book By:
Captain W. E. Johns
Production By:
Trevor Hill
The Storyteller:
Norman Richley
Biggles:
Jack Watson
Algy:
Barrie Hesketh
Ginger:
Norman Somers
Bertie:
Nigel Davenport
Marcel Brissac, of the French Surete:
Roger Delgado
Crew of the yacht - Tow-head:
Harry Towb
Crew of the yacht - Steve:
Graham Tennant
Thomas Tew, owner of the Treasure:
Fred Fairclough

Half an hour with Hermione
London's only lady witch
Also embroiled in these macabre proceedings:
Alexander Gauge
Kenneth Connor
Bob Harvey , David Jacobs
Peter Yorke and his Orchestra
Script by Sid Colin , Myles Rudge
Frederic Raphael , and Tony Becher
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Gauge
Unknown:
Kenneth Connor
Unknown:
Bob Harvey
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Unknown:
Peter Yorke
Script By:
Sid Colin
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Unknown:
Tony Becher
Produced By:
Roy Speer

Unknown Country
There cannot be very many parts of the globe that still remain totally unexplored, but such territory exists in the Eastern Himalayas in an area bordering on the Subansiri River known as the Agla Marra. Three of the men best qualified to speculate what lies inside it are :
F. Kingdon-Ward, o.b.e. who approached it from Tibet in the course of a plant-hunting expedition
Professor von Furer-Haimendorf an anthropologist of the School of Oriental and African Studies, who was sent there by the Government of India as a special officer in the Subansiri area in 1944 and Colonel Betts who was appointed first political officer in that area following Professor Haimendorf's expedition in 1946 Chairman,
F. Spencer Chapman D.S.O. ,

Contributors

Unknown:
F. Spencer Chapman D.S.O.

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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