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Augmented
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader. George Deason )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Variety: Maxine Daniels
Radio: Lionel Saxon
Theatre: Harry Dawson
In Town Today: Stan Stennett
Presented by Bill Worsley
(Stan Stennett is appearing in Variety at the London Hippodrome)

Contributors

Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Maxine Daniels
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Unknown:
Stan Stennett
Presented By:
Bill Worsley
Presented By:
Stan Stennett

A challenger is invited to test a panel's knowledge of his county and its customs
The Panel:
James Laver , Ivor Machin
Christopher Rhodes
John Stevens
Chairman, Victor Bonham-Carter
Programme devised and compiled by Alan White
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
James Laver
Unknown:
Ivor MacHin
Unknown:
Christopher Rhodes
Unknown:
John Stevens
Unknown:
Victor Bonham-Carter
Unknown:
Alan White
Produced By:
Joan Clark

TRAVEL TALKS. The Grand Canyon. Script by Rhoda Power. (BBC recording)
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. Making a Wood Engraving: a talk by John Farleigh
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. The Wanderings of Odysseus. 5-' The Return of Odysseus.' Script by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Grand Canyon.
Script By:
Rhoda Power.
Talk By:
John Farleigh
Script By:
Silvia Goodall

For Older Listeners
'Biggles and the Pirate Treasure'
Four Biggles adventures adapted by Bertha Lonsdale from stories in the book by Captain W.E. Johns
4—'Biggles Nets a Fish'
Production by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Author:
Captain W.E. Johns
Adapted by:
Bertha Lonsdale
Production:
Trevor Hill
The Storyteller:
Norman Richley
Biggles:
Jack Watson
Algy:
Barrie Hesketh
Ginger:
Norman Somers
Bertie:
Nigel Davenport
Air Commodore Raymond, of the Special Air Section:
Fred Fairclough
Colonel Barclay, War Office Security Branch:
Frederic Wilson
Felceman, a Czech now living in England:
Garard Green
Major Booth, attached to the American Forces:
Graham Tennant
Professor Frail, Director of an atomic sub-station:
John Wardle
An American Serviceman:
Brian Trueman

by J. F. Wolfenden , c.B.E.
Vice-chancellor of Reading University What are the influences affecting the upbringing of young people today?
This week the Council of King
George's Jubilee Trust publishes the results of a study of these influences, which has been undertaken by a number of people concerned in one way or another with the needs and problems of the younger generation.
Tonight J. F. Wolfenden reviews the recommendations of the report and suggests what he believes to be their importance in the contemporary setting.

Contributors

Unknown:
J. F. Wolfenden
Unknown:
J. F. Wolfenden

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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