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by Henry Rhodes
Alphonse Bertillon is a name respected wherever criminologists congregate. This immaculate Frenchman was Chief of the Identity Department of the Paris Prefecture nearly fifty years ago. He invented the first good system of criminal identification, and Henry Rhodes tells listeners not only something of the man, but, using illustrations from the detective's own case-book, shows the kind of problems he was up against.

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Rhodes
Unknown:
Alphonse Bertillon
Unknown:
Henry Rhodes

from the British Sailors' Society, East London
with Reg Darnley, Gloria Alton, Alma Cogan, Max Wall
James Moody (piano) Bert Weedon (guitar) Max Abrams (drums)
Presented by Bill Gates
(Alma Cogan is appearing in "Aladdin" at the Empire Theatre, Chiswick; Max Wall in "The Pajama Game" at the London Coliseum)

Contributors

Unknown:
Reg Darnley
Unknown:
Gloria Alton
Singer:
Alma Cogan
Comedian:
Max Wall
Pianist:
James Moody
Guitarist:
Bert Weedon
Drummer:
Max Abrams
Presented by:
Bill Gates

A spontaneous discussion by Mary Stocks
Denis Healey , M.P. Sir Miles Thomas
Gerald Nabarro , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the William Blake Memorial Hall,
South Petherton. Somerset

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Stocks
Unknown:
Denis Healey
Unknown:
M.P. Sir Miles Thomas
Unknown:
Gerald Nabarro
Produced By:
Michael Bowen
Unknown:
William Blake

Their language of song; their unusual mating behaviour and the dominant sex; their curious method of propagation and the struggle of the young grasshopper for life.
Written and produced by Nesta Pain
Music specially composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins

Contributors

Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Conducted By:
Antony Hopkins
Narrator:
Michael Hordern
Commentator:
David King-Wood
Fabre:
Ronald Simpson
W H Hudson:
Duncan Carse
Dr Muffet:
Lionel Harris
Entomologist:
Heron Carvic

(January Edition)
Here and There
General news by Alan Dixon London News by Nan Macdonald
Sports News by Kenneth Wolstenholme
This Month in Your Garden by Fred Loads
Countrywide Reports from Children's Newsreel Observers
Edited and introduced by John Musgrave

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Unknown:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Introduced By:
John Musgrave

with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan
Production by Peter Eton

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Production By:
Peter Eton

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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