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Programme written and narrated by Brian Everett
Deception is a small volcanic island five hundred miles south-east of Cape Horn. Here a British aerosurvey team has established a base from which, using amphibious aircraft and helicopters, it is carrying out a close land and air survey of 50,000 square miles of British Graham Land.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Everett

Berta Ruck talks to Kenneth Harris about her early days in Wales, and later in London where at the literary parties of the day she met many eminent people including Edith Nesbit , Bernard Shaw , Augustus John , and H. G. Wells
Produced by Aled Vaughan

Contributors

Talks:
Berta Ruck
Unknown:
Kenneth Harris
Unknown:
Edith Nesbit
Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Augustus John
Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Produced By:
Aled Vaughan

A comedy for radio by Wolfgang Hildesheimer.
English version by Harvey Unna.

Contributors

Writer:
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Translator:
Harvey Unna
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Robert Guiscard, a forger:
Peter Ustinov
Liane, a spy:
Joan Peart
Guard:
Victor Platt
Engine driver:
Ronald Fraser
Fireman:
Ralph Ball
Old Lady:
Beatrice Kane
Minister of Culture:
Robert Sansom
Prime Minister's secretary:
Patsy Byrne
Prime Minister:
John Dearth
Duke:
Emerton Court
Art historian:
Norman Wynne
Art historian:
Haydn Jones
Miss Pratt:
Violet Marquesita

For Children of Most Ages
For Your Bookshelf
' A Number of Things '
Eric Keown reviews a choice of the new books about practical things and people
5.25 May We Recommend ... ?
More dramatised excerpts from stories that used to be widely read by children
' What Katy Did at School' by Susan Coolidge and ' The Pathfinder' by J. Fenimore Cooper
Short scenes taken from these books and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
Those taking part include:
Effie Morrison , Joan Fitzpatrick Mary Riggans. Eileen McCallum
James Sutherland , Douglas Robin
Ivor Philipps , Bill Hill
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Keown
Unknown:
Susan Coolidge
Unknown:
J. Fenimore Cooper
Dramatised By:
Marion MacWilliam
Dramatised By:
Ian G. Ball
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Mary Riggans.
Unknown:
Eileen McCallum
Unknown:
James Sutherland
Unknown:
Douglas Robin
Unknown:
Ivor Philipps
Unknown:
Bill Hill
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden

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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