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A challenger tests a panel's knowledge of his county
The Panel:
Paul Jennings , Ivor Machin
Christopher Rhodes , John Stevens
Chairman, Victor Bonham-Carter
Programme devised and compiled by Alan White
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

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

A programme about slimmers, past and present, theories about the causes of obesity, and methods of dealing with it.
Scientific advice has been given by Sir Charles Dodds, Professor of Biochemistry at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, and by Alexander Kennedy, Professor of Psychological Medicine in the University of Edinburgh.

Contributors

Scientific advice:
Professor Sir Charles Dodds
Scientific advice:
Professor Alexander Kennedy
Written and produced by:
Nesta Pain

For Older Children
' When You Look Back '
A new series of memories
6-and last
' Silly Little Boy '
Reminiscences of fifty years ago by Geoffrey Dearmer and ' The Lashwood Inheritance '
A sinister story with a mid-Victorian setting
Written as a play in six episodes by Aubrey Feist
Conclusion-' October 30 '
Produced by Eve Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Dearmer
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Produced By:
Eve Burgess
Digby Lashwood:
Timothy Bateson
Joanna Lashwood:
Beth Boyd
Victoria Lashwood:
Hilda Schroder
Sir Charles Lashwood, Bt:
Michael Warre
Mr Gabriel Sanctuary:
Carleton Hobbs
Holly:
Stephen Jack
Dr Lorrimer:
John Clarke-Smith
Walter Knight:
Keith Lloyd
Fido:
Frank Atkinson
Mrs Clegg:
Mary O'Farrell

A radio adaptation of the Twentieth Century-Fox Cinemascope 55 Picture from the musical play based on ' Anna and the King of Siam' by Margaret Landon starring
Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Narrated by David Jacobs
Adapted and produced for broadcasting by Trafford Whitelock
(The recorded broadcast of Septem her 21 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Landon
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Yul Brynner
Music By:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Oscar Hammerstein
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Broadcasting By:
Trafford Whitelock
Anna Leonowens:
Deborah Kerr
The King:
Yul Brynner
Tuptim:
Rita Moreno
Kralahome:
Martin Benson
Lady Thiang:
Terry Saunders
Louis Leonowens:
Rex Thompson
Lun Tha:
Carlos Rivas
Prince Chulalongkorn:
Patrick Adiarte
British Ambassador:
Alan Mowbray
Ramsay:
Geoffrey Toone
Ship's Captain:
Charles Irwin
Interpreter:
Leonard Strong

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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