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by Charles Kenny
During a holiday on the Black Sea coast, Mr. Kenny visited a semi-tropical part of Turkey. He talks of the mountainous scenery and the way of life of the people who live in the area between the Turkish port of Trabzon and the high Caucasus mountains. Travellers there greet each other with a phrase which means ' go laughingly.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Kenny

Out on a Limb by C. V. Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood , the famous eighteenth-century potter, was the youngest of thirteen children. His great-great-great-granddaughter, C. V. Wedgwood , describes some of the aspirations and traditions of an industrial family which has always looked with special favour on younger sons.

Contributors

Unknown:
C. V. Wedgwood
Unknown:
Josiah Wedgwood
Unknown:
C. V. Wedgwood

From a factory in Torquay, Devon with Arthur English , Rosemary Squires
Arnie Kitson , Harry Locke
Geoffrey Head (piano)
Colin Hawke (double-bass)
Jack Toogood (guitar)
Introduced by Derek Jones Produced by Brian Patten

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur English
Unknown:
Rosemary Squires
Unknown:
Arnie Kitson
Unknown:
Harry Locke
Piano:
Geoffrey Head
Double-Bass:
Colin Hawke
Guitar:
Jack Toogood
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Brian Patten

by Roger MacDougall
Adapted by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger MacDougall
Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Walters:
Haydn Jones
John Hampden:
Sebastian Shaw
Sir Harold Cookham:
Morris Sweden
Stella Hampden:
Frances Rowe
Mrs Hampden:
Una Venning
Peter Henderson:
Trevor Martin
Dr Skillingworth:
Richard Williams
Miss Betts:
Kathleen Helme
Paton:
John Rogers
Daventry:
Brian Smith
Andrew Deeson:
Norman Wynne

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 and Larry Stephens
Production by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Larry Stephens
Production By:
Pat Dixon

A conversation between
Mrs. Beatrice Griffith Brewer and Charles Gibbs-Smith
As an intimate friend of the Wright Brothers, who invented the modern aeroplane, and the first woman to cross the Channel by balloon, Mrs. Griffith Brewer has made history in her own lifetime. Charles Gibbs-Smith , who has written a number of books on ballooning and a standard history of flying, questions her on the details of her experiences.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Beatrice Griffith Brewer
Unknown:
Charles Gibbs-Smith
Unknown:
Mrs. Griffith Brewer
Unknown:
Charles Gibbs-Smith

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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