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Marjorie Anderson introduces:
Jeanne de Casalis: on looking for somewhere to Jive.
The Cost of Living: a study of family budgets. 1: A taxi-driver and his wife.
Profile of Lillian Gish: introduced by Gordon Gow.
Voices and Views: heard on Woman's Hour recently.

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Speaker:
Jeanne de Casalis
Subject:
Lillian Gish
Reporter:
Gordon Gow

Edited and introduced by Maxwell Knight
Poison-Makers
Various plants and animals have poisonous qualities. Maurice Burton and J. E. Lousley discuss with Maxwell Knight the nature of these qualities, with illustrations ranging from snakes and jellyfish to fungi and stinging nettles.
Production by Tony Soper

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Burton
Unknown:
J. E. Lousley
Production By:
Tony Soper

For Listeners of All Ages
'The Silver Tree'
A folk tale fantasy written for broadcasting by William Slater
Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
William Slater
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
The Storyteller:
Nan MacDonald
Ash as a boy:
Timothy Milligan
Ash as a man:
Brian Trueman
His Father:
Fred Fairclough
Oak his brother:
John Blain
Polly Parrot:
Geoffrey Banks
The Silver Tree:
Jean Fox
An Old Woman:
Sybil Holroyd
The Giant:
Tom Harrison

Explorer, leader, and romantic
Adapted and narrated by Margery Fisher and James Fisher from their forthcoming biography of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton with Shackleton's old comrades: Commander Sir Jameson Adams K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.S.O. R.N.R.
James William Dell
Walter E. How
Dr. L. D. A. Hussey O.B.E.
Colonel A. H. Macklin O.B.E.. M.C., M.D.. R.A.M.C.
Thomas Peers also Edward Swinford as Ernest Shackleton and the recorded voice of the late
Commander
Frank A. Worsley D.S.O. O.B.E. R.D. R.N.R. ,
Readers:
Hedley Goodall , Charles E. Stidwill
Produced by Ian Curtis

Contributors

Unknown:
Margery Fisher
Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Unknown:
Sir Jameson Adams
Unknown:
James William Dell
Unknown:
Walter E. How
Unknown:
Dr. L. D. A. Hussey O.B.E.
Unknown:
Colonel A. H. MacKlin
Unknown:
Thomas Peers
Unknown:
Edward Swinford
Unknown:
Ernest Shackleton
Readers:
Frank A. Worsley
Readers:
Hedley Goodall
Readers:
Charles E. Stidwill
Produced By:
Ian Curtis

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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