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TRAVEL TALKS. On the Steppes of Central Asia. Script by Basil David son.
2.20 THE bible AND LIFE. Everyday Life in the Time of the Prophets. 6-A Prisoner of War. Script by Margaret Boys
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' The Elephants of Sargabal ' bv René Guillot, adapted for broadcasting by Philippa Pearce. Part 3

Contributors

Script By:
Basil David
Broadcasting By:
Philippa Pearce.

5.00 'The Boy with the Green Thumb'
A series of six stories written by Barbara Euphan Todd and told by Eve
4: 'The People Plant'

5.15 For Older Children
Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley in 'The Red-Headed League'
The fourth of six Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Scene: London in the year 1890

Contributors

Stories By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised By:
Felix Felton
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker:
Felix Felton
Peter Jones, of Scotland Yard:
Humphrey Morton
Duncan Ross, of the Red-Headed League:
Simon Lack
Vincent Spaulding:
Ian Holm
Mr Merryweather, a banker:
George Hagan

A question and answer programme in which a panel of scientists replies to listeners' questions on science and technology
Guest of the week:
R. C. Sutcliffe. Ph.D., F.R.S.
Director of Research of the Meteorological Office
The Panel:
Robert Boyd , Peter Sykes
G. P. Wells
In the chair, Sam Pollock
If you have a question you would like to put to the panel please write it on a postcard and address it to * Who Knows?,' BBC, Broadcasting House, London, W.i.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Boyd
Unknown:
Peter Sykes
Unknown:
G. P. Wells
Unknown:
Sam Pollock

is discussed by Sir Kenneth Clark, K.C.B., Dr. Hilde Himmelweit, Reader in Social and Industrial Psychology at London University, Dr. J. Bronowski and Dr. Glynne Wickham, Head of the Drama Department, Bristol University
Chairman, Robert McKenzie

This is a simultaneous broadcast with television and is one of its twenty-first birthday programmes.

Contributors

Chairman:
Robert McKenzie
Panellist:
Sir Kenneth Clark
Panellist:
Dr. Hilde Himmelweit
Panellist:
Dr. Glynne Wickham
Producer:
Catherine Dove

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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