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by E. J. Edwards
Through years of working among the Samoan Islanders, E. J. Edwards has come to know them very well. He particularly admires one aspect of their community lite-a sense of oneness, difficult to describe, but easily seen in their activities, from fishing expeditions to the settling of village feuds.

Contributors

Unknown:
E. J. Edwards
Unknown:
E. J. Edwards

RHYTHM AND MELODY
Choir of West By fleet
County Secondary School trained and conducted by Joan Ward
Frederick Stone (piano)
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Underdeveloped Areas. The Dust Bowl in South-West U.S.A. Script by Mervyn Jones. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN: ' Der Weihnachtsabend.' Die Mitglieder der Familie Meyer planen und bekommen fine Cberraschung nach der andern. Manuskript von Marianne Walla.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Joan Ward
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Mervyn Jones.

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. ' In the Temple ': a Christmas story by Selma Lagerlof , adapted by Sam Langdon
2.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Man and Machines. 5-The One-Man Factory. Script by Alan Hill
2.40 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY. ' Gunpowder. Treason, and Plot.' Script by Robert Gittings

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Story By:
Selma Lagerlof
Adapted By:
Sam Langdon
Script By:
Alan Hill
Script By:
Robert Gittings

For Children of Most Ages
For Your Bookshelf
' Personal Preferences '
Jo, David, and Geoffrey recommend some of the new books
5.25 * May We Recommend.
' A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and ' Sandi the Kingmaker' by Edgar Wallace
Book excerpts dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
Those taking part include:
Erne Morrison , Bryden Murdoch lain Cuthbertson. Leonard Maguire Joan Fitzpatrick and Lorna Tarbat Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

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Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Edgar Wallace
Dramatised By:
Marion MacWilliam
Dramatised By:
Ian G. Ball
Unknown:
Erne Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Lorna Tarbat
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden

Famous detection writers select and discuss their favourite fictional and real-life cases
A series edited by John Keir Cross and Frederick Bradnum i The third connoisseur
John Dickson Carr on his second choice
' WHO KILLED CHARLES BRAVO ? '
Written by Eric Ewens with Anthony Viccars. Robert Sansom
Lockwood West, David March
Jane Lawrence and Ian Lubbock
Production by Frederick Bradnum

Contributors

Edited By:
John Keir Cross
Edited By:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
John Dickson Carr
Written By:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Anthony Viccars.
Unknown:
Jane Lawrence
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
Charles Bravo:
Michael Robbing
Florence Bravo:
June Tobin
Jane Cannon Cox:
Kathleen Helme
Sir William Gull:
Max Brimmell
The Attorney General:
Frank Partington
Sir Henry James, Q c:
Lionel Marson
Mr George Lewis:
Geoffrey Wincott

A monthly programme, the only regular one of its kind, in which radio is used to link speakers in London and other world centres to exchange views on important issuej of common interest
Chairman in London,
Robert McKenzie
The subjects dealt with in ' Radio Link ' are always highly topical. They. and the names of the speakers. will therefore be announced only shortly before each broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert McKenzie

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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