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Marjorie Anderson introduces:
J. B. Boothroyd , who reflects on the excitements of foreign travel
Crimes Committed by Young People are Increasing: John Freeman concludes his investigation
Letter from South Africa: Barbara McFadyean sends news from Johannesburg
A Day into Two: 2-Recordings from the Conference of the National Council of Women on the subject of married women at work

Contributors

Introduces:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
J. B. Boothroyd

A request programme of records
Overture. Alceste (Gluck): Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Lehmann
Des Abends : Aufschwung; In der
Nacht; Traumeswirren (Fantasiestiicke, Op. 12) (Schumann): Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Excerpt from Act 2, Jenufa (Janacek): Marta Krasova (contralto), Stepanka Jelinkova (soprano), Beno Blachut (tenor), with the Prague National Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Jaroslav Vogel

Contributors

Conducted By:
Fritz Lehmann
Conducted By:
Des Abends
Contralto:
Marta Krasova
Soprano:
Stepanka Jelinkova
Soprano:
Beno Blachut
Unknown:
Jaroslav Vogel

Edited and introduced by Maxwell Knight
Animal Senses
4-Homing and Navigation
Great interest and a certain degree of mystery centre around the means used by animals and birds in direction-finding, especially on the subject of bird-migration
MAXWELL KNIGHT discusses with W. E. SWINTON and J. D. CARTHY the part played by the various senses in homing and navigation
Produced by Jeffery Boswall

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Produced By:
Jeffery Boswall

Pauline Brockless (soprano) Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
John Mitchinson (tenor) Richard Standen (bass)
George Miles (harpsichord)
Roy Massey (organ)
City of Birmingham Choir
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Led by Cyril English )
Conducted by Meredith Davies
Before an invited audience in the Town Hall, Birmingham
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Pauline Brockless
Contralto:
Marjorie Thomas
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Bass:
Richard Standen
Harpsichord:
George Miles
Harpsichord:
Roy Massey
Unknown:
Cyril English
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies

'The Queen's Ring '
A story by Tudur Watkins based on a Welsh legend about St. Asaph told by Philip Phillips and Over the Border——to Wales
A series of feature programmes by Myfanwy Howell describing visits to Welsh counties
1—Anglesey
Singer, Shan Emlyn
Accompanist, Maimie Noel Jones Production by Evelyn Williams

Contributors

Story By:
Tudur Watkins
Told By:
Philip Phillips
Unknown:
Myfanwy Howell
Singer:
Shan Emlyn
Accompanist:
Maimie Noel Jones
Production By:
Evelyn Williams
Dick Lloyd:
Dillwyn Owen
Megan, his wife Sheila:
Huw Jones
Alun:
Kenneth Stewart Jones
Gwen:
Valerie Berwick
Dafydd Jones, the old sailor:
Charles Williams
Miss Bailey:
Sylvia Simpson
Mr Parry, the schoolmaster:
Emrys Cleaver
Neighbour:
Die Hughes

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The experiences of Dr. Edith Bone
While visiting Hungary in 1949 Dr. Edith Bone was arrested as a suspected British agent. She spent seven years in solitary confinement until her release during the Hungarian revolution of 1956. This programme tells the story of her ordeals in prison and the strength of spirit that enabled her to withstand them.
Narrated by Michael Burn with the recorded voices of Dr. Edith Bone , Mary Burn and a physician in psychological medicine
Script compiled by Wyn Knowles
Produced by Sasha Moorsom

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Burn
Unknown:
Dr. Edith Bone
Unknown:
Mary Burn
Unknown:
Wyn Knowles
Produced By:
Sasha Moorsom

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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