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Marjorie Anderson introduces:
Talk of the Town: from Janet Teissier du Cros in Paris.
Patrick Moore, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a recent guest in "Woman's Hour".
Highlights from the Annual General Meeting of the Women's Co-operative Guild.
In Partnership: John Wilson, O.B.E., Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, and Mrs. Wilson.
Have we got the salesmen we deserve?: discussion between manufacturer and retailer.

Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Reporter:
Janet Teissier du Cros
Interviewee:
Patrick Moore
Interviewee:
John Wilson
Interviewee:
Mrs. Wilson

A request programme of gramophone records
Reminiscences de Norma (Beiiiiii-
Liszt): Alfred Brendel (piano)
Excerpts from Norma (BellinO:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) and Marion Telva (contralto), with the Metropolitan Orchestra, conducted by Guilio Setti
Matinees musicales (Rossini. arr.
Britten): Philharmonia Orchestra. conducted by Robert Irving

Contributors

Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Soprano:
Rosa Ponselle
Soprano:
Marion Telva
Conducted By:
Guilio Setti
Conducted By:
Robert Irving

Newly arrived birds are reported by direct radio-link from five of Britain's island bird observatories
A. le Sueur
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS
Bill Workman
LUNDY ISLAND, BRISTOL CHANNEL
Reg. Arthur
BARDSEY ISLAND, CAERNARVON
W. J. Eggeling
ISLE OF MAY, FIRTH OF FORTH
Peter Davis
FAIR ISLE, SHETLAND
James Fisher and his guest,
Kenneth Williamson
Migration Research Officer of the British Trust for Ornithology in the Bristol studio
Produced by Jeffery Boswall

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Workman
Unknown:
Peter Davis
Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Kenneth Williamson
Produced By:
Jeffery Boswall

'Yushkin the Watchmaker '
An original folk tale of old Russia written by Harold Hyatt and told by David Kossoff
5.10 Sir Thomas-the Magician
A picture in sound to celebrate
Sir Thomas Beecham's eightieth birthday
His musical magic, his wit and personality, generosity, and outstanding accomplishments are sketched by some of those who have worked with him during the last half-century; with Sir Thomas himself and some of his music to add the colours.
Arranged by Nan Macdonald Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Written By:
Harold Hyatt
Told By:
David Kossoff
Arranged By:
Nan MacDonald
Produced By:
Herbert Smith

The second in a new series of programmes in which an audience in Britain questions speakers in this country and overseas on matters of common interest
In this broadcast an audience composed mainly of students from Morley College, London, puts questions to
Olivier Todd author and critic
IN PARIS
Norman Podhoretz literary critic: formerly literary editor of Commentary Magazine: reviewer for The Reporter, The New Yorker and Partisan Review
IN NEW YORK
Gunnar Heckscher
Professor of Political Science in the University of Stockholm, and Conservative Member of the Swedish Parliament
IN STOCKHOLM
David Thomson
Master of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge
IN LONDON
Chairman in London,
John Morris
Devised by Norman Macdonald
This programme will be rebroadcast in Sweden by Sveriges Radio.

Contributors

Unknown:
Olivier Todd
Unknown:
Norman Podhoretz
Unknown:
Gunnar Heckscher
Unknown:
David Thomson
Unknown:
John Morris
Unknown:
Norman MacDonald

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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