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Stories behind the headlines told by the people who made them.
Many of the great occasions in the history of the last quarter of a century have been recorded, and in this programme some of them are recalled; including the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the transfer of power in India, the Festival of Britain, V.E. Day, and the sounding after 3,000 years of the trumpets of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen.

Contributors

Writer:
Gordon Cruickshank
Narrator:
Alexander Moyes
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

A series of musical, lyrical and topical programmes this week's involving
Trefor Jones, Janet Howe
Harry Locke
Kathleen O'Hagan (at a second piano) and Flotsam (B. C. Hilliam ) who wrote the words and the tunes
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Howe
Unknown:
Harry Locke
Unknown:
Kathleen O'Hagan
Unknown:
B. C. Hilliam
Production By:
Tom Ronald

For Children of All Ages
Whose Zoo?
A series of monthly visits to zoos all over Great Britain
Today: London Zoo
Your guides, David Lloyd James and Max Robertson
5.30 For Older Children
' As I Before My Cottage Door '
Random Rural Reflections by C. Gordon Glover
6-(and last): September
Produced by David Lloyd James

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lloyd James
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover
Produced By:
David Lloyd James

Who Goes Where ?
Four experienced travellers
John Morris (chairman)
H. W. Tilman
Wilfrid Noyce
David Attenborough discuss and compare their answers to two questions
First: to which place in the world, of all the many they have visited in the past, do they most wish to return. Second: to which place, of all those they have never visited but of which they have read and heard, do they most wish to go.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Morris
Unknown:
H. W. Tilman
Unknown:
Wilfrid Noyce
Unknown:
David Attenborough

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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