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Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

by Charles Franklin
Production by Frederick Bradnum
A married man staying in an Alpine resort with his wife is persuaded to go on a climb up a mountain with a scheming woman; but once he has started out he realises he has been asked to go for an unusual reason.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Franklin
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
John Andrews:
Godfrey Kenton
Pamela Ford:
Tobi Weinberg
Margaret Andrews:
Joan Matheson
Audrey Norman:
Peggy Gow
James Norman:
Humphrey Morton
Barman:
Humphrey Morton
Hotel Guest:
Gerard Green
Commissaire Marchal:
Gerard Green

A new play for radio by Richard Townshend Bickera
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Audrey Cameron
Squadron-Leader Brent, a Regular Officer in the R.A.F., has spent many years devoted to sport and is a member of the R.A.F. Pentathlon Team. Training for this demands discipline and expert knowledge of shooting, riding, and exercise in general. As a result, he is seconded to Intelligence duties.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Townshend Bickera
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Suggit, a P T instructor:
George Hagan
Sqdn -Ldr Richard Brent, R A F:
David March
Group Capt Vining, R A F:
John Hollis
Sir Harry Clouston, a senior Civil Servant:
Hugh Manning
Santa Favell:
Mary Wimbush
Croger:
Derek Birch
Mogg:
David Spenser
Hadden:
Bill Horsley
Bert Varty:
John Bryning
Dolly, his wife:
Freda Dowie

Introduced by Monsignor Gordon Wheeler
In the services of Holy Week the Church lives again through the story of the Sufferings, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord. PALM SUNDAY: Pueri Hebraeorum
(Victoria): Christus vincit (Plainsong)
MAUNDY THURSDAY: Lamentation of Jeremias (Tallis): In monte Oliveti (Rubbra): Christus factus est (Anerio): Ubi caritas et amor (Plainsong): Pange lingua (Plainsong)
GOOD FRIDAY: Tenebrae factae sunt
(Victoria): Passion according to St. John (Plainsong and Byrd): Ecce lignum crucis (Plainsong): The Reproaches (Palestrina)
HOLY SATURDAY: 0 vos omnes
(Victoria): Lumen Christi (Plamsong): Exultet (Plainsong): Sicut cervus (Palestrina) : Alleluia (Plainsong)
EASTER DAY: Et valde mane (Plainsong): Haec dies (Byrd)
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Master of Music, Francis Cameron

Contributors

Introduced By:
Monsignor Gordon Wheeler
Music:
Francis Cameron

Willie Joss reads a story
' Tammy Troot's Homework ' by Lavinia Derwent
See Junior Radio Times
5.15 For Older Children
' The Tibbott Conspiracy *
A historical adventure play in six parts by Constance Teear
4-' The Adder Strikes '
Other parts: leuan Rhys Williams and Norman Wynne
Production by Ifan O. Williams
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Easter Faith
Four talks by the Rev. J. Fraser McLuskey , M.C.
I-Christian Courage

Contributors

Unknown:
Willie Joss
Unknown:
Leuan Rhys Williams
Unknown:
Norman Wynne
Production By:
Ifan O. Williams
Unknown:
Rev. J. Fraser McLuskey
Thomas John:
Henley Thomas
Ellis Davies:
T H Evans
Nat Edwards:
John Darran
Latimer Bligh:
Basil Jones
Captain Rat:
Edgar Harrison

Regional Variations (2)

Scottish Dance Music: played by Andrew Rankine and his Scottish Dance Band

BBC Home Service Scottish

visits Blakedown, Worcestershire for folk songs and dances with Tom Woodward
Michael Vaughan , John Chapman
The Gloster Square Dance Band
Guest caller, Nibs Matthews
Programme arranged and introduced by Kenneth Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Woodward
Unknown:
Michael Vaughan
Unknown:
John Chapman
Introduced By:
Kenneth Clark

Regional Variations (6)

Let the People Sing: contest

BBC Home Service North

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Birds and Beasts of Legend: discussion between Henry Douglas Home and Edward A. Armstrong; chairman, George Waterston

BBC Home Service Scottish

That Reminds Me: R. H. Mottram, novelist, discusses his career and chooses some records

BBC Home Service Midland

Ymryson y Beirdd: competition between bards of the Welsh counties

BBC Home Service Welsh

Eva Turner recalls, with records, her long career as an operatic soprano

Contributors

Unknown:
Eva Turner

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Scotland
Round 4
London:
Cedric Cliffe , Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale Scotland :
Sir James Fergusson , Jack House
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding
Arranged by Robert Gladwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Lionel Hale Scotland
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack House
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Arranged By:
Robert Gladwell

Regional Variations (2)

Gaelic Songs: Margaret MacGilp, soprano

BBC Home Service Scottish

A programme of news and comment on recent events in the field of science and technology
Introduced by Archie Clow
Tomorrow, April 7, is World Health Day; the theme chosen for 1960 being 'Malaria Eradication-a World Challenge.' This edition of Science Review includes comments on the magnitude of the problem caused by a disease that still incapacitates millions of human beings.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Archie Clow

Beethoven
Quintet in C, Op. 29 played by the Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon (violin)
Lorraine du Val (violin)
Anatole Mines (viola) Lilly Phillips (cello) with Jean Stewart (viola)
Next Wednesday: Schubert's Quintet in C (D. 956) played by the Budapest String Quartet; Pablo Casals (cello)

Contributors

Violin:
Margot MacGibbon
Violin:
Lorraine du Val
Viola:
Anatole Mines
Cello:
Lilly Phillips
Viola:
Jean Stewart

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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