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Antony Bilbow presents a selection of personalities he talked to on ' In Town Tonight'
Stars this week:
Richard Burton , Liberace
Written by Marjorie Bilbow and Antony Bilbow Produced by Peter Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Bilbow
Unknown:
Richard Burton
Written By:
Marjorie Bilbow
Unknown:
Antony Bilbow
Produced By:
Peter Duncan

by Raymond Postgate
A study of the late
Professor J. P. Postgate not tall-about five feet eight ... a round head with rather prominent blue eyes which could fix you with a disconcerting stare, especially if you were a small boy.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Postgate
Unknown:
Professor J. P. Postgate

by Anthony Gilbert
Produced by Archie Campbell
The place, London; Time, the present
Blackmailers, like modern dictators, are not averse to dabbling in the contemporary game of brinkmanship. They, too, are sometimes tempted to overplay their hands. And when the victims happen to be four determined people with distinguished reputations to lose-and the happiness of their families at stake-the peril to the criminal can be deadly.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Gilbert
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Sir Charles Silk, m p:
John Glen
Julia, his wife:
Lydia Sherwood
Edward Lane:
Cyril Shaps
Mrs Tempest:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Gerald Ross, an experimental scientist:
Philip Morant
Harmsworth Ames, an eminent Q C:
Norman Shelley
Moxon, a porter:
Julian Somers
Mrs Moxon:
Kathleen Helme
Gas Board representative:
Charles Simon
Police Officer:
Hugh Dickson
Inspector Goodman:
Michael Turner
Morrell, a chemist:
Haydn Jones
Woman:
Freda Dowie

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Three Score and Then?: Some extracts from a programme about retirement
I Wear Them as Talismans: A comforting reflection from H. P. Bonser
Presented by Douglas Smith
(The items are recorded)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. P. Bonser
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

Junior Theatre presents
' Said the Cat to the Dog '
A series of ten plays about Mompty and Peckham by Martin Armstrong
6-' Rules and Regulations Produced by Graham Gauld
followed by Music for Cats and Dogs
5.30 'Write Me a Letter'
The Children's Hour correspondence column of the air edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas
5.50 The week's programmes
5.55 The Weather
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas

by John Charles Clifton , Schubert. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sibelius,
Warlock, Quilter, Norman Fulton sung by Heather Harper (soprano)
John Carol Case (baritone) with Frederick Stone (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Charles Clifton
Unknown:
Norman Fulton
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Baritone:
John Carol Case
Piano:
Frederick Stone

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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