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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
As I See People: reflections by Derek Todd , a court reporter
What Are They Up To?: Jeanne Heal looks at some of the women's organisations
3 : The Townswomen's Guild
Continued in next column
Off the Beaten Track: meeting women who lead unusual lives.
K'tut Tantri
Buying Children's Shoes: Tom Skillen talks to a shoe retailer and a doctor

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Derek Todd
Talks:
Tom Skillen

Regional Variations (5)

Service for Lent. ' Behold. the Man! ': 3. From Westerton Parish Church, Dunbartonshire

BBC Home Service Scottish

Sermons for Lent. Disciplines of the Christian Life: 3— Charity ' by the Abbot of Downside. From the Convent of Mercy, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol

BBC Home Service West

Service from the Belfast Central Mission

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Service. As West

BBC Home Service Midland

Modern Temptations in the Rich Society
A series of sermons for Lent by Denys Munby
Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and the Rev. W. A. Whitehouse , D.D. Reader in Divinity in the University of Durham
Service from the Chapel of Nuffield College, Oxford, conducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. R. S. Lee , D.Phil.
Preacher. Denys Munby
Versicles and Responses Psalm 82
First Lesson: Genesis 9, vv. 1-11 Te Deum
Second Lesson: Revelation 21
God of mercy (BBC H.B. 455) Sermon
Rejoice 0 land (BBC H.B. 433) Prayers
Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round
(BBC H.B. 321)
Blessing
Choir of Merton College Chapel Choir-Master. Laszlo Heltay Michael Keeble (harpsichord)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. W. A. Whitehouse
Unknown:
R. S. Lee
Unknown:
Denys Munby
Unknown:
Laszlo Heltay
Harpsichord:
Michael Keeble

Regional Variations (2)

Galw Heibio: records

BBC Home Service Welsh

Edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage Bruckner's Eighth Symphony by Deryck Cooke
Beethoven's Fidelio by Alec Robertson
Musical Profile: Sena Jurinac by Harold Rosenthal Delius and Nietzsche by Arthur Hutchings

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Deryck Cooke
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Unknown:
Harold Rosenthal
Unknown:
Arthur Hutchings

A request programme of records
Introduced by Scott Goddard
Suite No. 3, in D (Bach)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Karl Miinchinger
Excerpts from The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Hilde Gueden (soprano) Eugene Conley (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association Conducted by the composer
Prelude and Scherzo: Hammersmith (Holst)
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Frederick Fennell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Scott Goddard
Conducted By:
Karl Miinchinger
Soprano:
Hilde Gueden
Tenor:
Eugene Conley
Conducted By:
Frederick Fennell

Conducted by Sir Gerald Barry
Film: Charles Marowitz
Theatre: T. C. Worsley
Radio: Jacques Brunius
Book: A. Alvarez
Art: David Sylvester

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Charles Marowitz
Unknown:
Jacques Brunius
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
David Sylvester

Introduced by Maxwell Knight
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
J. M. CHALMERS-HuNT , an entomologist; ERNEST NEAL , who studies mammals; C. A. Norris , a bird-watcher, discuss with MAXWELL KNIGHT where they would go and what they would do if they had each won £100.
Produced by Bruce Campbell See page 15

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
J. M. Chalmers-Hunt
Unknown:
Ernest Neal
Unknown:
C. A. Norris
Unknown:
Maxwell Knight
Produced By:
Bruce Campbell

Regional Variations (2)

The Lichty Nichts: D. Phillips recalls boyhood years

BBC Home Service Scottish

The Time to Put Things Right
With wise advice, children can be kept out of trouble and marriages mended. A probation officer talks about the help the Probation Service offers to worried people-before a real crisis occurs in their lives.
followed by an interlude

Regional Variations (2)

The Scottish Garden

BBC Home Service Scottish

visits Berkshire
Members of the Ascot and District Produce Association put their problems to Fred Loads , Bill Sowerbutts , Alan Gemmell
Question-Master. FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Arranged by Ellis Widdup

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Loads
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Arranged By:
Ellis Widdup

Regional Variations (2)

Welsh news survey

BBC Home Service Welsh

After three days in Kathmandu, the historic capital of Nepal, Her Majesty the Queen returned briefly to Delhi, where she made her Farewell Broadcast to the people of India
She has spent the past few days in Iran, visiting Teheran and Shiraz The tour described by Robert Hudson , Audrey Russell and Godfrey Talbot
Recordings linked by Wynford Vaughan Thomas and edited by Geoffrey Topping
Her Majesty the Queen at Guildhall: Friday at 2.10 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Hudson
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Godfrey Talbot
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Edited By:
Geoffrey Topping
Edited By:
Her Majesty

THE LANTERN BEAKERS
A serial for radio in six parts from the novel' by Rosemary Sutcliff adapted! by Felix Felton with Marius Goring
3: The Forest Sanctuary
' I was taken as a thrall to the land of the Jutes, over the Northern Sea. But in Juteland the winters were cruel and the harvests bad, so my Jutish masters decided to come themselves to Britain, where the Saxon Hengest had offered them land. We arrived in our long-ship at Rutupiae, and marched to the great burg of Hengest. There I saw a woman, and on her finger was my father's signet ring.'
Produced by David Davis
5.45 THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE
Four talks by the Rev. C. Leslie Mitton
1: A Great Event

Contributors

Novel By:
Rosemary Sutcliff
Adapted By:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Marius Goring
Unknown:
Saxon Hengest
Produced By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Rev. C. Leslie Mitton
Marcus Flavius Aquila:
Marius Goring
Flavia:
Jennifer Wright
Ambrosius:
David Peel
Rowena:
Virginia Winter
Vortigern:
Leslie Perrins
Hengest:
Richard Hurndall
Brother Ninnias:
Timothy Bateson
Eugenus:
Carleton Hobbs
Brychan:
David Spenser
Valarius:
Dennis Edwards

Regional Variations (3)

Service from Ararat Baptist Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff: the Rev. W. George Evans

BBC Home Service Welsh

Service from the United Free Church. Wishaw: the Rev. Robertson Taylor

BBC Home Service Scottish

Christiansthink about their faith and its living expression
A NEW WAY OF LOOKING
AT THE GOSPELS
The third of four programmes for Lent 1961
For more than a hundred years scholars have been doing intensive, and often highly technical, work on the New Testament. What help have they to give to the ordinary reader of the Gospels?
It is in the light of these researches that Professor DENNIS NINEHAM , of the University of London, considers the basic themes of the Kingdom of God and the Son of Man, as we read them in Our Lord's parables and miracles.
Readers,
Roger DelgadO and Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Dennis Nineham
Readers:
Roger Delgado
Readers:
Carleton Hobbs

Regional Variations (6)

Appeal: on behalf of the Kinghan Mission for the Deaf and Dumb by Lady MacDermott

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Appeal: Southsea Home of Comfort for Invalids Extension Fund by Lady Lucas

BBC Home Service West

Appeal: as Midland

BBC Home Service North

Appeal: on behalf of the Cheshire Home, Staunton Harold, by J. W. Jackson

BBC Home Service Midland

Appeal: the Glasgow Hos-Sitals Auxiliary Association by David Currie, O.B.E., j.p.

BBC Home Service Scottish

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by JANE AUSTEN adapted for radio in nine episodes by Thea Holme
4: Private Theatricals at Mansfield Park
In episode three the Bertrams visit Sotherton Court to view Mr. Rush-worth's improvements, and make and break relationships in the ' wilderness.' The Hon. John Yates comes upon the scene, and embarks on private theatricals.
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
John Yates
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Jane Austen:
Anne Cullen
Tom Bertram:
Raymond! Young
Maria Bertram:
Valerie Hanson
James Rushworth:
Hugh Manning
Hon John Yates:
Douglas Storm
Julia Bertram:
Sheila Manahan
Mary Crawford:
Barbara Mitchell
Henry Crawford:
Jon Rollason
Edmund Bertram:
Robin Lloyd
Lady Bertram:
Barbara Lott
Mrs Norris:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Fanny Price:
Beryl Calder
Mrs Grant:
Joan' Matbeson

Regional Variations (2)

St. David's National Festival: concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London

BBC Home Service Welsh

A public audience in Aberdeen questions
August Heckscher Director of the Twentieth-Century Fund in NEW YORK
Olivier Todd author and critic in PARIS
Matthew Smedts author and journalist in HILVERSUM Moultrie Kelsall acton and' playwright who is with Mary Stocks in ABERDEEN
Arranged by Norman Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Olivier Todd
Unknown:
Matthew Smedts
Unknown:
Hilversum Moultrie
Unknown:
Mary Stocks
Arranged By:
Norman MacDonald

Regional Variations (2)

Church Music: BBC Midland Singers; Roy Massey. organ

BBC Home Service Midland

Jennifer Vyvyan , (soprano)
Clifton Helliwell (piano) Das verlassene Magdlein Er ist's
Auf eirr altes Bild
Elfenlied
Gesang Weylas
In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Die Sprbde
Die Bekehrte
Frühling üben's Jahr -
Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebstea wohnen
BBC record'ing

Contributors

Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Piano:
Clifton Helliwell

Beethoven
String Quartet in E minor
Op. 59 No. 2 (Rasumovsky) played by the Janacek String Quartet Jiri Travnicek (violin) Adolf Sykora (violin) Jiri Kratochvil (viola) Karel Krafka (cello)
Recorded at a concert given before members of the Dundee Chamber Music Club at the College of Education Hall, Park Place, Dundee

Contributors

Violin:
Jiri Travnicek
Viola:
Jiri Kratochvil
Cello:
Karel Krafka

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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