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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Has She 'Chic ' ? Ailsia Gar land, Editor of ' Vogue,' pinpoints an essential
What are they up to? Jeanne Heal looks at tome of the women's organisations 4: N.F.W.I.
I couldn't part with it: some treasured possessions described
Coming Home after Treatment in a Mental Hospital: a psychiatrist suggests ways in which the patient's family can help

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Ailsia Gar

A weekly magazine edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage
Passion Music before Bach by Jeremy Noble
Egon Petri (born March 23, 1881)
A tribute for his eightieth birthday by Joseph Cooper

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Jeremy Noble
Unknown:
Egon Petri
Unknown:
Joseph Cooper

Tenth Birthday Edition
PORTRAIT OF A BIRD-WATCHER
James Fisher asks
Sir Julian Huxley , F.R.S. about his sixty years as an ornithologist
' The bird-watcher is a spectator in the theatre of evolution, but seeing the real life of the actors.'
Produced by Jeffery Boswall

Contributors

Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Sir Julian Huxley
Produced By:
Jeffery Boswall

THE LANTERN BEARERS
A serial in six parts from the novel by Rosemary Sutcliff adapted by Felix Felton with Marius Goring
5: The Hostage
' When the Red Fox Vortigern married Hengest's daughter Rowena, his three sons, the Young Foxes, came over to the banner of Ambrosius, bringing many chieftains with them. But the new alliance was a fragile one.'
Produced by David Davis
5.45 THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE
Four talks by the Rev. C. Leslie Mitton
3: Making a New Translation

Contributors

Novel By:
Rosemary Sutcliff
Adapted By:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Marius Goring
Produced By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Rev. C. Leslie Mitton
Marcus Flavius Aquila:
Marius Goring
Valarius:
Dennis Edwards
Ambrosius:
David Peel
Artos:
John Bentley
Cradoc:
Eric Anderson
Vortimer:
Denis Goacher
Brychan:
David Spenser
Ness:
Judi Dench
Flavian:
Jean England
Brother Ninnias:
Timothy Bateson
Hengest:
Richard Hurndall

Appeal on behalf of the Friends Service Council by Gerald Gardiner , Q.c.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Gerald Gardiner , Esq... Q.c., [address removed]
The Friends Service Council's present relief programme, which costs about £55,000 a year to maintain, includes rehabilitation work among refugees in Morocco, Austria, Germany, and Paris, and practical help for refugees and other needy people in various parts of Asia and Africa.
The Society of Friends, of which the Friends Service Council is a part, has been engaged in relief work for the past century and a half.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Gardiner
Unknown:
Gerald Gardiner

by JANE AUSTEN adapted for radio in nine episodes by Thea Holme
6: A Dance and a Proposal
In episode five Sir Thomas surprises the Hon. John Yates in his private rehearsals for a play, and pronounces that there will be no performance. Maria marries Mr. Rushworth and an exodus from Mansfield Park begins.
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
John Yates
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Jane Austen:
Anne Cullen
Henry Crawford:
Jon Rollason
Fanny Price:
Beryl Calder
Sir Thomas Bertram:
Derek Birch
Edmund Bertram:
Robin Lloyd
Lady Bertram:
Barbara Lott
Mrs Norris:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
William Price:
John Rye
Baddeley:
Haydn Jones
Mary Crawford:
Barbara Mitchell

Schumann
Quartet in A, Op. 41 No. 3 played by the Tatrai String Quartet Vilmos Tatrai (violin) Mihaly Szücs (violin)
Gyorgy Konrad (viola) Ede Banda (cello)
Recorded at a concert given before members of the Birmingham Chamber Music Society at the City Museum and Art Gallery

Contributors

Viola:
Gyorgy Konrad
Cello:
Ede Banda

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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