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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
How do you accept a compliment?: thoughts on this from E. Arnot Robertson
What Are They Up To?: Jeanne Heal looks at some of the women's organisations 5: Mothers' Unions
Robbed in a Youth Hostel: Tim Bowden relates his experience in Italy
Clubtime for Motorists: with Sheila Van Damm in the chair

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Tim Bowden
Unknown:
Sheila van Damm

A request programme of gramophone records
Introduced by John Warrack
Britten
Movements from Spring Symphony
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) Norma Procter (contralto) Peter Pears (tenor)
Chorus of boys from
Emmanuel School, Wandsworth
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Conducted by the composer

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Warrack
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Contralto:
Norma Procter
Tenor:
Peter Pears

Conducted by Sir John Summerson
Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace Radio: Laurence Kitchin
Book: J. G. Weightman
Art: Basil Taylor
Film: Edgar Anstey

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir John Summerson
Unknown:
Laurence Kitchin
Unknown:
J. G. Weightman
Unknown:
Edgar Anstey

Listeners' questions about the countryside answered by Eric Hobbis
Maxwell Knight and Ralph Wightman
Question-Master, Jack Longland
Produced by Bill Coysh

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Hobbis
Unknown:
Maxwell Knight
Question-Master:
Ralph Wightman
Question-Master:
Jack Longland
Produced By:
Bill Coysh

by William Townsend
Below the foothills of the Rocky Mountains lies Calgary. The painter, William Townsend , who has paid several visits to Canada, talks about the ' explosive confidence that bursts the city open, the never-stopping animation and go.'
: shortened version of the talk broadcast in the Third Programme on November 13, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
William Townsend
Unknown:
William Townsend

by Charles Dickens
Adapted for radio in twelve episodes by H. Oldfield Box
with James Hayter and Hugh Dickson as Pip

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
H. Oldfield Box
Producer:
Robin Midgley
Pip:
Hugh Dickson
Young Pip:
Terry Raven
Abel Magwitch:
George Merritt
Joe Gargery:
James Hayter
Mrs Joe:
Patricia Routledge
Uncle Pumblechook:
Julian Somers
Mr Wopsle:
John Saunders
Sergeant Smithers:
Eric Anderson

Appeal on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists by Miss Leslie Caron
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and, should be addressed; to Miss Leslie Caron [address removed]
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is responsible for setting and maintaining a high standard of practice throughout the Commonwealth by supervising the training of doctors after qualification and by holding examinations both for specialists and for general practitioners who intend to practise midwifery. The College also sponsors research, which is urgently needed, on the causation and cure of many conditions responsible for death and disability in both mother and child.

Contributors

Unknown:
Miss Leslie Caron
Unknown:
Leslie Caron

Or Has It?
In conversation together, five travellers to the world's principal jungles share their experiences, make comparisons, and shatter a few popular illusions. The speakers are from South America, Africa, Burma, and Malaya. Richard Owen
Gerald Durrell Francis Huxley
John Hanbury-Tracey
Chairman, Stewart WaveH
followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
. Richard Owen
Unknown:
Gerald Durrell
Unknown:
Francis Huxley
Unknown:
John Hanbury-Tracey
Unknown:
Stewart Waveh

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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