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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Recent guests of Woman's Hour: Anthony Newley and Harold Woolley , C.B.E., President of the National Farmers' Union
Castles in Spain: as yet unfrequented by Nancy Spain
Dropping In: on a recent conference of the Royal College of Nursing
Looking at Life: Ruth Adam on . beJng without ' Susan of St.
Brides '

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Anthony Newley
Unknown:
Harold Woolley
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
Ruth Adam

A request programme of records
Introduced by Norman Fulton Overture di Ballo (Sullivan)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Violin Concerto No. 5, in A (K.219) (Mozart)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Ferdinand Leitner
Shepherd Boy and Norwegian Rustic March (Lyric Suite) (Grieg)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by George Weldon

Contributors

Introduced By:
Norman Fulton
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Violin:
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Conducted By:
Ferdinand Leitner
Conducted By:
Shepherd Boy
Conducted By:
Norwegian Rustic
Conducted By:
George Weldon

Chairman, J. W. Lambert
Broadcasting: Cyril Ray
Book: Elsipeth Huxtey
Art: David Sylvester
Film: Paul Dehn
Theatre: T. C. Woreley

Contributors

Unknown:
J. W. Lambert
Unknown:
Cyril Ray
Unknown:
Elsipeth Huxtey
Unknown:
David Sylvester
Unknown:
Paul Dehn
Unknown:
T. C. Woreley

Introduced by Maxwell Knight
TOO MANY SWANS?
Some people feel that the numbers of swans should be controlled; others feel equally strongly that they should not. Maxwell Knight introduces recorded opinions of all shades and discusses with KEITH ELTRINGHAM the censuses made in 1955-56 and this year. Produced by Bruce Campbell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
Keith Eltringham
Produced By:
Bruce Campbell

Some reminiscences
On a number of occasions dwing recent years the eminent artist talk.d to ALED VAUGHAN about Wales and some Welsh gypsies he had known and painted. Much of the talk was record-d. and this afternoon Aled Vaughan presents an edited version of it.

Contributors

Unknown:
Aled Vaughan

During their first week in Ghana, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been to places outside Accra
Tomorrow they leave for Liberia and Sierra Leone
NEiL Bruce , ROBERT HUDSON ,
AUDREY RUSSELL and GODFREY TALBOT report on the week's events
Recordings introduced by Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Edited by Geoffrey Topping

Contributors

Unknown:
Sierra Leone
Unknown:
Neil Bruce
Unknown:
Robert Hudson
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Godfrey Talbot
Introduced By:
Wynford Vaughan
Edited By:
Geoffrey Topping

The novel by HENRY SETON MERRIMAN freely adapted in ten parts by Norman Edwards
The story is centred round a household in Dantzig at the time of the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.
6: Moscow 1812
Storyteller, Godfrey Kenton
Produced by David H. GODFREY

Contributors

Novel By:
Henry Seton Merriman
Unknown:
Norman Edwards
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Soldier:
Henry Davies
Second soldier:
David Terence
Barlasch:
George Merritt
Désirée:
Elizabeth London
Mathilde:
Annabel Maule
Antoine Sebastian:
Martin Lewis
Surgeon:
Derek Blomfield
Orderly:
Denys Hawthorne
Louis de Varennes:
Simon Lack
Charles Darragon:
Allan McClelland
Lieutenant:
Michael McCallion
Dubois:
Charles Simon

The Colonial Reckoning by MARGERY PERHAM , C.H.E.
Fellow of Nuffield College. Oxford
2: African Nationalism
In her second lecture Miss Perham analyses the internal and externa! influences which have fostered the growth of African independence.
Repeated on Monday at 9.5 (Third)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margery Perham

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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