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Recordings from -the past and the present BOOKSHOP
Eric NORRIS has been in the book trade for thirty years. He believes that it is important for a bookseller to know authors as well as customers and introduces recordings of some he has met.
Research by Frank Cobb
Produced by Denys Gueroult

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Norris
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

by SIMON RAVEN with John Slater
Wendy Craig ; and John Carson
The smuggling of dangerous drugs may be rare in this country, but Customs Officers must alwavs be on their guard against it. This is a story about smuggling which begins, improbably enough, with a young couple about to set out on their honeymoon.
Produced by NESTA PAIN
Recorded broadcast of Sept. 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
John Carson
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
George Wainwright:
John Slater
Nigel Chesterton:
John Carson
Daphne, his wife:
Wendy Craig
Wilmot Frere:
Philip Cunningham
Jasper Layton:
Jonathan Scott
Inspector James McCarthey:
George Hagan
Signor Aldo Fratelli:
George Pravda
Signora Fratelli:
Irene Prador
Francesco:
Anthony Viccars
Salvadori:
Arthur Gomez
Mark Connolly:
Timothy Bateson
Drug addict:
Gudrun Ure
Friend:
Hugh Dickson

David Peel in Beware of Pity by STEFAX ZWEIG adapted for radio by Gert Westphal translated by H. B. Guest
In this story of old Austria before the First World War, a young cavalry officer is introduced into the family of a rich landowner whose daughter is paralysed. As time goes on he realises that she believes he is in love with her.
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Stefax Zweig
Unknown:
Gert Westphal
Translated By:
H. B. Guest
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster

Winter Holiday: 'A taxi put us down outside the grim, prison-like doors of a tall, stone house.' Rose Odle describes a stay in Majorca
Tinsel, Trash, and Pure Gold: Albert Butler tells two Christmas stories
Your Christmas Competition: Some ideas you might like to try Presented by John Dunn
The first two items are recorded
Competition entries should consist of not more than 300 words on ' My most precious possession ' or ' What I should like to hear in Indian Summer in 1962.' Entries should be sent to Indian Summer, Broadcasting House, London, W.I, to arrive by January i, 1962. Listeners will understand that contributions cannot be acknowledged individually, but a selection will be read in this programme on January 8.

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Butler
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame a new adaptation in twelve parts by Felix Felton
12: The Return
While Toad was away, the Wild Wooders moved into Toad Hall , and took over the property; eating Toad's food and drinking his drink, and singing rude songs about him, telling everybody that they'd come to stay for good.
Produced and narrated by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Toad Hall
Unknown:
David Davis
The Water Rat:
David March
The Mole:
Charles E Stidwill
The Toad:
Felix Felton
The Badger:
Geoffrey Wincott

Devised by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse
Including :
Trains on Holiday
The North-Eastern Railway
A Trip with a Highland Veteran and Books for Christmas
Edited and introduced by Shirley Franklin

Contributors

Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Patrick Whitehouse
Unknown:
Highland Veteran
Introduced By:
Shirley Franklin

Variation on a Theme by TERENCE RATTIGAN adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe with Mary Wimbush and Jon Rollason
Rose Fish , an ex-typist from Birmingham, makes a luxurious living out of marriages. Having mulcted four wealthy husbands she is about to marry a fifth when she meets Ron, a young ballet dancer. Rose's dilemma: another rich husband or a needful boy.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Broadcasting By:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Jon Rollason
Unknown:
Rose Fish
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Hettie:
Janet Burnell
Rose Fish:
Mary Wimbush
Ron:
Jon Rollason
Kurt Mast:
Eric Anderson
Fiona:
Nerys Hughes
Mona:
Tucker McGuire
Sam Duveen:
Brian Haines

Symphony in B flat, for string orchestra (Jiri Antonin Benda )' Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Vaclav Talich
Flute Concerto in D
(Frantisek X. Richter )
Jean Pierre-Rampal (flute) Prague Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Milan Munclinger on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Jiri Antonin Benda
Conducted By:
Vaclav Talich
Unknown:
Frantisek X. Richter
Flute:
Jean Pierre-Rampal
Conducted By:
Milan Munclinger

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