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Whiter Than White by R. E. Wagg of the British Launderers' Research Association
Detergents are thousands of years old -but we used to call them soaps. In favourable conditions it is still true that soap is a first-class detergent. What then is all the talk about whiter than white and so on? What really goes on in the wash-tub?
Last Thursday's recorded broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
R. E. Wagg

Introduced by Bill Hartley
Safety in the ('ar
What is the British Motor Industry doing about this?
A discussion between Professor William Gissane. Clinical Director of the Birmingham Accident Hospital. and Lewis Dawtrey , an Automobile Research and Development Manager
Type Testing: Geoffrey Hancock reviews conditions under which new cars are tested by the manufacturers and the Press
Out of Doors with Your Car-Caravanning: Suggestions and advice by Roy McCarthy
Produced by James Pestridge

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
William Gissane.
Unknown:
Lewis Dawtrey
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Unknown:
Roy McCarthy
Produced By:
James Pestridge

A sort of radio show written by Eric Merriman with Kenneth Home
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick , Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee , Jill Day
The Fraser Hayes Four
BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Incidental music by Edwin Braden
Sort-of-announcer, Douglas Smith
Produced by JACQUES BROWN
Hugh Paddick broadcast by permission of H. M. Tennent , Ltd.; Kenneth Williams by permission of Michael Codron

Contributors

Written By:
Eric Merriman
Unknown:
Kenneth Home
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Jill Day
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
Jacques Brown
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
H. M. Tennent
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Michael Codron

Another adventure of the irresponsible Irish journalist by MARGARET POTTER
Chain of Events
Other parts played by Colin Welland and Brian Dean Produced by TREVOR HILL

Contributors

Played By:
Colin Welland
Played By:
Brian Dean
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Homer:
Harry Towb
Jimmy, the cub:
Randolph Stubington
Henry, the photographer:
Herbert Smith
Josiah Briggs editor of the Clarion:
Tom Harrison
Susan, the little girl:
Barbara Sibley

Introduced by Dennis Price
The singers
John Shaw. Alberto Remedios The George Mitchell Singers
The first broadcast of Elaine Blighton
The storyteller Robert Rietty
The month's comedy guest Tony Fayne
Variety Playhouse Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Carey Edwards and Leslie Crowther Short story by Robert Rietty Produced by ALASTAIR Scott JOHNSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dennis Price
Singers:
John Shaw.
Singers:
Alberto Remedios
Singers:
George Mitchell
Unknown:
Elaine Blighton
Unknown:
Robert Rietty
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Story By:
Robert Rietty
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

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By James Parish
With Ruth Dunning, Nan Munro and Michael Spice

'Where are they now?' When reporter Bruce Tirrold sets out to investigate the lives of living people who have been acquitted of murder, or whose life-sentences have run out, he is in for a succession of shocks
At 8.30

Sight into Sound
'Sight into Sound' is a series of plays by leading writers from film and television, broadcast by arrangement with the Television and Screenwriters' Guild.

Contributors

Writer:
James Parish
Producer:
Norman Wright
Bruce Tirrold:
Michael Spice
Maggie:
Jennie Goossens
Joe Randall:
Leslie Perrins
Jane Tirrold:
Ruth Dunning
Sarah Pearson:
Nan Munro
Major Hadham:
George Hagan
Ruth Tirrold:
Joan Newell
Carlox:
Godfrey Kenton
Colin Tirrold:
Terry Raven
Miss Spencer:
Joy Osborne
Miss Hewson:
Chris Castor
Fraser:
John Baddeley
Mrs. Hislop:
Vivienne Chatterton
Edgar Walton:
Malcolm Hayes
Ariadne Pennington:
Polly Murch

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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