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Travelling Expertise
The seasoned travellers
Michael Maclagan , John Scorgie and Philip Scott discuss their experiences of getting about by land, sea, and air
Chairman, Kevin FitzGerald
Recorded broadcast of February 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael MacLagan
Unknown:
John Scorgie
Unknown:
Philip Scott
Unknown:
Kevin Fitzgerald

Gerald Durrell author. animal collector, and director of Jersey Zoological Park answers questions put to him by Dilys Powell , James Fisher and Maurice Richardson
Recorded broadcast of April 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Durrell
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Maurice Richardson

Dynamite by ROBERT SLOMAN and LAURENCE DOBIE with George Coulouris
Doris Nolan , Brian O'Higgins Produced by R. D. SMITH
Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sloman
Unknown:
Laurence Dobie
Unknown:
George Coulouris
Unknown:
Doris Nolan
Unknown:
Brian O'Higgins
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
They Furiners: Lilian Day kin describes an excursion ' abroad '
On Becoming a Writer: Eunice Spencer outlines snags and rewards
Jumping to Conclusions: A. H. Chesworth on misplaced agility
Bravest of the Brave: A reading by Peter Claughton from G. A. Henty 's book
Introduced by John Dunn
The first and last items are recorded

Contributors

Unknown:
Eunice Spencer
Unknown:
H. Chesworth
Reading By:
Peter Claughton
Unknown:
G. A. Henty
Introduced By:
John Dunn

by W. M. LETTS adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by the author
6: The Bold Bad Robber Baron
It is summer now, and you will find Hans and Sophia at this moment far away on the mountain side, farther than they have ever been before, collecting the wild strawberries that Hans will sell tomorrow in Wunderheim.
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
W. M. Letts
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Storyteller:
Betty Hardy
Sophia:
Mollie Maureen
Hans:
Harold Reese
The Robber Baron:
Leonard Henry
Aunt Hildegarde:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Adelbert, a robber:
Middleton Woods

Alan Dixon makes the first of two visits to the Royal Air Force Station at Acklington in Northumberland
1: He sees how a pupil pilot is taught to fly a piston-engine aircraft Arranged and scripted by Gibson Sykes
Produced by Herbert Smith
Recorded broadcast of April 19 in the North of England Home Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Unknown:
Gibson Sykes
Produced By:
Herbert Smith

For more than forty years HENRY FILMER was a bus conductor in the East End of London. He recalls the days when horse-buses were giving way to the petrol pirates' and introduces some of his rarer passengers.
Recorded broadcast of January 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Filmer

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