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Four scientists answer listeners' questions about science and technology
In the Chair
Professor G. P. Wells , F.R.S.
Members of Panel R. J. C. Harris
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
B. J. Mason
Imperial College, London
Gwynne Vevers
Zoological Society of London
W. T. Williams
University of Southampton Arranged by Archie Clow
Recorded broadcast of February 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

A history and an,appreciation of ' The Home of Shakespeare and Opera in English ' 1914-1962
3: ... and Sadler's Wells including the recorded voices of TYRONE GUTHRIE , NINETTE DE VALOIS JOAN CROSS, ALICIA MARKOVA
ARTHUR Bliss , ANNETTE PREVOST
CONSTANT LAMBERT, MARGOT FONTEYN
Introduced by Christopher Venning Produced by John Powell
The recorded broadcast of March 16, in the series A World of Sound

Contributors

Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Alicia Markova
Unknown:
Arthur Bliss
Unknown:
Annette Prevost
Unknown:
Margot Fonteyn
Introduced By:
Christopher Venning
Produced By:
John Powell

A serial in twelve parts adapted from his novel by R.F. Delderfield

(Recorded broadcast of November 3, 1959, in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Author/Adapted by:
R.F. Delderfield
The Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Edited by:
Cynthia Pughe
Producer:
Norman Wright
Miss Baker:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
The Carvers - Jim:
Malcolm Hayes
The Carvers - Louise:
Beryl Calder
The Carvers - Archie:
David March
The Carvers - Maria:
Sheila Manahan
The Carvers - Judy:
Sheila Grant
The Carvers - Bernard:
Henry Davies
The Carvers - Boxer:
David Spenser
The Friths - Edgar:
Godfrey Kenton
The Friths - Edgar Elaine:
June Tobin
The Godbeers - Harold:
John Bryning
The Godbeers - Eunice:
Joan Matheson
Esme Fraser:
Simon Lack
Edith Clegg:
Catherine Salkeld
Ted Hartnell:
Trevor Martin
Maud Somerton:
Sylvia Coleridge
Jack Strawbridge:
John Graham
Mr Billington:
John Hollis

Tuneful reminders of yesterday played by Louis Voss and his Kursaal Orchestra with Pat Lancaster and Harry Dawson
Ian Stewart (piano)
Introduced by Peter Fettes Produced by John Tylee

Contributors

Played By:
Louis Voss
Unknown:
Pat Lancaster
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Piano:
Ian Stewart
Introduced By:
Peter Fettes
Produced By:
John Tylee

Midland Region's popular panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
In the umpire's chair, Jack Longland
Sunday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

by Count Bobrinskoy Melek Taus , or the Angel Peacock , was the name given by a Kurdish sect to the Spirit of Evil which had fallen from heaven, and whom they worshipped as part of their twin god. Count Bobrinskoy tells how an ibex-hunting expedition brought him across members of this rare religious sect and how the encounter was an enriching experience for him.

Contributors

Unknown:
Count Bobrinskoy Melek Taus
Unknown:
Angel Peacock

London Consort of Viols Harry Danks (treble viol)
Stanley Wootton (treble viol) Desmond Dupre (tenor viol) Ysobel Danks (tenor viol) Henry Revell (bass viol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Danks
Unknown:
Stanley Wootton
Tenor:
Desmond Dupre
Tenor:
Ysobel Danks
Bass:
Henry Revell

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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