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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
For Someone Else's Daughter: .reminders
Self Interview: by Johnny Morris
Holiday Books: chosen by Clancy Sigal
Dr. Benjamin Spock: a recent guest in Woman's Hour

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
Clancy Sigal

A request programme of gramophone records
Ballet Suite: Le Roi s'amuse (Delibes)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Cello Concerto No. 1, in A minor (Saint-Saens)
Janos Starker (cello) with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Divertissement (Jbert)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conducted by Jean Martinon

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Cello:
Janos Starker
Conducted By:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon

Chairman, Sir Gerald Barry
Broadcasting: Jacques Brunius
- Book: A. Alvarez
Art: Andrew Forge
Film: Roger Manvell
Theatre: T. C. Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Jacques Brunius
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
Roger Manvell
Unknown:
T. C. Worsley

A monthly programme reflecting life in the country including
Sounds of the month
Reports from the countryside
A Natural History contribution by Eric Simms
Introduced by C. Gordon Glover
Produced by Arthur Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Simms
Introduced By:
C. Gordon Glover
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Tom's Midnight Garden
The book by PHILIPPA PEARCE adapted as a serial play in six parts by John Keir Cross
* And that was that, and Tom knew indeed that he must return to London. Only four more nights of tip-toeing downstairs, and finding, instead of the dusty little courtyard of the daytime, the huge splendid expanse of the midnight garden.'
5: The Angel Speaks
Produced by David DAVIS
Recorded broadcast of May 29. 1960

Contributors

Book By:
Philippa Pearce
Unknown:
John Keir Cross
Produced By:
David Davis
The Storyteller:
Charles E Stidwill
Tom:
Jean England
Hatty:
Ann Totten
Uncle Alan:
Norman Shelley
Aunt Gwen:
Rachel Roberts

Appeal on behalf of the Empire Rheumatism Council by Sir Derek Walker-Smith , Q.C., M.P.. Minister of Health 1957-60
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Sir Derek Walker -Smith. Empire Rheumatism Council.[address removed]
The Council promotes research into the causes and treatment of arthritis and rheumatism, two diseases that cause suffering to millions. It spends more than £ 100,000 a year on research projects and has recently taken on additional research commitments costing £ 150,000. Funds are urgently needed to maintain and expand this work.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Derek Walker-Smith
Unknown:
Sir Derek Walker

Three young men, on two motor-bicycles, set out last year to trace as far as Afghanistan the route taken by Marco Polo on his journey to China in the thirteenth century. Like Marco Polo , they met with many adventures. Two of them-STANLEY Johnson and GILES WATKINS-discuss their expedition with PETER FLEMING.

Contributors

Unknown:
Marco Polo
Unknown:
Marco Polo
Unknown:
Giles Watkins-Discuss
Unknown:
Peter Fleming.

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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