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1: Durham
Devised and introduced by ROGER SNOWDON
Those taking part:
THE VERY REV. J. H. S. WILD , Dean of Durham SAM WATSON
THE REV. C. K. PATTINSON D. MCINTYRE W. MCGINNES EDWARD CLARK
Choir of Durham Cathedral
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Conrad Eden
Produced by Julian Budden Broadcast in the BBC General
Overseas Service on March 14 followed by an interlude

Contributors

Introduced By:
Roger Snowdon
Unknown:
Rev. J. H. S. Wild
Unknown:
Sam Watson
Unknown:
Rev. C. K. Pattinson
Unknown:
D. McIntyre
Unknown:
W. McGinnes
Unknown:
Edward Clark
Unknown:
Conrad Eden
Produced By:
Julian Budden

A request programme of gramophone records
Chaconne: They shall be happy (Act 5, The Fairy Queen) (Purcell) Soloists
The St. Anthony Singers The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Conducted by Anthony Lewis
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Haydn)
Roger Voisin (trumpet)
Unicorn Concert Orchestra Conducted by Harry Ellis Dickson
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
(Coleridge- Taylor)
Richard Lewis (tenor) Royal Choral Society
Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Contributors

Conducted By:
Anthony Lewis
Unknown:
Roger Voisin
Conducted By:
Harry Ellis Dickson
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Game Birds
JAMES FISHER discusses the partridge with JOHN ASH. the capercailzie with IAN PENNIE , and the blackeock with ARTHUR CADMAN Produced by ELIZABETH ADAIR
Repeated: Thurs., 11.30 a.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
John Ash.
Unknown:
Ian Pennie
Unknown:
Arthur Cadman
Produced By:
Elizabeth Adair

Gardening in the Shadow of the Alps
First of five programmes from Bavaria
Roy HAY , ARTHUR BILLITT , and WILL INGWERSEN visit the Munich Municipal Gardens, describe some of the gardens, talk to the owners, and discuss this new and far-sighted ' allot ment ' scheme
Produced by John Greenslade Last Friday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Hay
Unknown:
Arthur Billitt
Produced By:
John Greenslade

Portrait Painting
2: Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
WITH SEVERED EAR
(painted 1889) in the Courtauld Institute Gallery, London Speaker, DAVID Piper
Assistant Keeper,
National Portrait Gallery
Repeated on Thursday at 7.20 p.m. in Network Three
These broadcasts are part of a scheme for subscribers who are supplied every month with a colour print of the painting to be discussed, together with background notes and illustrations in black and white. Subscriptions, which remain at 35s... can be registered now and should be sent to BBC Publications (Painting 1962). 35 Marylebone High Street, London. W.l.

Contributors

Unknown:
Vincent van Gogh

Introduced by DAVID ROBINSON
Real People: PAUL MAYERSBERG , critic, and DENIS MITCHELL , BBC TV documentary producer, on a new French documentary, ' Chronicle of a Summer'
Director's Son: DAVID ROBINSON talks to Juan-Luis BUNUEL
Cartoons: DEREK HILL on the Annecy Festival

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Robinson
Unknown:
Paul Mayersberg
Unknown:
Denis Mitchell
Talks:
David Robinson
Unknown:
Derek Hill

AND TIME AGAIN
Tom's Midnight Garden
The book by PHILIPPA PEARCE adapted as a serial play in six parts by JOHN KEIR CROSS
6: A Tale for Tom Long
Produced by DAVID DAVIS Second broadcast

Contributors

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

Midland Region's panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
NANCY SPAIN and DENIS NORDEN
Umpire, JACK LONGLAND

Contributors

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

by SIMON RAVEN
Produced by NESTA PAIN
Freda Dowie broadcasts by permission of the Royal Shakespeare Company: Nyree Dawn Porter is in ' Come Blow Your Horn ' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Freda Dowie
Unknown:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Julian Travers, a courier:
Julian Glover
Jack Burt:
Jullan Somers
Mrs Burt:
Anne Padwick
Mavis, their daughter:
Patricia Cree
Miss Lanyon:
Betty Hardy
Henry Sandown:
Denys Blakelock
Rosemary Dilke:
Penelope Lee
Carolyn Whyte:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Mrs Stevens:
Dorit Welles
Dickie, her son:
Peter Bartlett
Gerald Rope:
Aubrey Woods
Jean, his girlfriend:
Freda Dowie
Café proprietor:
Michael Anthony
Inspector of French Police:
Heron Carvic
French policeman:
Malcolm Hayes

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