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Franz Reizenstein with
JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor)
Legend
Five Sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The soul's expression; Our two souls; How do I love thee?: I think of thee; Perplexed music
Three Pieces for young people
Major and minor; Secret story; Toccatina
Scherzo in A

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Reizenstein
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
On the occasion of the programme's fifth anniversary the MINISTER OF Transport THE RT. HON. ERNEST MARPLES. m.p., speaks to all road users Five Years Either Way: JOSEPH Lowrey , Technical Editor of The Motor, reviews recent developments and looks at the future of the motor car
The Development of Motoring Law: from the horseless carriage to hovercraft by THE LAWYER
The International Road Safety Congress: a report by RONALD PRIESTLEY t Last Friday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Rt. Hon. Ernest Marples.
Unknown:
Joseph Lowrey
Unknown:
Ronald Priestley

Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan in The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)
with The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan
Produced by PETER ETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Produced By:
Peter Eton

L. Hugh Newman, professional butterfly farmer, and writer and broadcaster on the subject of butterflies and moths, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight gramophone records he would take to a desert island.

(Broadcast on September 17)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
L. Hugh Newman
Producer:
Monica Chapman

The Other Side of the Mountain by J. F. B. Bunting
Peter and Hans climb the Vogelhorn together. Their respective fathers climbed it many years ago and Hans's father was killed. The facts have been shrouded in mystery ever since, and Peter is determined to get at the truth. t Produced by EILEEN CULLEN

Contributors

Unknown:
J. F. B. Bunting
Produced By:
Eileen Cullen
Julius:
Austin Trevor
Peter:
Denys Hawthorne
Martine:
Martina Mayne
Hans:
Carl Duering
Otto:
John G Heller
Herr Baumann:
Malcolm Hayes

† PETER HAWKINS introduces songs and music for the under fives, including ' The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe' and ' There was an Old Man Who Said Well!; and Tim GUDGIN tells the story of ' Turnip Soup ' with music by Ann Driver

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Hawkins
Introduces:
Tim Gudgin
Music By:
Ann Driver

A new series of adventures of the boy detectives with 1: Beware of the Dog t Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Norman:
Harold Reese
Actor:
Patricia Hayes
Mrs Bones:
Ann Codrington
Mr Bones:
Phillp Cunningham
Inspector Martin:
Preston Lockwood
Mr Dixon:
Christopher Rhodes
Mrs Dixon:
Peggy Cameron
Mr Newness:
Geoffrey Lewis
Fred Hodges:
Roy Spencer
Len Hodges:
Alaric Cotter
Jimmy Simpson:
James McManus
Brenda:
Elwyn Stock

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The Singers
Victoria Elliott
Kenneth MacDonald
John Heddle Nash
First Broadcast
Rhondda Gillespie
Comedy from Hattie Jacques Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
This week's guest Dick Bentley
Playhouse Theatre Sir Donald Wolfit with George Hagan
Lee Fox , Malcolm Hayes
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Vic OLIVER Script by Carey Edwards Leslie Crowther Lawrie Wyman t Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Leslie Crowther Is in ' The Black and White Minstrel Show ' at the Victoria Palace. London; Kenneth MacDonald broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Ltd.: John Heddle Nash by permission of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Victoria Elliott
Singers:
Kenneth MacDonald
Singers:
John Heddle Nash
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Sir Donald Wolfit
Unknown:
George Hagan
Unknown:
Lee Fox
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Script By:
Lawrie Wyman
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Produced By:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Kenneth MacDonald
Unknown:
John Heddle Nash

William Lucas
Harold Scott and Sheila Burrell in The Mather Story by John Prebble
A famous artist's accusation that the work of another is obscene gives reporter John Ramsay the chance of a story for the Sunday Herald, and perhaps the chance of keeping his job.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company t Produced by CHARLES LEFAUX
Repeated on Monday at 3.0
Joss Ackland is In ' Lock Up Your Daughters' at Her Majesty's Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
William Lucas
Unknown:
Harold Scott
Unknown:
Sheila Burrell
Story By:
John Prebble
Reporter:
John Ramsay
Produced By:
Charles Lefaux
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Matthew Clayton:
Michael Deacon
John Ramsay:
William Lucas
James Lovett:
Geoffrey Dunn
Marion Lucas:
Sheila Burrell
Jack Vaughan:
Reginald Marsh
Dai Llewellyn:
Anthony Hall
Walter Cooper:
Joss Ackland'
Lionel Mather:
Harold Scott
The Reader:
James Thomason
Eccles:
Donald McKillop

Dvorak
String Quintet in G major.
Op. 77 t played by the MARTIN String QUARTET David Martin (violin) David Stone (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) with J. Edward Merrett (double-bass)

Contributors

Violin:
David Martin
Violin:
David Stone
Viola:
Eileen Grainger
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Double-Bass:
J. Edward Merrett

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