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Sun and Earth by A. P. WILLMORE , Ph.D. Lecturer in Physics,
University College, London
Events on the Sun can rapidly affect the Earth-espedally its upper atmosphere. The British Ariel satellite was designed to explore how this relationship works, and the first results have now been analysed. Last Thursday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
A. P. Willmore

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
The Motorist in 1963: CECIL ORR , of the Automobile Association, looks forward to the coming year
Motoring in Scotland: GRAHAM GAULD takes a topical look at conditions North of the Border
Let's look at lights: A review of the legal requirements for lights on motor vehicles by GEOFFREY HANCOCK
Here is the weather....: INGRID HOLFORD talks about weather signs and their interpretation Last Friday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Cecil Orr
Unknown:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Talks:
Ingrid Holford

Denys Hawthorne in The Bark Lay at Anchor
A play for radio by James McFarlan
' Who is the slayer and who the slain? ' This was the problem that faced P.O.W. John Richards in Offiag 14, Schoenbecke. And who, in order to be free, would become a prisoner twice?
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
James McFarlan
Unknown:
John Richards
Produced By:
John Tydeman
John Richards:
Denys Hawthorne
Peter Whitaker:
Lee Fox
Freddie Vaughan:
David Crane
Donald Tovey:
Charles Hodgson
Redmond Emmet:
Alan Barry
Bob Townsend:
Timothy West
George Brown:
David Graham
Willie McBane:
Michael Deacon
Brian Adrian:
Jonathan Scott
Jones-the-books:
Haydn Jones
Stephen Derrington:
Anthony Viccars
Guard:
Hugo Schuster

A magazine for everybody
For Boys
KENNETH CHAPMAN : Stamps
For Girls
BARBARA GRIGGS : Clothes Sense
Dipsy into Fairy Glades STANLEY UNWIN accompanied by GRANT HOSSACK
Luck of the Draw
This week's record request Jewel of the Month
F. R. MORRELL : January's Stone
Space News
LEONARD CARTER
What Happens Next? MALCOLM HAYES tells a serial story by Geoffrey Morgan Introduced by GRAHAM GAULD
Postcards should be sent to ' Five-Fifteen.' BBC [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Chapman
Unknown:
Barbara Griggs
Unknown:
Hossack Luck
Unknown:
F. R. Morrell
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Story By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Introduced By:
Graham Gauld

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The singers
Peter Glossop
Kenneth MacDonald
First broadcast
Elizabeth Bourne
The violin played by Julien Gaillard
Comedy from June Whitfield
Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
This Week's Guest
Robert Beatty
Playhouse Theatre Catherine Lacey with Godfrey Kenton
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by VIC OLIVER Script by Carey Edwards Leslie Crowther and Lawrie Wyman Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Leslie Crowther is appearing in ' The Black and White Minstrel Show ' at the Victoria Palace, London; Robert Beatty in ' Breaking Point ' at the Lyric Theatre, London; Peter Glossop and Kenneth MacDonald broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.; Catherine Lacey broadcasts by permission of the Old Vic Theatre Company

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Peter Glossop
Singers:
Kenneth MacDonald
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bourne
Played By:
Julien Gaillard
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Catherine Lacey
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
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:
Robert Beatty
Unknown:
Peter Glossop
Unknown:
Kenneth MacDonald
Unknown:
Catherine Lacey

The Case of the Frightened Lady by Edgar Wallace adapted for broadcasting by CYNTHIA PUGHE in the series
Murder for Pleasure
The ancestral home of Lord Lebanon is the scene of two murders. Inspector Tanner goes down to investigate and is confronted by a very frightened young lady. Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Repeated on Monday at 3.0 See page 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Wallace
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Chief Inspector Tanner:
Simon Lack
Sergeant Totty:
Lewis Stringer
Sergeant Ferraby:
Michael Spice
Briggs:
Will Leighton
Lord Lebanon:
William Eedle
Gilder:
Anthony Hall
Brooks:
Warren Stanhope
Lady Lebanon:
Valerie White
Kelver:
James Thomason
Aisla Crane:
Beryl Calder

ENGLISH STRING QUARTET , Nona Liddell (violin)
Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert (viola)
Helen Just (cello) < with THEA KING (clarinet) Broadcast on August 19 in the Third Programme

Contributors

Violin:
Nona Liddell
Violin:
Eleanor St. George
Viola:
Marjorie Lempfert

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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