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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
My View of a City: BRIDGET BOLAND remembers Rome
Self Discipline: GWEN PAIN meets some people in practice Beauty in the Sun: will you look a picture or a sight?
Learning French the French Way: ROSEMARY HORSTMANN reports on pioneering in primary schools in Leeds

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Bridget Boland
Unknown:
Rosemary Horstmann

A request programme of gramophone records
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 (Beethoven)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone) with GERALD MOORE (piano)
Fantasia in C major, Op. 17 (Schumann)
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano)

Contributors

Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter

Chairman. J. W LAMBERT
Art: BRYAN ROBERTSON
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Theatre: PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
Broadcasting: STEPHEN POTTER
Book: RICHARD FINDLATER

Contributors

Unknown:
J. W Lambert
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Philip Hope-Wallace
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Richard Findlater

Toxic Chemicals and Wildlife DONALD HOLMS introduces a discussion between an independent conservationist and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Nature Conservancy, and the Association of British Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald Holms

BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conductor, GEORGE HURST Part 1
3.13* The Interval
ACTING IN COMEDY
' Comedy is in the author's hands. It's no good adding on a false nose or being funny or falling over' ATHENE SEYLER in conversation with CARL WILDMAN
3.33* Symphony Concert Part 2

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conductor:
George Hurst
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Unknown:
Carl Wildman

A series of six programmes about men and women who have won the Nobel Prize
2: The Samaritan from the North
From early manhood his target was the North Pole. When at last he turned his back on it he found his true calling.
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL with DUNCAN CARSE, MARY WIMBUSH DENIS GOACHER , ROGER SNOWDON Produced by ELIZABETH BROWN

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Denis Goacher
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon
Produced By:
Elizabeth Brown

by Mary Renault adapted for radio in five episodes by CEDRIC MESSINA with Keith Michell
as Theseus
Episode 3: Athens
Theseus, now made heir to the troubled Attic kingdom of his father Aigeus, sails to Crete as self-chosen victim of the Royal Sacrifice, the last resort of Achaean Kings in the dire extremity of their people.
Cranes:
Music by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Renault
Unknown:
Cedric Messina
Unknown:
Keith Michell
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Aigeus, King of Athens:
Norman Claridge
Horse Baron:
Donald McKillop
Lukas:
David Spenser
Asterion:
Ralph Truman
Aktor:
Peter Pratt
Phormion:
Lewis Stringer
Amyntor:
Glyn Dearman
Iros:
Nigel Anthony
Hippon:
Peter Bartlett
Melantho:
Shirley Cooklin
Chryse:
Elizabeth Morgan
Nephele:
Eva Stuart
Thebe:
Margaret Wolfit
Rhene:
Dorit Welles
Helike:
Isabel Rennie
Ariadne:
Anna Castaldini
Corinthian:
Michael Spice

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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