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t Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Getting out in the open: open-air enthusiasms described by CHARLES E. WALLS , BILL LATTO, ANN WELCH , HESKETH PEARSON
Continued in next column
Are women funny? Basil BOOTHROYD answers a listener's request
Twentieth-century women: GINA FRANKLIN , a public relations executive
Memorable Men: MILDRED RAWLINSON on William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury 1942-1944

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Charles E. Walls
Unknown:
Ann Welch
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Gina Franklin

A request programme of gramophone records Symphony in G major, Op. 11 No. 1
(Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
THE JEAN-FRANCOIS Paillard CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN-FRANCOIS PAILLARD
Concerto in C major for flute, harp. and strings (K.299) (Mozart)
HUBERT BARWAHSER (flute) PHIA BERGHOUT (harp)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EDUARD VAN BEINUM
Ballet Suite: Bourree, Musette and Tambourin (Daphnis et Chloe) (Boismortier)
THE EMIL SEILER
CHAMBER Music ENSEMBLE

Contributors

Flute:
Hubert Barwahser
Conducted By:
Eduard van Beinum

t Chairman, WALTER ALLEN
Theatre: LAURENCE KITCHIN
Broadcasting: STEPHEN POTTER
Book: J. G. WEIGHTMAN
Art: BRYAN ROBERTSON
Film: DILYS POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
Laurence Kitchin
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
J. G. Weightman
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Dilys Powell

How hard hit?
Last winter took an enormous toll of bird life. How many survived and what has been the effect on the breeding season? t JAMES FISHER conducts a postmortem and assesses the present situation with BRUCE CAMPBELL, CHRIS MYLNE , C. D. DEANE , and PETER CONDER

Contributors

Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Chris Mylne
Unknown:
C. D. Deane
Unknown:
Peter Conder

† by IVAN ROOTS
Senior Lecturer in History at University College, Cardiff
In the first half of the seventeenth century, it seemed to many people that almost anything might happen. In this age of ferment, the mantle of Daniel descended upon the irascible Lady Eleanor Davies. For nearly thirty years, in an inimitable style, she prophesied ' woeful occurrences ' with impressive success.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lady Eleanor Davies.

A series of six programmes about men and women who have won the Nobel Prize
4: The Crusading Monk
As a child he fled with other refugees before the invading German armies. As a man he led a great European crusade to rescue refugees from squalor and despair. Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL with Olive GREGG , ALAN REID CHARLES E. STIDWILL GEOFFREY WINCOTT t Produced by ELIZABETH BROWN

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Unknown:
Alan Reid
Unknown:
Charles E. Stidwill
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wincott
Produced By:
Elizabeth Brown

by Mary Renault adapted as a serial for radio in five episodes by Cedric Messina
with Keith Michell as Theseus
Theseus, betrothed to Ariadne, daughter of the dead King Minos, plans escape from Crete. A great cataclysm which destroys the mighty Palace of the Labyrinth, aids their flight and at the same time enables him to settle old scores with his fabled enemy - the monstrous Minotaur.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
(Keith Michell broadcasts by arrangement with the Rank Organisation.)

Contributors

Author:
Mary Renault
Adapted for radio by:
Cedric Messina
Music:
Christopher Whelen
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Theseus:
Keith Michell
Amyntor:
Glyn Dearman
Aktor:
Peter Pratt
Melantho:
Shirley Cooklin
Thalestris:
Nicolette Bernard
Old Steward:
George Merritt
Chryse:
Elizabeth Morgan
Hippon:
Peter Bartlett
Iros:
Nigel Anthony
Ariadne:
Anna Castaldini
Phoitios:
Donald McKillop
Asterion:
Ralph Truman
Aigeus:
Norman Claridge

Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor,
Op. 84 played by CLIFTON HELLIWELL (piano)
ERNEST ELEMENT (violin)
JAN LENSKY (violin)
DAVID GODSELL (viola)
OLIVER BROOKES (cello) t Broadcast from the College
Hall, Worcester, on November 26, 1962. in the Midland Home Service

Contributors

Piano:
Clifton Helliwell
Viola:
David Godsell
Cello:
Oliver Brookes

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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