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Joan Bennett, actress and Hollywood star, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight records she would take to a desert island.

(Joan Bennett is in 'Never Too Late' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Joan Bennett
Producer:
Monica Chapman

For retired and older people and for those concerned for their welfare Your Teeth, with more about the National Health Service: by THE DENTIST The Riches of Retirement:
ANNIE Cousins
Famous Conductors I Have Known: 3: Sir John Barbirolli , by C. B. REES
Cancer Overcome: a personal testimony, by VIVIAN BIRD
Introduced by SAM POLLOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Barbirolli
Unknown:
C. B. Rees
Introduced By:
Sam Pollock

A serial play in six episodes by David Scott Daniell
6: The Battle of Dead Man's Cove

Contributors

Writer:
David Scott Daniell
Producer:
Peggy Bacon
Polly Trott:
Mary Chester
Drummer Oliver Crowe:
Nigel Anthony
Sergeant Trott:
Jack Holloway
Private Pilchard:
Michael Shaw
Ensign Boseawen:
David Spenser
Mr Freeth:
Ronald Baddiley
Le Vicomte de Salvi:
Keith Banks
Mrs Blowgun:
Olive Pendleton
Lady Clara Pole:
Nan Marriott Watson
Widow Parsiloe:
Aileen Mills
Martin Chubb:
Owen Berry
Claudine de Fronzac:
June Spencer
Captain Fairclough:
Philip Cunningham

Autumn Fashion and Beauty Edition
Introduced by ROSEMARY HORSTMANN
Button Up Your Overcoat: JEAN ROOK on winter coats
Boots, Boots: IAN STRACHAN listens askance to the thunder of feminine footsteps
Pretty Feet: How to lose them, how to keep them
Beauty, the Hard Way: DAPHNE WHITTINGHAM looks at some cosmetic recipes of yesterday
One Foot on the Ladder: A trainee buyer in the fashion business
Some of the items are recorded

Contributors

Introduced By:
Rosemary Horstmann
Unknown:
Jean Rook
Unknown:
Ian Strachan

A play for radio by Brian Miller with Michael Hordern and Michael Gwynn Geneva, 1553: John Calvin , the religious reformer, has instituted a reign of puritanical terror. But he, too. is a victim of his own power and his ignorance about himself.
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by membersof the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Miller
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Michael Gwynn
Unknown:
John Calvin
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel
John Calvin:
Michael Horvern
Nicholas Fontaine:
Peter Bartlett
Sebastian Castellio:
Geoffrey Matthews
William Farel:
Ralph Truman
Vandel:
George Merritt
Hortense:
Moira Mannion
Ami Perrin:
Peter Bathurst
Philippe Berthelier:
Michael Goldie
Claude Darlod:
Earle Grey
Printer:
Gordon Faith
Michael Servetus:
Michael Gwynn
Cardinal de Tournon:
Heron Carvic
Pierre Ory, Grand Inquisitor:
Kenneth Hyde
Amade Poupin:
John Boxer

Richard Church introduces a selection of the recorded voices of his acquaintance including:
Vita Sackville-West
John Hilton
Walter de La Mare
W. H. Davies
Dylan Thomas
James Stephens
W. B. Yeats from the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Harold Rogers Postponed from October 22

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Church
Producer:
Harold Rogers

Mozart
String Quartet in F major
(K.590) played by THE QUATUOR
HAYDN Georges Maes (violin) Louis Hertogh (violin) Louis Logie (viola)
Rene Pousseele (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Haydn Georges Maes
Violin:
Louis Hertogh
Viola:
Louis Logie
Cello:
Rene Pousseele

BBC Home Service Basic

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