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visits Warwickshire
Members of the Kenilworth Horticultural Society put their problems to
Fred Loads. Bill Sowerbutts and ALAN GEMMELL
Question-Master,
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
On the Scientific Side
Atmospheric pollution:
ALAN GEMMELL describes American work on the effect of car exhaust fumes on vegetation Last Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Question-Master:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell

Introduced by Bill HARTLEY
The Motor Agents' Association Jubilee: JACK HAY talks to JOHN OLDAKER of the M.A.A.
Ladies Only: a plea by JACQUELINE TOFF
Petrol Storage: some advice from RONALD BILLINGS, Chief Petroleum Officer for Plymouth
Road Conditions: a review of the week ahead Friday's broadcast in the Third
Network

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Talks:
Jack Hay
Unknown:
John Oldaker

with KEN DODD, JOHN LAURIE
JUDITH CHALMERS , WALLAS EATON
PERCY EDWARDS , RAY FELL
GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS
Special feature this week:
How to make yourself invisible
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conductor, MALCOLM LOCKYER
Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben
Produced by BILL WORSLEY Broadcast on September 29 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Wallas Eaton
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Ray Fell
Conductor:
Malcolm Lockyer
Script By:
Ken Dodd
Script By:
Eddie Braben
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Letter from Lisel
A new play by Sheila Hodgson with Andrew Sachs
Valerie Kirkbright
Austin Trevor
Lisel, the daughter of an official in a foreign embassy in London, runs away with an Englishman in the hope of escaping from her countrymen and settling in England. They are involved in a car crash and the letter she has left for her father becomes all-important.
Cast in order of speaking: Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Play By:
Sheila Hodgson
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
Valerie Kirkbright
Unknown:
Austin Trevor
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Lisel Liebek:
Valerie Kirkbright
Paul Hatch:
Andrew Sachs
Mavis Hatch, his mother:
Marjorie Westbury
Bob Hatch, his father:
Peter Pratt
Sergeant Hobart:
John Baddeley
P C Denny:
Lewis Stringer
Sister Pryor:
Moira Mannion
Nurse:
Molly Rankin
Dr Willi Liebek:
Austin Trevor
Mrs Preston:
Shirley Cooklin
Otto Kliegerman:
David March
Resi, a maid:
Jo Manning Wilson
Anna:
Hilda Kriseman

Friends and Relations by St. John Ervine adapted for broadcasting by JOHN BOYD
A millionaire has died and his relations, parasites almost all, grasp at his money. A posthumous letter assesses each and the play vindicates his judgment.
Cast in order of speaking: Produced by RONALD MASON
Repeated on Monday at 3.0

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
John Boyd
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Kate, Sir Samuel Lepper'sservant:
...... Gertrude Russell
Fanny Cairns, his niece:
Doreen Hepburn
Arthur, her son:
Alfred Arnold
Edward Scantlebury, herbrother.:
..... Harold Goldblatt
Doreen, her daughter:
Felicity Carryer
Adam Bothwell, Sir Samuel's second cousin:
Denys Hawthorne
Mrs Corken, Sir Samuel's sister:
..........Catherine Gibson
James Finlay, Sir Samuel's solicitor.:
R. H. MacCandless
Jenny Conn:
Kathleen Feenan
John James Gourlay, Sir Samuel's gardener:
John McBride

News and views of books by THOMAS HINDE
SIRIOL HUGH-JONES PETER RUSSELL , GARY WATSON and PETER VANSITTART interviewing Sir ARTHUR BRYANT on The Age of Chivalry Introduced by JOHN HOBDAY
Gary Watson is in ' The Masters ' at the Piccadilly Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hinde
Unknown:
Siriol Hugh-Jones Peter Russell
Unknown:
Gary Watson
Unknown:
Peter Vansittart
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Bryant
Introduced By:
John Hobday
Introduced By:
Gary Watson

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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