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Six broadcasts in the fields of art. geography, and history designed for use In conjunction with specially prepared film strips in colour. Those wishing to obtain a film strip should write for an order form to [address removed]
6: Roads, Waterways, and Railways by STEPHEN USHERWOOD
The urge for speed and the changes it caused in transport between 1750 and 1875. described in words and sound. The pictures. chosen by Charles Johnson , include a number of masterpieces in oils and water-colour. History Work Units series

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Usherwood
Unknown:
Charles Johnson

from the BBC Sound Archives
The Listening Landscape
An Essay in sound by RICHARD CHURCH
I hear leaves drinking rain. I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop-
W. H. Davies Produced by HAROLD ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Davies
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

An inter-regional ' Knock-Out quiz between teams of young naturalists on questions about natural history and the countryside
Round 4
North v. Midlands
Question-Masters:
NORMAN ELLISON from Ackworth School, Yorkshire
ERIC ROBERTS from the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Northampton
Questions set by ERIC ROBERTS

Contributors

Question-Masters:
Norman Ellison
Unknown:
Eric Roberts
Unknown:
Eric Roberts

A series of fakes, frauds, and forgeries
The Case of George Van Ryswick by JUDGE GERALD SPARROW with Hugh Burden as narrator and Charles Hodgson as George Van Ryswick
In the 1930s a popular figure suddenly disappeared from Siamese society. Gerald Sparrow , then Judge of the International Court. Bangkok, is one of the few men who know all the facts behind this mystery. Produced by DAVID THOMSON

Contributors

Unknown:
George van Ryswick
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Charles Hodgson
Unknown:
George van Ryswick
Unknown:
Gerald Sparrow
Produced By:
David Thomson
Betty:
Mary Wimbush
Bill Carter:
Wilfred Babbage
Nai Huang:
Peter Clauchton
Wally:
Michael Segal
Princess Palim:
Martina Mayne
Madge:
Anna Burden
Henry Perkin:
Eric Francis
Police Major Lamote:
Roger Delgado

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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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