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visits Lincolnshire
Members of the Horncastle Gardens and Allotments Association put their problems to FRED LOADS, Bill SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Question-Master, FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
On the Scientific Side
Insects and Scent
ALAN GEMMELL talks about some recent information on the means by which insects find their mates
Last Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Question-Master:
Franklin Engelmann
Talks:
Alan Gemmell

Crossroads tBefore an audience of members of the Essex Ladies' Motor Club at the Police Head-quarters, Southend-on-Sea
Answering their questions are:
SHEILA VAN DAMM a leading Rally driver of the last decade
RONALD PRIESTLEY
Chief Instructor of a large School of Motoring
A LAWYER who deals primarily with motoring cases
TERRY BECKETT
Marketing Manager of Fords of Great Britain
Chairman, Bill HARTLEY with a summary of Road Conditions for the following week
Friday's broadcast in the Third Network
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila van Damm
Unknown:
Ronald Priestley
Unknown:
Terry Beckett
Unknown:
Bill Hartley

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
JIMMY EDWARDS , TED RAY Tommy TRINDER
RICHARD MURDOCH
In the chair, McDONALD HOBLEY
Guest, Jack Train
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
Last Thursday's broadcast in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

The Pushover adapted from her television play by Gwen Cherrell with Olga Lindo , Janet Burnell
Austin Trevor, David Spenser
Rikki. a younK layabout, sets out to rob a large house in Cranes-water Drive-an exclusive part of a small seaside town; but he has not reckoned with the eccentricity of its three inhabitants.
Cost in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Play By:
Gwen Cherrell
Unknown:
Olga Lindo
Unknown:
David Spenser
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Petal Hamilton:
Olga Lindo
Florence Hamilton:
Janet Burnell
Ewart Hamilton, their brother:
Austin Trevor
Rikki:
David Spenser
Steve:
Timothy Harley
First woman:
Patricia Leventon
Second woman:
Eva Stuart
Mrs Ellis:
Valerie Kirkbhight
Barbara Jo:
Manning Wilson
Lottie, a café owner:
Eva Stuart
A doctor:
Kevin Flood
Removal men:Charlie:
Michael Goldie
Paddy:
Kevin Flood

HARRY DAVIDSON
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Introduced by ROBIN HUNTER
Master of Ceremonies CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by ANDREW GOLD
The dances: Lilac Waltz: Liberty Twostep; On Leave Foxtrot; Empress Mazurka: Yearning Saunter: Tango Fascination; Flirtation Twostep

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robin Hunter
Produced By:
Andrew Gold

A Touch of the Sun by N. C. Hunter adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Patrick Barr and Daphne Slater
' What happiness can there be f us unless this life is his choice and his satisfaction and his fulfilment? '
The action takes place in Philip Lester 's house in Surrey, and on the garden terrace of a villa near Cannes.
Pianist, PAUL HAMBURGER
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Unknown:
N. C. Hunter
Unknown:
Peggy Wells
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Daphne Slater
Unknown:
Philip Lester
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Philip Lester, a schoolmaster:
Patrick Barr
Hudson, a schoolboy:
John Bury
Mary, Philip's wife:
Daphne Slater
Robert, his father:
Austin Trevor
John, his son:
Glyn Dearman
Caroline, his daughter:
Tracy Rogers
Margaret, his sister-in-law:
Hilda Kriseman
Denis, his brother:
Denys Hawthorne
Sir Joseph Vandenhoven:
David March
Gerald Harcourt:
William Fox

News and views on books from APRIL FlTZLYON and GEORGE MELLY
STEVIE SMITH on a study of suicide
PHILIP LARKIN talking to ANTHONY THWAlTE about writing poetry
DAVID MARQUAND on R. H. Tawney
Introduced by JOHN HOBDAY

Contributors

Unknown:
George Melly
Unknown:
Stevie Smith
Unknown:
Philip Larkin
Unknown:
Anthony Thwalte
Unknown:
David Marquand
Unknown:
R. H. Tawney
Introduced By:
John Hobday

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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