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A series of illustrated talks on some of the outstanding novels of recent years
1: RONALD HINGLEY on Dr. Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
Readers, VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT and GABRIEL WOOLF
Produced by ROGER OWEN
Broadcast on January 2 in the Third Network

Contributors

Readers:
Boris Pasternak
Readers:
Valerie Kirkbright
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Produced By:
Roger Owen

Traditional music and songs from a square dance party at Bristol
Singer, PAT SHAW
Caller, Nibs MATTHEWS
THE JOLLY WAGGONERS BAND
Led by NAN FLEMING-WILLIAMS
Master of Ceremonies, BERNARD FISHWICK
Produced by BRIAN PATTEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
Brian Patten

by Peter Whitbread
An hour to put off too often spells unrewarding tedium. In certain circumstances, however, the experience may change the course of more lives than one.
The plays produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Whitbread
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Porter:
Frederick Treves
Boozer:
Gordon Faith
Billy:
Gordon Faith
Grannie Dawson:
Molly Rankin
Woman:
Molly Rankin
Harry:
Gordon Gardner
Fred:
Peter Claughton
Jean:
Margaret Wolfit
Curly:
Anthony Hall
Jackie-boy:
Timothy Harley
Rog:
Kenneth Cranham
Rene:
Isabel Rennie
Di:
Jo Manning Wilson

from Bristol Cathedral
Versicles and Responses
(Bristol Use)
Psalms 108, 109
Lessons (from R.S.V.): Deuteronomy 30; Acts 17, vv. 16-34
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Sumsion in G)
Anthem: 0 clap your hands
(Maurice Greene )
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Clifford Harker

Contributors

Organist:
Maurice Greene
Unknown:
Clifford Harker

A new magazine of interest to all, but with older listeners specially in mind includes:
Labour Plans for Old People: by MARGARET HERBISON , M.P.
Music Remembered; by ALEC ROBERTSON
Turning Point: GERALD DURRELL talks to JOHN ELLISON
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by GEOFFREY EARLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Herbison
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Talks:
Gerald Durrell
Unknown:
John Ellison
Introduced By:
Geoffrey Earle

Four talks on man and his environment
3: Man to Man by COLIN CHERRY ,
Professor of Telecommunication Imperial College, London
Rapid, accurate communications have transformed our sense of the world's scale. By Telstar we can be ' in America ' at the turn of a switch. Professor Cherry talks about some of the social implications of this change.

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Cherry

A series of contests between London and the regions London v. Scotland
Round 5
London:
SIR DENIS BROGAN CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Scotland :
SIR JAMES FERGUSSON JACK HOUSE
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack House
Unknown:
Patrick Harvey
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

A sequence of music for voices and piano by Costeley, Gesualdo, Schumann, John Field ,
Peter Warlock , John Ireland and Benjamin Britten sung and played by the BBC NORTHERN SINGERS
Conductor, STEPHEN WILKINSON
KEITH SWALLOW (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Field
Unknown:
Peter Warlock
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Stephen Wilkinson

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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