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Six programmes, first broadcast before the death of Mr. Nehru, about some of the problems facing contemporary India
2: Caste, Religion and the Social Structure by TAYA ZINKIN
Illustrated by recordings made in India during the summer of 1963 Produced by GORDON CROTON
Broadcast on January 7 in the Third Network followed by an interlude

Contributors

Produced By:
Gordon Croton

The diary of an eastern tour by WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS
4: Hong Kong
Wynford Vaughan Thomas describes a recent journey with recordings of people he met and sounds he heard on his way from Aden to Hong Kong,
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs

Worcestershire v. Somerset at Worcester
Lancashire v. Surrey at Southport
Further commentaries
The Davis Cup
European Zone Semi-Final Great Britain v. France
Commentary by MAX ROBERTSON on the second day's play, the Doubles, with summaries by FRED PERRY
From the Bristol Lawn Tennis Club
Introduced by GERALD SINSTADT

Contributors

Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Fred Perry
Introduced By:
Gerald Sinstadt

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind
What's new at the Zoo? : GEORGE MOTTERSHEAD , the Director of the Zoological Gardens, Chester, takes TREVOR HILL on a tour of the new Tropical House, and PHILIP GALLUP talks to HERBERT SMITH about the many and varied tropical plants
Family album: KATHLEEN BINNS talks about a romp into the past
Mussel seller: TED ELLISON , complete with top hat and carnation, talks to BARRY CHAMBERS about being the last of his line in York
Clogs and Shawls: Joe GREEN-WOOD talks to IAN STRACHAN about another dying trade
The Week of Magic, or 'Bed an' Attendance-il ': recollections by MIRANDA ROBERTS
Introduced by DICK GREGSON from the North of England Some of the items are recorded

Contributors

Unknown:
George Mottershead
Talks:
Kathleen Binns
Unknown:
Ted Ellison
Unknown:
Ian Strachan
Introduced By:
Dick Gregson

by Alexandre Dumas adapted for radio in thirteen parts by ERIC EWENS with Gabriel Woolf as Edmond Dantes
2: The Château d'lf
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Edmond Dantes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
de Villefort:
Alan Wheatley
Abbe Faria:
Carleton Hobbs
Marquis:
Geoffrey Wincott
Noirtier:
James Thomason
Louis XVIII:
Philip Cunningham
Bovilie:
Derek Prentice
Monsieur Morrel:
Eric Anderson
Blacas:
Wilfred Babbage
Gaoler:
Fred Yule

ALAN DELL introduces, with records, songs by some of Broadway's outstanding composers
ALAN JAY LERNER — FREDERICK LOEWE
FRANK LOESSER
SIGMUND ROMBERG
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ-HOWARD DIETZ
VINCENT YOUMANS
Written by BENNY GREEN
Produced by TEDDY WARRICK

Contributors

Unknown:
Jay Lerner
Unknown:
Frederick Loewe
Unknown:
Frank Loesser
Unknown:
Sigmund Romberg
Unknown:
Arthur Schwartz-Howard Dietz
Unknown:
Vincent Youmans
Written By:
Benny Green
Produced By:
Teddy Warrick

Victorian Music-Hall from The Players' Theatre
Chairman, DON GEMMELL introduces in order of speaking:
SHEILA BERNETTE
Clive DUNN
MARGARET BURTON
DENIS MARTIN
BRIAN BLADES
JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT ARCHIE HARRADIN É
LAURIE PAYNE
FRED STONE
VIOLETTA
MARGARET ASHTON
At the pianoforte, PETER GREENWELL
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK

Contributors

Introduces:
Don Gemmell
Unknown:
Sheila Bernette
Unknown:
Clive Dunn
Unknown:
Margaret Burton
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Brian Blades
Unknown:
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Unknown:
Archie Harradin
Unknown:
Laurie Payne
Unknown:
Fred Stone
Unknown:
Margaret Ashton
Pianoforte:
Peter Greenwell
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

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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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