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Personal opinions and music
This week: The Offspring
Introduced by Brian Matthew
with Ted Ray, Nicky Henson, Charlotte Bingham, Lady Clanmorris, Max Bygraves,
Anthony Bygraves
Written and produced by DAVID CARTER
(Broadcast on May 9)
(Max and Anthony Bygraves are in 'Round About Piccadilly' at the

Contributors

Introduced By:
Brian Matthew
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Nicky Henson
Unknown:
Charlotte Bingham
Unknown:
Max Bygraves
Unknown:
Anthony Bygraves
Produced By:
David Carter
Unknown:
Anthony Bygraves

A programme of old favourites sung by MARY CONDON (contralto) with Ruby Taylor (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the WESTERN OPERA PLAYERS
Chorus-Master, ARTHUR DUNN
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Contralto:
Mary Condon
Piano:
Ruby Taylor
Piano:
Dudley Savage
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
You asked us to play ... record requests
The Victorians: 5: Derek Parker looks at W.E. Gladstone
These I have loved: May Hankey talks about the cars in her life
Armchair gardener: Simple hints and tips from Fred Loads
Introduced by Polly Elwes

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

A chronicle of the road by ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF adapted for broadcasting in six parts by NAN MACDONALD It had been an exciting journey from meeting the young Captain Raleigh in the New Forest, and the Italian sailor in the Cotswolds, and now Hugh was to find out what lay in wait for him at the foot of the rainbow.
6: The Foot of the Rainbow
Continued in next column
Incidental music composed by Thomas B. Pitfield and played by a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra Conductor, John Hopkins
Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Sutcliff
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Composed By:
Thomas B. Pitfield
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Storyteller:
Deryck Guyler
Hugh Copplestone:
John Thornley
Tobias Pennifeather:
David Mahlowe
Jonathan Whiteleafe:
Ronald Baddiley
Jasper Nye:
Basil Jones
Benjamin Bunsell:
Frank Poynter
Nicholas Bodkyn:
Bruce Bould
Tiggy:
Margaret Dew
Inn-Wife:
Sybil Holroyd
Mr Heritage:
Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Heritage:
Cynthia Michaelis
Martin:
Michael Stirrup

by SIR COLIN COOTE , D.S.O.
Borrowing a title from a friend. Sir Colin reminisces. Foreign correspondent, war correspondent. Parliamentary correspondent, and finally Editor until recently of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Colin not only looks back over an eventful professional life but also describes a fascinatingly unusual childhood and offers his encouragement to the young people of today.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Colin Coote

Three programmes compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives examining the plays of Shakespeare in performance
Part 1
The Play's the Thing
The art of directing Shakespeare with the voices and opinions of: PETER HALL , MICHAEL Croft
TYRONE GUTHRIE
PROFESSOR ALLARDYCE NICOLL
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG
RALPH RICHARDSON
EDITH EVANS , MAY
CAREY HARCOURT WILLIAMS
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
JOHN GIELGUD
W. BRIDGES ADAMS
PETER BROOK , JOHN Stridi
MICHAEL ELLIOTT
MICHAEL BENTHALL , Ivor BROWN
Narrator, JOHN PULLEN
Reader, GODFREY KENTON
Narration written by DEREK PARKER
Devised and produced by JOHN POWELL
Speak the Speech: August 21 at 8.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hall
Unknown:
Michael Croft
Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Professor Allardyce Nicoll
Unknown:
Edward Gordon Craig
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Edith Evans
Unknown:
Carey Harcourt Williams
Unknown:
William Armstrong
Unknown:
John Gielgud
Unknown:
W. Bridges Adams
Unknown:
Peter Brook
Unknown:
John Stridi
Unknown:
Michael Elliott
Unknown:
Michael Benthall
Narrator:
Ivor Brown
Narrator:
John Pullen
Reader:
Godfrey Kenton
Written By:
Derek Parker
Produced By:
John Powell

Dvorak
. String Quartet in D minor,
Op. 34 played by the Janacek Quartet
Jiri Travnicek (violin) Adolf Sykora (violin)
Jiri Kratochvil (viola) Karel Krafka (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Dvorak
Violin:
Jiri Travnicek
Violin:
Adolf Sykora
Viola:
Jiri Kratochvil
Cello:
Karel Krafka

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