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Private Railways-2:
ROBERT GUNNELL takes a trip on the Romney. Hythe, and Dymchurch Light Railway
More Winners!: more successful entries in the competitions to write 400 words on A Childhood Memory; The most interesting person I have met; and a story beginning I opened my library book and a letter fell out
Introduced by Ken SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

The novel by Sir Walter Scott adapted in six parts by CATHERINE and DONALD CARSWELL
Alan, determined to find out Darsie's whereabouts, seeks out RedKauntlet, but the arrival of a new conspirator thwarts his intentions.
5: Council of War
Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Novel By:
Sir Walter Scott
Novel By:
Donald Carswell
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Redgauntlet:
David Steuart
Alan Fairford:
John Shedden
Peter Peebles:
Bryden Murdoch
Joshua Geddes:
John Young
Nanty Ewart:
Charles Baptiste
Nixon W H:
D Joss
Darsie:
Stuart Henry
Lilias:
Mary Riggans
Earl of Glendale:
Alex Allan

An occasional series of documentary programmes dealing with advances in various fields of medicine which merit the description ' breakthrough '
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL
3: Mental Illness
While obviously being unable to deal with the whole field of mental health the programme is concerned with the most up-to-date developments in the treatment of the mentally ill: with new research and trends in the psychiatric field; the use of drugs; neurosurgical techniques; research in social psychiatry; and with the changing pattern of the mental hospital itself. In preparing the programme Stephen Grenfell interviewed leading psychiatrists in Britain and the United States.
Produced-by ALAN BURGESS

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Produced-By:
Alan Burgess

Before 1914 farming depended on horse-power and sometimes a man's power over horses depended on so-called magic.
In this programme a country tailor, a harness-maker, and some old horsemen speak of their own experiences Introduced by GEORGE EWART EVANS
Produced by DAVID Thomson in the BBC's Norwich studios

Contributors

Introduced By:
George Ewart Evans
Produced By:
David Thomson

Elgar
String Quartet in E minor played by the AEOLIAN STRING Quartet
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Raymond KeenlysMe (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Sydney Humphreys
Violin:
Raymond Keenlysme
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Derek Simpson

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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