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Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
The 1964 International Road Safety Congress: a report on the proceedings by PAT GREGORY
Seventh International Study Week in Traffic Engineering: a report and comments by J. J. LEEMING
Your Vehicle Licence: explanations and advice by Ex-SUFER-INTENDENT J. L. THOMAS
Continued in next column
Autumn Check: some car maintenance hints by HARRY Heywood, Editor of the Practical Motorist
Friday's broadcast in the Third Network and Weekend Road Conditions

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
J. J. Leeming

with Ken Dodd
DUNCAN MACRAE
JUDITH CHALMERS , WALLAS EATON
PATRICIA HAYES. PETER HUDSON and THE BARRY SISTERS
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Leader. Julien Gaillard
Conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER
Script written by Eddie Braben and Ken Dodd
Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Broadcast on May 31, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Dodd
Unknown:
Duncan MacRae
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Wallas Eaton
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes.
Unknown:
Peter Hudson
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Written By:
Eddie Braben
Written By:
Ken Dodd
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Leslie Baily, author, and compiler of Scrapbook, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the gramophone records he would take to a desert island.

(An extended version of the broadcast on January 13)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Leslie Baily
Producer:
Monica Chapman

Fifty-Nine-Brighton Line by Dorothea Gotfurt with Joyce Latham and Ronald Baddiley
Ivy was a widow-and it was difficult for her to keep going on her pension. She helped out by letting a room to Charlie Weldon , and by doing a bit of charring, and life wasn'bad on the whole, with her twice-weekly bingo session to liven it up. Until things started to go wrong.....
Other parts played by members of the cast
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothea Gotfurt
Unknown:
Joyce Latham
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Unknown:
Charlie Weldon
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Ivy:
Joyce Latham
Alice:
Ann Lancaster
Mrs Robins:
Isabel Rennie
Charlie:
Ronald Baddiley
Mr Allison:
Norman Claridge
Linda:
Jo Manning Wilson
Jack:
Andrew Sachs
Reg:
Wilfrid Carter
Salesman:
Garard Green
Mrs Todd:
Jane Wenham
Clerk:
Michael Kilgarriff
Inspector Potter:
Peter O'Shaughnessy
Mr Dress:
John Boxer

Prisoner's Friend
A radio play by Mollie Hardwick from the novel by Andrew Garve with Patrick Barr
Ursula Howells , Clyn Dearman
When young Terry Booth leaves prison, Robert Ashe , a prison visitor, gets him a job with a garage in Sussex. Then one day a desk in the manager's office shows signs that someone has tried to force the lock. Terry is suspected.
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Play By:
Mollie Hardwick
Novel By:
Andrew Garve
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Ursula Howells
Unknown:
Clyn Dearman
Unknown:
Terry Booth
Unknown:
Robert Ashe
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Prison Gatekeeper:
Frank Partington
Robert Ashe:
Patrick Barr
Terry Booth:
Glyn Dearman
Laurence Winter:
David March
Mavis Winter:
Jane Wenham
Nancy Ashe:
Ursula Howells
Sheila MacLean:
Jo Manning Wilson
Jane Ashe:
Valerie Kirkbright
Inspector Mayo:
Norman Claridge
Dock Watchman:
Frank Partington
Tom:
Anthony Viccars
Shopkeeper:
Kathleen Helme
Ted Pettit:
Anthony Viccars
John Cole:
Bruce Beeby
Airport Official:
Arthur Lawrence

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