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The Big Break by Sheila Hodgson
When a vacancy occurs In an Insurance firm, the men in line for promotion reveal their true characters, and there is more than a good deal of speculation as to which of them will succeed.
Produced by JOHN Tydeman

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Hodgson
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Rosemary Parker:
Mary Wimbush
Clive Hilliard:
John Pullen
David Cane:
Michael Spice
Peter Norris:
Frederick Treves
Susan Hill:
Rosalind Shanks
Kay Henneghan:
Margaret Wolpit
Jackie Hilliard:
Jocelyn Britten
Margaret Cane:
Polly Murch
Mr Frazer:
Patrick Barr
Bill Norman:
Nigel Graham

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary (Scottish Episcopal) Edinburgh
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Wesley in E major)
Psalm 119, vv. 73-104
Lessons: Ecclesiastes 5; Acts 24, v. 24, to 25, v. 12
Anthem: O Lorde, the maker of Al thing (John Joubert)
Organist and Master of Choristers, Dennis Townhill
Assistant Organist, Donald Cullington

Contributors

Organist:
John Joubert
Unknown:
Dennis Townhill
Organist:
Donald Cullington

A magazine with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Fifty Years Ago Today:
DAVID FRANKLIN brings back memories of people, places, and music on November 25, 1914
Word by Word: when
TRUDE Due came as a refugee from Czechoslovakia she could speak no English; she has come a long way since those early struggles
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Trude Due
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

A magazine programme for railway enthusiasts
A Train of his Own: JOHN ADAMS goes on a trip in an inspector's saloon
For Holiday Reading: PAT Whitehouse takes a look at some new railway books
The Manx Rail Systems: 27-some recordings of the electric and mountain railways by TREVOR HILL and HERBERT SMITH
The Engine That Ran Away: talk by T. Lovatt WILLIAMS
Railway Sounds: some requests from listeners
Introduced by PETER CRANMER
Produced by PEGGY BACON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Pat Whitehouse
Unknown:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Talk By:
T. Lovatt Williams
Introduced By:
Peter Cranmer
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

Five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Midlands
Round 4
London:
MICHAEL AYRTON , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Midlands :
DAVID Franklin ,
GEOFFREY JAGGARD
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale Midlands
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Jaggard
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
DOUGLAS BROWN introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on current issues
Correspondents are Invited to write to: Listening Post. BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.I.

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Brown

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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