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A weekly series in which a BBC Foreign Correspondent questions a woman, in the territory which he covers, about her daily life and the society to be found there
This week:
ANTHONY LAWRENCE interviews
Mrs. Masako Ikezuki in Tokyo

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Lawrence
Unknown:
Mrs. Masako Ikezuki

A series of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted for radio by MICHAEL HARDWICK with Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley
1: The Bruce-Partington Plans Sherlock Holmes earns his country's gratitude for retrieving the vital plans of the Bruce-Partington submarine.
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Broadcast on August 28 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Stories By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Mrs Hudson:
Janet Morrison
Mycroft Holmes:
Felix Felton
Inspector Lestrade:
Humphrey Morton
Colonel Walter:
Philip Cunningham
Violet Westbury:
Mary Chester
Sidney Johnson:
John Boxer

Basil Boothroyd on the Difficulty of avoiding Difficulties 3: The Green-Eyed Monster with DORIT WELLES and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by John Bridges
First broadcast on Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Dorit Welles
Produced By:
John Bridges

FREDDY GRISEWOOD introduces a Christmas bumper edition including:
Memories of the Mummers
The Eternal City: VALENTINE
SELSEY sends a Christmas card in sound from Rome tSanta Claus, Sheffield:
Bill TAYLOR recalls a childhood crisis
Something Seasonable: ten minutes with JOHNNY MORRIS
Carols from Manchester: Boys
Of CHETHAM'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL CHOIR talk and sing to TREVOR HILL
The Black Madonna : a story of war and peace by ROBERT RIETTY

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Taylor
Unknown:
Black Madonna
Unknown:
Robert Rietty

A six-part serial by CHARLES WITHERSPOON
At least two people are hunting the hijacked million dollars. McSweeny behaves like a caged bear and bears can be dangerous! Pennington Parr 's behaviour is more subtle but no less perilous.
5: The Money Hunters
Produced by RONALD MASON
Final episode: Naval Operation

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
Pennington Parr
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Brian Donnelly:
Robin Graham
Paddy Donnelly:
Denise McKenna
Ricky Donnelly:
Richard McGeagh
Mrs Donnelly:
Ann Maguire
Terry Bishop:
Charles Charles Witherspoon
Pat MeSweeny:
Michael Duffy
The Rev Pennington Parr:
Sam McCready
Mr Holmes:
Buxton Forsyth
Captain Klein:
Robert McLernon
Big Jim McClenaghan:
John McBride

A comic operetta by Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by LIONEL HARRIS with music by JULIAN SLADE with Peter Pratt , Patricia Routiedge and Denis Quilley , Barrie Ingham Jane Wenham , Alan Dudley Betty Huntley-Wright
THE JOHN MCCARTHY Singers
SINFONIA OF LONDON
Conducted by Marcus DODS
Music advisers:
ALAN ABBOTT , JULIAN SLADE
Adapted for radio and produced by PETER BRYANT

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Adapted By:
Lionel Harris
Music By:
Julian Slade
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Patricia Routiedge
Unknown:
Denis Quilley
Unknown:
Barrie Ingham
Unknown:
Jane Wenham
Unknown:
Alan Dudley
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Singers:
The John McCarthy
Conducted By:
Marcus Dods
Unknown:
Alan Abbott
Unknown:
Julian Slade
Produced By:
Peter Bryant
Lopez:
Andrew Sachs
Don Antonio:
Denis Quilley
Don Carlos:
Gordon Faith
Donna Louisa:
Jane Wenham
Don Jerome:
Alan Dudley
Don Ferdinand:
Barrie Ingham
The Duenna:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Pepita:
Valerie Kirkbright
Donna Clara:
Patricia Routledge
Isaac Mendoza:
Peter Pratt
Father Paul:
Aubrey Woods

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on public affairs and policy
Correspondents are invited to write to: Listening Post, BBC. Broadcasting House. London. W.1.

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

from the Priory of Our Lady of England, Storrington, Sussex
Celebrant and Preacher, THE RT. REV.
JOSEPH G. NEILL , C.R.P. Deacon ,
FR. BERNARD DONNELLY, C.R.P. Sub-Deacon ,
BROTHER JOSEPH HALL , C.R.P. Common of the Mass:
Plainsong II
Credo II
Carols: Once in royal David's
City; Adeste fideles
Choirmaster,
FR. O. M. MEEUSEN. C.R.P.
Organist,
BR. RAPHAEL MURPHY , C.R.P.
The action of the Mass described by FR. JOHN STAPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph G. Neill
Unknown:
C.R.P. Deacon
Unknown:
C.R.P. Sub-Deacon
Unknown:
Joseph Hall
Choirmaster:
Fr. O. M. Meeusen.
Unknown:
Raphael Murphy
Unknown:
Fr. John Stapleton

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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