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† Présenté par
FRANÇOISE et ANDRÉ avec JAN RosoL et sa guitare
Early Stages tn French series
10.45 RUSSIAN
6: The Problem of Birthday Presents
Dramatised scene recorded in Moscow
† Written by Peter Norman and Natasha Norman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Rosol
Written By:
Peter Norman
Written By:
Natasha Norman

After General Roberts's army of 10,000 had marched through the mountains from Kabul to relieve Kandahar, 318 miles in twenty-two days, a popular song ran: ''E's little but 'e's wise; 'e's a terror for 'is size; and 'e doesn't advertise.' This programme describes the qualities that made the little Irishman the most popular of all British generals.

History Work Units series

Contributors

Writer:
Margaret J. Miller

Piano Concerto No. 1, in minor played by CLAUDIO ARRAU with the PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI
The programme also includes orchestral music by JANACEK on gramophone records

Contributors

Played By:
Claudio Arrau
Conducted By:
Carlo Maria Giulini

A magazine of Interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Number Please: a look at the story of the telephone in words, music, and recordings, by DEREK PARKER tBy any other name:
PHILIP HOLLAND reBects on the suggestion that engineers should find: a new status word to describe their profession
Silver Lining: in the last of her series EMILY MACMANUS talks about ' Eagerness or Inquisitiveness? .
Your Letters
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Philip Holland
Talks:
Emily MacManus
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Introduced by DERYCK COOKE BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA Leader, Trevor Williams
Conductor, NORMAN DEL MAR
Prelude: Representation of Given before an Invited audience in the BBC Studios, Glasgow
Tickets may be obtained on application to [address removed] enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Deryck Cooke
Conductor:
Norman Del

by Robert Graves read by Kenneth More
Readings from Robert Graves's autobiography selected and edited by ERIC EWENS
EPISODE 3: An Attack
Kenneth More is in ' Our Man Crichton' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Graves
Read By:
Kenneth More
Edited By:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Kenneth More

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
DOUGLAS BROWN introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
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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