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A story of a famous river
The Thames
Introduced by MICHAEL BROOKE and told by the recorded voices of: Alan Wykes , W. E. Brookes Alan Porter , Joseph Collett John Snagge , Jack Webb Macdonald Hastings
Dennis Over , John Betjeman Stanley Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Springfield
Kenneth Newton, Audrey Russell Alfred Duggan , Richard Turk Bert Bushnell
Christopher Ede , John Neville
Produced by Patience Bunting
See facing page

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Brooke
Unknown:
Alan Wykes
Unknown:
W. E. Brookes
Unknown:
Alan Porter
Unknown:
Joseph Collett
Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Jack Webb
Unknown:
MacDonald Hastings
Unknown:
Dennis Over
Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
Stanley Spencer
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Alfred Duggan
Unknown:
Richard Turk
Unknown:
Bert Bushnell
Unknown:
Christopher Ede
Unknown:
John Neville
Produced By:
Patience Bunting

Eight lectures given by JOEL HURSTFIELD
Astor Professor of English History, University of London, at the University of EastAnglia
1: The Roots of Change
The significance of the century between 1529 and 1629. Broadcast on January 11 in Study
Session
Second lecture: Thursday 10.30 a.m.
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by Linette Perry
with Sylvia Coleridge

Miss Piggot looks out of her window one evening and what she sees makes her uncomfortable. But there is no doubt about it, her life changes from that moment.

Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

Contributors

Writer:
Linette Perry
Producer:
R.D. Smith
Miss Piggot:
Sylvia Coleridge
Mr Briggs:
Stephen Thorne
Mrs Marsden:
Lynn Carson
Miss Rippley:
Eva Stuart
Miss Webb:
Cecile Chevreau
Political party canvasser:
Patrick Barr
Other parts played by:
Alan Lawrance
Other parts played by:
Patricia Leventon
Other parts played by:
Mary Wimbush

Immediate news flashes and summaries of the Chancellor's speech every fifteen minutes
Analysis of the Budget , proposals from ANTHONY King
Magdalen College, Oxford
MAURICE PESTON
London School of Economics PROFESSOR
G. S. A. WHEATCROFT Editor, British Tax Review
Comment and reaction from
Zurich: DR. GUIDO HANSELMANN , Union Bank of Switzerland City of London: R. G. HARDING ,
Investment Controller, Friends' Provident and Century Life Offices
Trade Unions: SIR HARRY DOUGLASS , Chairman, Economic Committee of the T.U.C.
Westminster: M.P.s of aU three parties
Throughout the country the BBC's team of industrial correspondents are standing by to report the way the Budget has been received in the various Regional centres
Introduced by JOHN TIMPSON

Contributors

Unknown:
G. S. A. Wheatcroft
Unknown:
Dr. Guido Hanselmann
Unknown:
R. G. Harding
Unknown:
Sir Harry Douglass
Introduced By:
John Timpson

Part 2
Review of current affairs followed by LISTENING POST
† GILES PLAYFAIR 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

Contributors

Introduces:
Giles Playfair

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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