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Eight portraits of the leaders of new nations
1: Lai Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India
2: Mohammed Ayub Khan President of Pakistan by MICHAEL EDWARDES
A shorter version of the profile of Mr. Shastri was broadcast in the Third Network on October 1. 1964

Contributors

Unknown:
Lai Bahadur Shastri
Unknown:
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Unknown:
Michael Edwardes

A programme of old favourites sung by George Walsh (bass) with Ruby Taylor (piano)
Dudley Savage (organ) and a chorus from the Wells Operatic Society
Introduced by Dudley Savage

Contributors

Presenter/Organist:
Dudley Savage
Bass:
George Walsh
Pianist:
Ruby Taylor
Singers:
Members of the Wells Operatic Society

JOHN ELLISON introduces this midday edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on lively talking points of any kind are welcome for these broadcasts
Correspondents are Invited to write to: Listening Post. BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.l.

Contributors

Introduces:
John Ellison

by John Bulloch
The story of the repercussions at home when a young officer in the South African war was courtmartialled after an order he gave had been misinterpreted by his own side.
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
Broadcast on October 1, 1964

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bulloch
Produced By:
Christopher Sykes
Narrator:
John Glen
Reader:
Peter Bartlett
Captain Lindsay:
Rolf Lefebvre
Lord Wolseley:
Geoffrey Wincott
Lord Roberts:
George Merritt
St John Brodrick:
Jonathan Scott
President of the Courts Martial:
Harry Towb
Lawyer:
Neville Hartley
General Kelly Kenny:
Eric Phillips
Lord Knollys:
John Boxer
Arthur Balfour:
Valentine Dyall
King Edward VII:
Philip Leaver

Lame Dogs in the Living Room
A play for radio by Rosemary Timperley with Joan Matheson and William Fox
Frances Gerard has a habit of collecting ' lame dogs.' Paul, her husband, and Anne and Robert, their two children, treat them with amused tolerance until.....
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Timperley
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
William Fox
Unknown:
Frances Gerard
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Anne Gerard:
Jo Manning Wilson
Paul Gerard, her father:
William Fox
Frances Gerard, her mother:
Joan Matheson
Robert Gerard, her brother:
Nigel Graham
Netta Marlow:
Valerie Kirkbright
Alan Pierce:
Basil Jones
Mrs Jadwell, a barmaid:
Natalie Kent
Mr Marlow, Netta's father:
Hamlyn Benson
David Lee:
Peter Bartlett

including:
The War of the Absent-Minded
Beggar: the story of the Boer War as seen through listeners' letters. Presented, with music of the period, by DEREK PARKER
Off-Beat: ANTONY HOPKINS looks back at some humorous incidents in his musical career
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

London V. Scotland
Round 3
London:
BARRY CARMAN , CEDRIC CLIFFE Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Scotland: ; SIR JAMES FERGUSSON I JACK HOUSE '
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Patrick Harvey

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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