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Short story by SHIRLEY JACKSON
Read by MARY WIMBUSH
'The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt ...'

Contributors

Story By:
Shirley Jackson
Read By:
Mary Wimbush

Eight portraits of the leaders of new nations
5: Kwame Nkrumah President of Ghana by DAVID WILLIAMS
6: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Prime Minister of Nigeria by JOHN P. MACKINTOSH
Shorter versions were previously broadcast in the Third Network on October 15 and November 25. 1964, respectively

Contributors

Unknown:
Kwame Nkrumah
Unknown:
David Williams
Unknown:
Sir Abubakar Tafawa
Unknown:
John P. MacKintosh

Old favourites sung by JOAN PRICE (contralto) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ)
PLYMOUTH CLARION CHOIR
Conductor, EDGAR LITTLEJOHNS
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Sung By:
Joan Price
Piano:
Ruby Taylor
Piano:
Dudley Savage
Conductor:
Edgar Littlejohns
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

Wolf!
DESMOND MORRIS investigates the character of this notoriously savage animal with JOHN FENTRESS , DEVRA KLEIMAN , and JOHN POLLARD , and gets some surprising results Produced by Richard Brock
Broadcast on January 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Unknown:
John Fentress
Unknown:
Devra Kleiman
Unknown:
John Pollard
Produced By:
Richard Brock

How it began, and what it is now with C. L. R. JAMES and JAY TELPER
Musicians from Trinidad talk about their lives and music
Introduced by PETER MARINKER
Music played by LES FLAMBEAUX
Leader, Miguel Barradas
Produced by David Thomson

Contributors

Unknown:
C. L. R. James
Unknown:
Jay Telper
Introduced By:
Peter Marinker
Played By:
Les Flambeaux
Leader:
Miguel Barradas
Produced By:
David Thomson

The Long Childhood by David Rush
Who killed the small boy In a hit-and-run car accident, and will the evidence be sufficient to convict?
Produced by HUGH STEWART

Contributors

Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Tony:
Nicholas Charles
Sally Reid:
Patricia Leventon
Marilyn:
Cherie Lunghi
Peter Wyatt:
Gary Hope
Police Sergeant:
Bruce Beeby
Mrs Vane:
Margot Thomas
Mary Reid:
Joan Matheson
Hugh Reid:
Hector Ross
Mrs Reynolds:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Coroner:
Edward Chapman

from Gloucester Cathedral
Antiphon: This joyful Easter-tide (arr. Wood)
Preces and Responses (Smith)
Psalms 149, 150
Lessons: Song of Songs 2, w.
8-17: St. Matthew 28, vv. 16-20
Canticles (Wood in D)
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now
(E.H. 134)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, HERBERT SUMSION

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Sumsion

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Off-Beat: ANTONY HOPKINS looks back at some humorous incidents in his musical career
It's the little things ... : a selection of personal stories contributed by listeners
Backstage: LILY INGRAM and NELLIE COTTER , two of London's oldest dressers, talk to ROSE-MARY HART about their life in the theatre
Date with a Dentist
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Lily Ingram
Unknown:
Nellie Cotter
Unknown:
Rose-Mary Hart
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Griff and Tommy and the Golden Image by John Griffiths
Griff and Tommy persuade their parents to let them go camping on their great-uncle's farm in West Wales. Little do they expect to find themselves embroiled in a mystery....
1: The Tent
Readers, GWENYTH PETTY and JOHN DARRAN

Contributors

Unknown:
John Griffiths
Readers:
Gwenyth Petty
Readers:
John Darran

Five-round contests between London and the Regions London v. Scotland
Round 5
London:
BARRY CARMAN , CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Scotland:
SIR JAMES FERGUSSON JACK HOUSE
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

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

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† LESLIE SMITH 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:
Leslie Smith

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.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More