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The Fascination of What's Difficult
GILBERT PHELPS takes the title of a poem by W. B. Yeats as his theme in examining, with the help of recordings from the Sound Archives, the various kinds of challenge faced by travellers and explorers in different parts of the world
5: Islands
Produced by David Allan

Contributors

Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Produced By:
David Allan

including:
sound of revelry by night:
On the eve of its 150th anniversary, COLONEL J. HUGHES talks to PROFESSOR SIR DOUGLAS SAVORY about the battle of Waterloo, and WILLIAM Fox reads some lines from Byron's Childe Harold
On Horseback through Europe:
PATRICK SMITH , BBC Rome Correspondent, meets the Yorkshire writer WILLIAM HOLT and his horse Trigger
Cordon Rouge: GEORGE VILLIERS in the kitchen
Your Letters
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Introduced by ALAN MELVILLE

Contributors

Talks:
Colonel J. Hughes
Unknown:
William Fox
Unknown:
Childe Harold
Unknown:
Patrick Smith
Unknown:
William Holt
Unknown:
George Villiers
Introduced By:
Alan Melville

A science-fiction serial by Angus MacVicar
Professor Johnson. Jeremy , and Ishtar have found their way into the Methane corridors. Their aim is to free the aged astronomer Yurucaré, so that he may check their theory about the approach of the planet Luna.
6; The Critical Conjunction
Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Unknown:
Angus MacVicar
Unknown:
Professor Johnson. Jeremy
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Professor Spenser Johnson:
Moultrie Kelsall
Jeremy Grant:
Stuart Henry
Ishtar:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Yurucaré:
John Shedden
Civic Guard:
Bruce MacKenzie
Shamhazai:
Arthur Boland
Azazel:
James Crampsey
Tamanaque:
Alec Monteath
Chirguano:
W H D Joss
Morduk:
Douglas Murchie
Jibaro:
Ann Kean

June 18, 1815
A Damned Serious Business
The story of the battle as told by dispatches, official documents, the contemporary press. letters, and personal accounts
Written by MICHAEL GLOVER with Ronald Baddiley , Stanley Beard
Denys Blakelock , Robert Cawdron Denys Hawthorne , Betty Hardy Alan Lawrance. Richard Mayes
Anthony Shaw. Patrick Westwood Mary Wimbush , Geoffrey Wincott Anthony Woodruff , Norman Wynne
Produced by MAURICE BROWN
Robert Cawdron is in ' Busybody ' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London

Contributors

Written By:
Michael Glover
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Unknown:
Stanley Beard
Unknown:
Denys Blakelock
Unknown:
Robert Cawdron
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Alan Lawrance.
Unknown:
Richard Mayes
Unknown:
Anthony Shaw.
Unknown:
Patrick Westwood
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wincott
Unknown:
Anthony Woodruff
Unknown:
Norman Wynne
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
Produced By:
Robert Cawdron
Field-Marshal The Duke of Willington:
John Ruddock
Lieutenant John Kincaid:
Fraser Kerr
Lieutenant George Simmons:
Nigel Clayton
2nd Captain Cavalie Mercer:
William Eedle
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Augustus Frazer:
Duncan McIntyre
Captain Harry Smith:
Charles Hodgson
Sergeant Edward Costello:
Barry Keegan
Corporal John Dickson:
Alec Ross

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL 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 specialty welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

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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