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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
Produced by Evelyn Williams
† Broadcast on April 21

Contributors

Unknown:
John Griffiths
Unknown:
John Darran
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams

by Leslie Halward with Jon Rollason and Mary Chester
'The child is father to the man. How can he be. the words are wild '; but parents and children both often have. to learn life's lessons the hard way
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by R. D. SMITH in the BBC's Birmingham studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Halward
Unknown:
Jon Rollason
Unknown:
Mary Chester
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Gladys:
Mary Chester
Percy:
Jon Rollason
Eric their son:
Martin Towey
Briggs Senior:
Tom Knowles
Briggs Junior:
Pepe Whibley
Porter:
Walter Dalby
Master:
Michael Bullock
Woman:
Eva Stuart
Watson:
Walter Dalby

TIM MATTHEWS 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 10: Listening Post, BBC, [address removed]

Contributors

Introduces:
Tim Matthews

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON tThe Relief of Pain: a Professor of Neurology considers a doctor's most important duty
Winter in Warsaw: VIOI.ETTE PORTHAM describes her visit to Poland
Answer and Comment
Learning for Leisure: MICHAEL FREEDLAND reports on an educational experiment
I am an Old Bensonian: NORA NICHOLSON remembers her early training in the theatre
ANTHONY JACOBS reads The Boy With a Sling by JONATHAN WADE
† Eighth of ten instaiments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Michael Freedland
Unknown:
Nora Nicholson
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs

A radio serial in thirteen parts by Frederick Bradnum freely dramatised from Louise de la Valliere and The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas with Patrick Troughton, Anne Cullen and Victor Lucas
D'Artagnan has recognised the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille as the twin brother of King Louis XIV, and in order to discover more, plans to become imprisoned himself in the guise of a law breaking provincial councillor.
(Sunday's broadcast)

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Frederick Bradnum
From novels by:
Alexandre Dumas
Producer:
Norman Wright
[Actor]:
Patrick Troughton
[Actress]:
Anne Cullen
[Actor]:
Victor Lucas

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Private Railways. 3:
ROBERT GUNNELL takes a trip on the Festiniog Railway in North Wales
† Silver Lining: Hymns sung by EILEEN POULTER , introduced by THE REV. ELSIE CHAMBERLAIN
Mrs. Heggs and the Occupation: JACK SINGLETON talks to GRACE HEGGS about her war-time experiences in Guernsey. 2: Making do and mending
Your Letters
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Sung By:
Eileen Poulter
Unknown:
Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
Talks:
Jack Singleton
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Midland Region's popular panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

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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