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A series of legal problems devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Introduced by JOHN SNAGGE with a qualified legal opinion from F. W. BENEY, Q.C. and comments from a panel of everyday people from home and abroad
This week:
The Widow's Mite
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK t Broadcast on March 27

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Introduced By:
John Snagge
Unknown:
F. W. Beney, Q.C.
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock
Hamilton:
Garard Green
Goodrich:
David Graham
Hepworth:
Wilfred Babbage
Secretary:
Jill Fletcher
Chief Superintendent Allen:
John Cazabon
Hilda:
Irene Prador
Mrs. Hepworth:
Joan Sanderson

by Mary Norton arranged as a dramatised reading in four parts by BERTHA LONSDALE
1: Pod's Hole
In which we meet the ' little people' who live in the strange world beneath the floor of Great Aunt Sophy's house.
Produced by HERBERT SMITH t Broadcast on April 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Norton
Unknown:
Bertha Lonsdale
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Storyteller:
Marah Stohl
Homily:
Rosalie Williams
Arrietty:
Margaret Dew
Pod:
Jack Woolgar

Introduced by ANNE GREGG
Someone at the Door: KAY WITHERS reflects on some itinerant tradesmen t Portrait of a Listener:
THOMAS THOMPSON , a* widower with four young children, talks to GWEN PAIN tCheating Arthritis:
PHYLLIS COLSON speaks from thirty years' experience
Reading Your Letters t Talk of Books and Writers:
JOHN HALE reviews three books about outstanding women; J. B. PRIESTLEY talks about his work to TERESA MCGONAGLE ; NINA BAWDEN looks at some new novels
All the Days of Minnie Sue SUSAN BELL 'S book abridged by Beryl Day
Read by PATIENCE COLLIER
First of ten Instalments
Patience Collier, who reads the serial this week, is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Companu

Contributors

Introduced By:
Anne Gregg
Unknown:
Kay Withers
Unknown:
Thomas Thompson
Unknown:
Gwen Pain
Unknown:
Phyllis Colson
Unknown:
John Hale
Talks:
J. B. Priestley
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle
Unknown:
Nina Bawden
Unknown:
Minnie Sue
Unknown:
Susan Bell
Abridged By:
Beryl Day
Read By:
Patience Collier

The second of a series of talks on five selected masterpieces of fiction from Ireland, France, Germany, Russia, and America 2: The Plague by ALBERT CAMUS discussed by MAURICE CRANSTON
Excerpts read by HUGH DICKSON tBroadcast on December 20. 1964
(BBC World Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Camus
Unknown:
Maurice Cranston
Read By:
Hugh Dickson

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: t Puppet Godmother:
DAPHNE PHELPS talks to JAMES McNEISH in Sicily about her unusual role tFor Your Library List: some recommendations from NORMAN FISHER t Argument: another in a series of conversations on an issue of the day
You asked us to play : record requests
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Talks:
Daphne Phelps
Unknown:
James McNeish
Unknown:
Norman Fisher
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

More about Paddington by Michael Bond adapted as a three-part dramatised reading by BARBARA SLEIGH
It's no use looking up a Bear like Paddington in an encyclopaedia because he is a very rare bear. He's also very expensive to keep as he costs a fortune in marmalade!
1: Photography and Decorating
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Bond
Reading By:
Barbara Sleigh
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Storyteller:
David Davis
Mr Brown:
Alan Barry
Mrs Brown:
June Spencer
Paddington:
Keith Banks
Judy:
Jennifer Ellison
Jonathan:
Nicholas Charles
Shopkeeper:
Philip Guard

Scottish Dance Music played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conductor, JACK LEON with ARCHIE DUNCAN (accordion)
7.0 Music from Scarborough THE SPA ORCHESTRA
Conducted and introduced by MAX JAFFA
From the Spa Grand Hall by permission of Scarborough Corporation

Contributors

Conductor:
Jack Leon
Accordion:
Archie Duncan

The News
Background to the News
People in the News 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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