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Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Is Marriage a Serious Business?: HEATHER JENNER and her husband STEPHEN POTTER , both authors of books on marriage, discuss the subject
Poet's Choice: DANNIE ABSE discusses some poems he likes
Reading Your Letters
Pets in Proportion: do we lavish too much attention on our pets? JOAN PYPER investigates
Full Tilt
DERVLA MURPHY 'S book abridged by Neville Teller
Read by WENDY CRAIG
First of five instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Heather Jenner
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Dannie Abse
Unknown:
Dervla Murphy
Abridged By:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Wendy Craig

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind,
Special Guest: Charlie Chester
Argument: another in the series of conversations on an issue of the day
Question Time: Gus DAVIES deals with problems on cleaning clothing and furniture
Join in and sing: SIDNEY BRIGHT at the piano plays some of the old songs
Introduced by POLLY ELWES
Before an invited audience in the Town Hall, Folkestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chester
Unknown:
Gus Davies
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

More about Paddington by Michael Bond adapted as a three-part dramatised reading by BARBARA SLEIGH
When Paddington set off with Mrs. Brown to go shopping even Mr. Brown had to admit he looked a smart enough bear to go anywhere. But there was trouble in store.
3: Paddington and Christmas
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Bond
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Storyteller:
David Davis
Mrs Brown:
June Spencer
Mr Brown:
Alan Barry
Paddington:
Keith Banks
Shop Assistant:
Brian Hewlett
Mr Gruber:
Gordon Gardner
Jonathan:
Nicholas Charles
Judy:
Jennifer Ellison

Peter Frankl (piano)
London Wind Players Janet Craxton (oboe) James Brown (oboe) Thea King (clarinet)
Robert Baker (clarinet)
Walter Lear (basset-horn)
Michael Whewell (basset-horn) Cecil James (bassoon)
Stefan de Haan (bassoon) Colin Horton (horn)
Anthony Chidell (horn) Terry Johns (horn)
Martin Shillito (horn)
John Gray (double-bass) London Mozart Players Leader. Meyer Stolow
Conductor, Harry Blech
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Mozart
Part 1
Masonic Funeral Music
(K.477)
7.42* Serenade No. 10, in B flat major (K.361)

Contributors

Piano:
Peter Frankl
Oboe:
Janet Craxton
Oboe:
James Brown
Clarinet:
Thea King
Clarinet:
Robert Baker
Basset-Horn:
Walter Lear
Basset-Horn:
Michael Whewell
Bassoon:
Cecil James
Bassoon:
Stefan de Haan
Horn:
Colin Horton
Horn:
Anthony Chidell
Horn:
Terry Johns
Horn:
Martin Shillito
Double-Bass:
John Gray
Conductor:
Harry Blech
Unknown:
Albert Hall

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 specially welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

Schumann
String Quartet in A major,
Op. 41 No. 3 played by THE KOHON QUARTET
Harold Kohon (violin)
Raymond Kunicki (violin) Bernard Zaslav (viola) Robert Sylvester (cello) on gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Harold Kohon
Violin:
Raymond Kunicki
Viola:
Bernard Zaslav
Cello:
Robert Sylvester

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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