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A play for radio by Ray Jenkins with Kathleen Helme and Thomas Heathcote
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by JOHN GIBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Jenkins
Unknown:
Kathleen Helme
Unknown:
Thomas Heathcote
Produced By:
John Gibson
Mother:
Kathleen Helme
Derek:
Brian Hewlett
Ian:
Michael McClain
Father:
Thomas Heathcote
Doreen:
Sian Davies
Schoolmaster:
Alaric Cotter

Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Writers Talking: F. C. BALL , whose second novel A Grotto for Miss Maynier has just been published, tells BA MASON how the book came to be written
Answer and Comment
Two Views of a City: a personal picture of Madrid from BARBARA CROCKER and PETER WHELPTON tHousework Without Strain: advice from MOLLIE BEARE , a physiotherapist and Keep Fit leader
Afternoon Press Conference: someone who knows questioned by those who want to know
WENDY CRAIG reads Full Tilt by DERVLA MURPHY
Second of five instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
F. C. Ball
Unknown:
Barbara Crocker
Unknown:
Peter Whelpton
Unknown:
Mollie Beare
Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
Dervla Murphy

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
That the land shall bloom again: GEORGE ASHWELL looks at what is being done at Landore. Swansea, to restore areas that have been blighted by industry of years gone by v Homework for the Headmaster: MESTON BATCHELOR reflects that there are times when a headmaster's duties are not all one might expect
✝ Silver Lining: the second of three talks by GERTRUDE MINETT about a holiday in the Holy Land
Your Letters
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
George Ashwell
Unknown:
Meston Batchelor
Unknown:
Gertrude Minett
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

by Susan Lund
A series of five imaginary chapters of autobiography written by young people
Narrator, Helen Fraser
Susan Lund comes from Hull and at eighteen has published a novel The Red Army. When she left school she found that trying to have a job and trying to write were incompatible. She had to make a final choice - so she chose what she describes as 'the lesser of two evils.'

Contributors

Writer:
Susan Lund
Narrator:
Helen Fraser
Others taking part:
Sara Aimson
Others taking part:
Roy Barraclough
Others taking part:
Juliet Cooke.
Others taking part:
Pamela Craig
Others taking part:
Pamela Dellar
Others taking part:
Mary Rogers
Others taking part:
Peter Schofield
Producer:
Alfred Bradley

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

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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