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A series on the work of wartime agents on special operations in Occupied France
Written by Robert Barr
with Richard Hurndall as Colonel Maurice Buckmaster

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Barr
Producer:
Charles Maxwell
Colonel Maurice Buckmaster:
Richard Hurndall
Melanie:
Helen Lindsay
Lucien:
Alex Scott
Paulette:
Jo Kendall
Andre:
Peter Gilmore
Philippe:
Drew Henley
Madame Lorette:
Eva Stuart
Captain Hauffmann:
Leon Thau
Colonel Gunther:
Wilfred Babbage

Second hearings of the programme in which scientists and technologists answer listeners' questions
In the chair,
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS
Panel:
ROBERT Boyd
University College, London
DAVID DEWHIRST
Cambridge Observatories
OTTO EDHOLM
Medical Research Council Laboratories
GWYNNE VEVERS Zoological Society
Arranged by Archie Clow

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Unknown:
Robert Boyd
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Happiness-can it be pursued?: JOYCE GRENFELL
Woman Power: ELLEN HERRING talks to MOLLIE LEE about her work as a trade union official
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Showpiece: a monthly glance at the world of entertainment
Top to Toe: a good trim figure. BARBARA BUCHANAN questions experts about foundation garments and posture
WENDY CRAIG reads Full Tilt by DERVLA MURPHY
Fourth of five instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Barbara Buchanan
Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
Dervla Murphy

Chairman, SIR JOHN SUMMERSON
Broadcasting: JACQUES BRUNIUS
Book: C. V. WEDGWOOD
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Film: DEREK PROUSE
Theatre: RONALD BRYDEN
Produced by Helen Rapp

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Summerson
Unknown:
C. V. Wedgwood
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Ronald Bryden
Produced By:
Helen Rapp

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
To meet, to talk, to sing ...
DAVID SQUIBB at the Royal School of church Music Cathedral Course at Durham tBank Holiday Fare:
GEORGE VILLIERS in the kitchen
' Amahs ' galore: C H. YORKE recalls his family's servant problems during a stay in Malaya
Your Letters
You asked us to play : .. record requests
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
David Squibb
Unknown:
George Villiers
Unknown:
C H. Yorke
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe abridged by NEVILLE TELLER as an eight-part reading
Read by NORMAN RODWAY
Part 2
In which 1. wretched Robinson Crusoe. cast away on a desert island with no companion to share my solitude, order my existence, and come to a better understanding of Heaven's wondrous ways when I am blessed with a true miracle.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robinson Crusoe
Unknown:
Daniel Defoe
Abridged By:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Robinson Crusoe.

The war waged against the human being by the motor vehicle
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL
The programme includes contributions from THE RT. HON. Tom FRASER , m.p.. Minister of Transport. the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and various other organisations and individuals concerned with the acute problems of road safety in Britain today
Produced by Alan Burgess
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Rt. Hon. Tom Fraser
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

by TERENCE BFNDIXSON
Planning Correspondent of The Guardian
' It seems to me,' Mr. Bendixson says, 'that the public is offered precious little choice in deciding its future, and that this applies particularly to planning. There's a growing tendency for experts to get together with administrators and make momentous decisions and serve them up as if they were the voice of God.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Bfndixson

Nine projects which may affect the way we live in Britain
4: Spare-parts Surgery
Sir PETER MEDAWAR , F.R.S.
Director of the National Institute for Medical Research interviewed by C. L. BOLTZ The Lea Valley Scheme: Friday at 10.45

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Peter Medawar
Interviewed By:
C. L. Boltz

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.

Appears in

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More