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or The Memoirs of Mr. C. J. Yellowplush
Sometime Footman in Many Genteel Families by William Makepeace Thackeray arranged in ten parts by Terence Tiller
5: The Two Bundles of Hay
Read by FRANK DUNCAN with BFTTY Huntley-Wright
Elizabeth PROUD, WILFRID CARTER
PETF.R MARINKER t Produced by Rayner Heppenstall

Contributors

Unknown:
William Makepeace
Unknown:
Terence Tiller
Read By:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Bftty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Wilfrid Carter
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall

Introduced by Pamela Creighton t Dancing with Death:
Sylvia Mathkson saw a master of snakes at work
The Month in the Garden: Advice from Jim Middleton
Ringing the Changes: HONOR Wyatt reviews some new cookery books
Driving a Pram: MARION Henderson gives her views on keeping mother and baby alive. in spite of the traffic
Merry-Co-Round reports events on the lighter side
Nectar in a Sieve
Kamala Markandaya 's book abridged by Mary Treadgold
Read by Nicolbtte Bernard t Last of nine Instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Sylvia Mathkson
Unknown:
Jim Middleton
Unknown:
Marion Henderson
Unknown:
Kamala Markandaya
Abridged By:
Mary Treadgold
Read By:
Nicolbtte Bernard

We make decisions every day, but sometimes we are brought to a halt by a problem so serious that any decision we take must change our lives
ANNE ALLEN. STEPHEN BLACK , and C. R Hewitt listen to some real-life problems of this kind and consider the advice they would have offered
Produced by Patrick Harvey t Broadcast on April 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Allen.
Unknown:
Stephen Black
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

A programme of old favourites sung by Cynthia GLOVER (soprano) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the Bristol Light OPERA CLUB
Chorus-Master. Vernon Jones t Introduced by Dudley Savage

Contributors

Soprano:
Cynthia Glover
Chorus-Master:
Vernon Jones
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

The Gentleman
A serial play in five parts adapted freely by VAL GIELGUD from the novel by ALFRED OLLIVANT with Denys Hawthorne
Glyn Dearman , Frank Duncan
Paul Whitsun-Jones
4: The Tiger Inn
In which The Gentleman takes Kit to the Tiger Inn: the Gap Garni are finally routed by the Cavalry; The Gentleman's half-brother Percy. Lord Dare of Dene. arrives at the Tiger Inn; and Parson Joy parleys with The Gentleman.
Cast in order of speaking: Lord Alfred Fitzroy, The Gentleman '.DENYS Hawthorne Midshipman Christopher Caryll GLYN Dearman
Fat George. Paul WHITSUN-JONES t Produced by Auorky CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Novel By:
Alfred Ollivant
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Glyn Dearman
Unknown:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Unknown:
George. Paul Whitsun-Jones
Produced By:
Auorky Cameron
Parson Harry Joy:
Frank Duncan
Ralph Piper:
John Bryning,
Captain of Dragoons:
Peter Marinker
Captain Anstruther:
John Dearth
Members of the Gap Gang:Bandy:
John Baddeley
Jim Kettle:
Gordon Faith
Silas Fogg:
Philip Guard
Madge Humpage:
Mary Wimbush
Percy, Lord Dare of Dene:
Frederick Treves

HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
JANET Baker (contralto)
NORMA PROCTER (contralto)
RONALD Dowd (tenor)
ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
JOHN CAROL CASE (baritone)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
BBC CHORUS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
ROYAL CHORAL Society
WEMBLEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
BBC Symphony Orchestra Led by Norman Nelson
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent and Peter Gellhorn
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1: Haydn
MASS No. 7, in C major (Mass in time of war) conducted by Peter Gellhorn
Heather Harper. Janet Baker Robert Tear. John Carol Case
BBC Chorus. BBC Choral Society

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Janet Baker
Contralto:
Norma Procter
Tenor:
Ronald Dowd
Tenor:
John Carol
Baritone:
Raimund Herincx
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Unknown:
Norman Nelson
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Conducted By:
Peter Gellhorn
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Conducted By:
Peter Gellhorn
Conducted By:
Heather Harper.
Conducted By:
Janet Baker
Unknown:
Robert Tear.

Interviewer, John Connell
4: People and Politics
In the last of this series of programmes Lady Violet Bonham Carter (Baroness Asquith) remembers some of the great men in the political field of her time - among them Edward Grey, President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia. and President John Kennedy - she also recalls some of the work she has done outside politics, and speaks of how she came to write her book "Winston Churchill as I knew him".

Contributors

Interviewer:
John Connell
Unknown:
Lady Violet Bonham
Unknown:
Edward Grey.
Unknown:
John Kennedy

Part 2: Beethoven
SYMPHONY No. 9, in D minor f Choral) conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Heather Harper. Norma Procter Ronald Dowd. Raimund Herincx BBC Chorus. BBC Choral Society Croydon Philharmonic Society Royal Choral Society
Wembley Philharmonic Society followed by an interlude

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Conducted By:
Heather Harper.
Conducted By:
Norma Procter
Unknown:
Ronald Dowd.

The News
Background to the News
People in the News
Tonight's extended edition includes special coverage from The T.U.C. Conference at Brighton followed by NEWS-STAND t How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street, are analysed by Douglas BROWN

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Brown

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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