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A series of six programmes in which representative Humanists are questioned by Kenneth Harris about their assumptions and ideals

Professor A.J. Ayer on the relevance of Humanism: what it is and how it came about
(Next Saturday: Dr. James Hemming on Morals without Religion)
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Contributors

Interviewer:
Kenneth Harris
Interviewee:
Professor A.J. Ayer

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Everyday German by radio
A series of twenty lessons for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language
Lesson 1
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with Heidi Treutler Lilly Kann
Written and produced by Edith R. Baer
Monday's broadcast (Third Net.)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Unknown:
Heidi Treutler
Unknown:
Lilly Kann
Produced By:
Edith R. Baer

This series of forty lessons is intended for beginners or near-beginners, and should also be useful to those who may have learnt French at school but have had little opportunity to speak it since
Introductory Lesson
The producer ELSIE FERGUSON describes the aims and method of the series. PAUL COUSTER and KATlA ELLIS give a short introduction to the pronunciation of French Broadcast on Sept. 28. 1964
A booklet &nd lecords are available

Contributors

Producer:
Elsie Ferguson
Unknown:
Paul Couster
Unknown:
Katla Ellis

A series of twenty lessons for listeners with a basic knowledge of Spanish
Lesson 1
Introduced by JACINTA CASTILLEJO with the help of Pablo Soto
Script by Maria Victoria Alvarez and Anthony Watson
Produced bv
George Walton Scott
Thursday's broadcast (Third Net.)
A booklet Is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto
Script By:
Maria Victoria Alvarez
Script By:
Anthony Watson
Unknown:
George Walton Scott

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Car Colours: PAT GREGORY reviews trends in car colours and their effect upon sales and safety
Number Plates: Designing to fit the legal requirements, by C. S. SMITH , director of a manufacturing firm
Non-skid Roads: by ARTHUR LATHAM , an expert in road surfacing materials
The Problem of Noise-2: KENNETH GARRETT , Editor of Automobile Engineer, talks about reducing the noise in motor vehicles
Road conditions for the week ahead

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Pat Gregory
Unknown:
C. S. Smith
Unknown:
Arthur Latham
Unknown:
Kenneth Garrett

Five characters in search of the authors-
BARRY TOOK AND MARTY FELDMAN starring
Kenneth Horne with KENNETH WILLIAMS
Hugh PADDICK
BETTY MARSDEN
BILL PERTWEE
Music by THE FRASER HAYES FOUR
EDWIN BRADEN AND THE HORNBLOWERS
Announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Broadcast on June 13 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marty Feldman
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Unknown:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Honourable Intentions by Lyndon Brook
A world youth movement working for Peace becomes so successful that it takes on the proportions of Big Business. How strictly honourable are the Leader's intentions?
Cast in order of speaking; with Anthony Jackson
Produced by EILEEN CULLEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Lyndon Brook
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson
Produced By:
Eileen Cullen
Radio reporter:
Bruce Beeby
David Wharton:
Geoffrey Matthews
Grace, his wife:
Diana Olsson
Delia, his secretary:
Elizabeth Proud
Nicholas, Marquis of Shenley:
Douglas Blackwell
Sebastian Keel, TV producer:
John Downing
Lewis Morgan:
Ronald Wilson
Desmond Proudfoot, P R O:
Hector Ross
Caley Gruber, TV interviewer:
Allan McClelland

VILEM TAUSKY conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader. Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) WILLIAM McALPINE (tenor) EILEEN BROSTER (piano)
THE GALA CHORUS
Directed by John McCarthy
Introduced by JOHN ROBERTS
Produced by Elizabeth Johnson
The programme includes music from Madam Butterfly by Puccini. Solitaire by Malcolm Arnold , and the last movement from Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms.

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Tenor:
William McAlpine
Piano:
Eileen Broster
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Introduced By:
John Roberts
Produced By:
Elizabeth Johnson
Unknown:
Malcolm Arnold

The Courier by Arthur Swinson with John Justin and Nicolette Bernard
John Lockerby , a retired Naval Officer, bankrupt and out of work, is offered a job in the nick of time by Jimmy Glover , an ex-shipmate. But is the job quite what Jimmy Glover makes it out to be?
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Swinson
Unknown:
John Justin
Unknown:
Nicolette Bernard
Unknown:
John Lockerby
Unknown:
Jimmy Glover
Unknown:
Jimmy Glover
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
John Lockerby:
John Justin
Roberta Lockerby:
Nicolette Bernard
Hickson:
Hamlyn Benson
Jimmy Glover:
Ronald Baddiley
Carol:
Patricia Gallimore
Geoffrey Noad:
Haydn Jones
Paul Curry:
Michael McClain
Corinne Lachat:
Cécile Chevreau
Jacobson:
Garard Green
Pierre Roland:
Tim Seely
Bernard Tredillon:
Henry Stamper
Inspector Giraud Drouet:
Brian Hewlett
Inspector Peter Marvell:
Patrick Barr
The Boss:
Peter Marinker

T. G. ROSENTHAL and PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON talking about her new novel Cork Street , Next to the Hatter's
WALTER ALLEN on Memoirs ol the Forties
JAMES CAMERON on The Ku Klux Klan, and The Invisible Government-the story of the CI.A. and other reviews from ROBERT REID and DR. BRUCE CARDEW
Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES
Produced by Joseph Hone

Contributors

Unknown:
T. G. Rosenthal
Unknown:
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Unknown:
Cork Street
Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
Robert Reid
Unknown:
Dr. Bruce Cardew
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes
Produced By:
Joseph Hone

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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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