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Shorthand Dictation
90.130 w.p.m. tCompiled by JOYCE HARRISON
For those who want to keep up or improve their speeds in any shorthand system
Next Shorthand programme: 50-80 w.p.m. Monday at 6.30 iStudy)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Harrison

Everyday German by radio
A series of twenty lessons for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language
Lesson 12
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with Heidi Treutler
David Hadda , René Halkett
Broadcast on Dec. 20. 1965 (Study)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Unknown:
Heidi Treutler
Unknown:
David Hadda

A series of twenty lessons for listeners with a basic knowledge of Spanish
Lesson 12
Introduced by JACINTA CASTILLEJO with the help of Pablo Soto
Broadcast on Dec. 23. 1965 (Study)
A bocklet is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacinta Castillejo
Unknown:
Pablo Soto

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Looking Ahead
What will 1966 hold for the motorist? Some forecasts by: STEPHEN SWINGLER , M.P.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
FRANK HIGHAM
Director General of the Motor Agents' Association
SIR PATRICK HENNESSY
President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
JOSEPH LOWREY a technical writer on automobile engineering
Road conditions for the week ahead

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Stephen Swingler
Unknown:
Frank Higham
Unknown:
Sir Patrick Hennessy
Unknown:
Joseph Lowrey

The Heyday in the Blood
Adapted for radio by R HOWELL EVANS from the novel by GERAINT GOODWIN
Set in the mid-1920s in the mythical village of Tanygraig, Montgomeryshire, this play mirrors the changing face of Wales in those years when a restlessness born of hard times took hold of the people and turned many away from their homeland.
Produced by JOHN GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Howell Evans
Novel By:
Geraint Goodwin
Produced By:
John Griffiths
Beti Tudor:
Olive Michael
Ben Evans the Post:
Jack Walters
Twm Tudor:
Tudor Walters
Evan Edwards the Mill:
Henley Thomas
Mr Birbaum:
Dillwyn Owen
Seth Rowland:
Prysor Williams
Shacob Morris:
John Hugh Jones
Rev Isaac Jenkyns:
T H Evans
Llew Morgan:
Hubert Hughson
County Surveyor:
Emlyn James
First South Walian:
A L Price
Second South Walian:
Elwyn Williams

VILEM TAUSKY conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins with VICTORIA ELLIOTT (soprano) ROWLAND JONES (tenor) PHILIP CHALLIS (piano) THE GALA CHORUS directed by JOHN MCCARTHY Introduced by PETER BARKER Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss ), Carmen (Bizet), and Le rid (Massenet): and Henry Geelil 's Caprice Concertante.

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Victoria Elliott
Tenor:
Rowland Jones
Piano:
Philip Challis
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Introduced By:
Peter Barker
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Henry Geelil

SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1874-1965
The Letter adapted for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES with Googie Withers
Stephen Murray , Carleton Hobbs The action takes place on a plantation in the Malay Peninsula and in Singapore. Period: about 1920
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Broadcast on January 25. 1964
Repeated; Monday, 3.15 p.m. See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Somerset Maugham
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Googie Withers
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
A Quiet Voice:
Peter Pratt
Leslie:
Googie Withers
Geoffrey Hammond:
Gordon Faith
The head-boy:
Timothy Harley
Hassan, a Malay servant:
Kristopher Kum
John Withers, Assistant District Officer:
Glyn Dearman
Robert Crosbie Leslie's husband:
Stephen Murray
Howard Joyce:
Carleton Hobbs
Ong Chi Seng:
Andrew Sachs
Mrs Parker, a prison matron:
Molly Rankin
Chung Hi, a Chinese general dealer:
John Ruddock
Ah Sing:
Paul Tann
A Chinese woman:
Pik-Sen Lim
Mrs JOYCE:
Vivienne Chatterton

BBC Home Service Basic

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