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A play for radio based on the novel by Charles Dickens in ten parts by Howard Agg
Part 6: The Root of All Evil
John Rokesmith declared his love to Bella Wilfer , and Bradley Head-stone to Lizzie Hexham-but both gentlemen were refused.
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Novel By:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
John Rokesmith
Unknown:
Bella Wilfer
Unknown:
Lizzie Hexham-But
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster

Round the Clock: ANGELA PAIN spends a day with the sister in charge of the casualty department of a busy hospital
Alan Melville reflects
Silver Lining: second of two talks by MRS. BILLIE STATHAM on ' The Family Grows Up ' Your Letters
Introduced by Kin SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Billie Statham
Introduced By:
Kin Sykora

Introduced by C. B. REES
BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by GRAHAM TREACHER
Given before an invited audience In Studio One, Glasgow. Tickets may be obtained on application to [address removed]. enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
Next Tuesday: BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Handford ; introduced by C. B. Rees

Contributors

Introduced By:
C. B. Rees
Leader:
Trevor Williams
Conducted By:
Graham Treacher
Conducted By:
Maurice Handford
Introduced By:
C. B. Rees

PETER DUVAL Smith introduces a selection of news about current books, and talks to GERALD HANLEY about the reissue of his early novels including Gilligan's Last Elephant GABRIEL FIELDING on a group of books about Germany and the Germans
VERNON SCANNELL on recent fiction
ERIC GILLETT on E. W. Swanton's The World of Cricket
Produced by Joseph Hone
See facing page

Contributors

Introduces:
Duval Smith
Unknown:
Gerald Hanley
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell
Unknown:
Eric Gillett
Produced By:
Joseph Hone

Midland Region's popular panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND
Recorded before an invited audience at The Commonwealth Institute, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

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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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