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The Monastic Way of Life described by Dom ROBERT Petitpierre , o.s.b. Benedictine Monk of Nashdom Abbey
A special programme for St. Benedict's Day, March 21
Produced by Harold Rogers
Edited version of a BBC World
Service production

Contributors

Unknown:
Dom Robert Petitpierre
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

Education in Action
19: Aids to the teacher (it) with W. G. Beaton
Director, Educational Television Service. Glasgow
Miss J. A. MUNRO
Research Officer, Department of Psychology. London School of Economics
Miss M. G. Green
Head Mistress. Kidbrooke School
Introduced by STUART MACLURE
Produced by Dennis Simmons
A Second Start is intended to be of special Interest to those thinking of entering or returning to teaching

Contributors

Unknown:
W. G. Beaton
Introduced By:
Stuart MacLure
Produced By:
Dennis Simmons

What happens to the wild animals when their valley is flooded as part of a hydro-electric scheme? For the past year in Surinam. South America, an unusual rescue team has been at work.
Christina WOOD reports on this dangerous work and plays some recordings she made during her recent visit there
Broadcast on January 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Christina Wood

A radio portrait of Dylan Thomas up to the age of twenty
In his poems and stories, especially in his Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Dylan Thomas is forever looking back at his early days in and around Swansea, and when he was ' young and easy '
This programme of recorded impressions by people who were close to him and his many moods during his early years, throws liwht on the emergence of an extraordinary talent during a little-known but most fruitful period in his life.
Compiled and introduced by J Ma. vsel THOMAS
Produced by John Griffiths
Shortened version of the broadcast in the Welsh Home Service on October 14. 1965
From tke painting by Augustus John in the National Museum ol Wales. Cardiff

Contributors

Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Introduced By:
J Ma.
Produced By:
John Griffiths
Unknown:
Augustus John
Unknown:
National Museum Ol Wales. Cardiff

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
' A Policeman's, Lot ...
On the beat with a rural police constable in Kent tLimb o' Satan:
MESTON Batchei. or talks about a young Scots laddie he once knew
' I remember, I remember....':
Irene Naylor returns to the road where she was born
You asked us to play ... record requests
Introduced by Ken Sykoiu

Contributors

Unknown:
Meston Batchei.
Unknown:
Irene Naylor
Introduced By:
Ken Sykoiu

Poor Relations
A radio serial in eight parts by Eric Maschwitz dramatised from the novel by Compton Mackenzie
4: The Black Sheep of the Family
Cast m order of speaktna:
Produced by NORMAN Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Maschwitz
Novel By:
Compton MacKenzie
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Serjeant:
Stephen Jack
John Touchwood:
Richard Hurndall
George Touehwood:
Hamlyn Benson
Mrs Easton:
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs Worfolk:
Eva Stuart
Bertram:
Nicholas Charles
Viola:
Beryl Calder
Doris Hamilton:
Margaret Ward
Mrs Everett-Crowther:
Mary Wimbush
Mrs Fenton:
Ckcile Chevreau
Aubrey Fenton:
Michael McClain
Hu«h Touchwood:
Michael Spice
Detective:
John Dearth

A radio competition for bands
Round 2: Programme 4
From the South-East:
Luton Band
Conductor, ALBERT Coup*
From the North:
Yorkshire Imperial METALS BAND
Conductor, Trevor WALMSLEY
The Judges:
Captain James Howe Harry Mortimer
Introduced by Tou Naisbi

Contributors

Conductor:
Trevor Walmsley
Unknown:
Captain James Howe
Unknown:
Harry Mortimer
Introduced By:
Tou Naisbi

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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