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Four stories of endurance
2: A Reconnaissance Flight from Flight to Arras by ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY translated by Lewis Galantiere
Read by BASIL JONES
In 1940, after the Germans had invaded Prance, Saint-Exupery was tidered on a reconnaissance flight over enemy-occupied territory. It was a dangerous mission and seemed completely pointless.
Broadcast on October 19. 1965

Contributors

Translated By:
Lewis Galantiere
Read By:
Basil Jones

Clifford Curzon
At his London home in High-gate. one of the greatest pianists of our time talks to BERNARD KEEFFE about his musical career and many other interests
The illustrations are from some of the outstanding recordings made by this artist.
Series devised by Bernard Keeffe
A BBC World Service production broadcast in August 1965
Next Tuesday: Sir Adrian Boutt

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Curzon
Unknown:
Bernard Keeffe
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boutt

Three programmes on the American point of view about various aspects of national policy
Introduced by PROFESSOR H. C. ALLEN
Commonwealth Fund Professor of Amencan History in the University of London
1: Private Enterprise
American society has always been based fundamentally on private enterprise, but with modern industrialisation the role of the Federal Government has become steadily more important. Nevertheless many Americans still have an instinctive faith in ' free enterprise.'
Produced by Howard Smith
Broadcast in Study Session on October 21. 1965

Contributors

Introduced By:
Professor H. C. Allen
Produced By:
Howard Smith

by Susan Ferrier adapted for broadcasting in thirteen parts by JONQUIL ANTONY
Lord RossviUe has decided to allow Gertrude to return to the Castle, but does not disclose whether he still considers her his heir. One morning she and Lyndsay seek shelter from the rain in a fishing hut. Gertrude enters first, and is confronted by Lewiston.
7. Death of an Earl
Produced by DAVID DAVIS
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Ferrier
Unknown:
Jonquil Antony
Produced By:
David Davis

A magazine of interest to all. with older listeners specially in mind. including:
' The Working Man's Hotel ':
GORDON SNELL looks into the story of Rowton Houses which began more than seventy years ago. and at the role they play in today's more affluent society
Alan Melville renects
Silver Lining. What Easter
Means in Practice: the first of two talks by THE REV. DR. LOVELE. COCKS
Your Letters
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Unknown:
Rev. Dr. Lovele. Cocks
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

played for you by the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Leader, James Hutcheon
Conductor, GILBERT VINTER with ROSEMARY BRETT DAVIES and MARIE COOPER (two pianos)

Contributors

Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Rosemary Brett Davies
Unknown:
Marie Cooper

KENNETH ALLSOP introduces a selection of news about current books and talks to KEVIN MACRORY about his book Signal Catastrophe, the story of the retreat from Kabul in 1842 GABRIEL FIELDING on Somerset and all the Maughams, Robin Maugham's biography of his family
JOHN MOORE on Miss Jekyll, a portrait of a great gardener CHARLES OSBORNE on recent fiction
Produced by Joseph Hone

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
John Moore
Unknown:
Charles Osborne
Produced By:
Joseph Hone

Problems and realities of today
Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Production team:
Alan Burgess , Francis Dillon Keith Hindell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Unknown:
Alan Burgess
Unknown:
Francis Dillon
Unknown:
Keith Hindell

T. R. Dawes by J. L. CARR
From 1908 until 1930 T. R. Dawes was headmaster of the Secondary School in the Yorkshire mining town of Castieford. and had among his pupils Henry Moore.
J L. Carr. writer and headmaster, who was himself a pup" at Castieford in Dawes' time, talks with affection of this eccentric and imaginative man.
Broadcast on September 22. 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
T. R. Dawes
Unknown:
J. L. Carr
Unknown:
T. R. Dawes
Unknown:
Henry Moore.
Unknown:
L. Carr.

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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