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Shorthand Dictation
90-130 w.p.m.
Compiled by JOYCE HARBISON
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 p.m. (Study)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Harbison

6 B TeaTpe
A course of twenty lessons in spoken Russian for near-beginners. Lesson 6
Written by VAUGHAN JAMES University of Sussex
Language consultant, Lyubov Volossevich given by VAUGHAN JAMES , MARINA RYAN and VICTOR GREGORIY
Produced by Richard Hooper
Last Tuesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Written By:
Vaughan James
Unknown:
Lyubov Volossevich
Unknown:
Vaughan James
Produced By:
Richard Hooper

Lesson 25: Au bal
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS with the help of Louis Bloncourt
Written and produced by Elsie Ferguson
Language consultant, Paul Couster
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and records are available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Katia Ellis
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson
Unknown:
Paul Couster

The sixth in the main series of fifteen programmes for adults taking the G.C.E. ' 0 ' Level examinations in English Language and Literature, planned in association with a National Extension College correspondence course
Radio tutor, DAVID GRUGEON
Scriptwriter, Emmeline Garnett
Produced by Peggy Bacon
Thursday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Scriptwriter:
Emmeline Garnett
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch in The Hole with Roy DOTRlCE , NORMA RONALD JOHN GRAHAM
Written by Johnnie Mortimer , Brian Cooke , and EdwardTaylor
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
Broadcast on Oct. 10. 1965 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Roy Dotrlce
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
John Graham
Written By:
Johnnie Mortimer
Written By:
Brian Cooke
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

Farm on a Headland by Michael Davies
Josh Pritchard owns a small-holding near the sea, which becomes the scene of conflict when Harry Crossman tries to buy him out.
Produced by HERBERT DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Davies
Unknown:
Josh Pritchard
Unknown:
Harry Crossman
Produced By:
Herbert Davies
Josh Pritchard:
Basil Jones
Miriam, his wife:
Eva Haddon
Gwilym:
Olive Michael
Rhian:
Dilys Price
Henry:
Eynon Evans
Harry Crossman:
Wilfred Barbage
Josephine:
Sian Davies
Grafton Llewellyn:
Arthur Lawrence
Stephen Llewellyn:
Michael Kilgarriff

A Saturday supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Colour: including colour in vision, colour, in music, colour and the personality, colour in the home and garden and in life.
Among those talking are: LAURIE LEE , JILL BALCON
Dr. JOHN CARTHY , BERNARD KEEFFE JAMES LAVER , FRANCES PERRY and JOE TILSON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Laurie Lee
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Dr. John Carthy
Unknown:
Bernard Keeffe
Unknown:
James Laver
Unknown:
Frances Perry
Unknown:
Joe Tilson

VILEM TAUSKY conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family with MADGE STEPHENS (soprano)
DON GARRARD (bass)
JACK BRYMER
(clarinet and saxophone)
GALA CHORUS
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY
Introduced by PETER BARKER Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from Don Pasquale (Donizetti) and II Trovatore (Verdi): Suite for Saxophone and Strings by Camilleri; and the finale from Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 1.

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Madge Stephens
Bass:
Don Garrard
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Introduced By:
Peter Barker
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Don Pasquale

by Jerrard Tickell
Dramatised for broadcasting by JOHN RICHMOND
with John Justin, Penelope Lee, Hector Ross
'You seriously suggest that I should approach our military colleagues with a view to-to recapturing this animal? You've lost all sense of proportion, Carruthers. Don't you know how bad things are?'
Time: July 1940
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Harold Kasket, Michael Kilgarriff and Esmond Rideout
Produced by BRIAN MILLER t
A new production of the play originally broadcast in the Home Service on February 27, 1954
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerrard Tickell
Broadcasting By:
John Richmond
Unknown:
John Justin
Unknown:
Penelope Lee
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Played By:
Harold Kasket
Played By:
Michael Kilgarriff
Played By:
Esmond Rideout
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Captain Weiss:
Hector Ross
The Provost:
Wilfred Babbage
Carruthers:
Michael McClain
Petherton:
Michael Kilgarriff
Miss Oldham:
Miriam Margolyes
Major Valentine Morland:
John Justin
Uncle George:
Harold Kasket
Mildred:
Thelma Barlow
Nicola Failaize:
Penelope Lee
Magistrate:
John Crocker
Trawler Langley:
Norman Tyrrell
CMP:
Brian Gear
Alexander Forbes:
Ian Dewar
Baptiste:
Eric Anderson
Marie:
Ruby Luscombe
Georges:
Micheal Newport
Lionel Fallaize:
Michael Deacon
German NCO:
Michael McClain
Francoise:
Miriam Margolyes
Sergeant Vogel:
John Crocker
Adjutant:
Michael Kilgarriff
Corporal:
Brian Gear
Sentry:
Esmond Rideout

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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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