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PETER ORR and the dramatist JOHN MORTIMER discuss the question, and illustrate it with recordings from the Sound Archives of the BBC and the British Council
Produced by Leslie Perowne
Broadcast tn the World Service on March 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Orr
Dramatist:
John Mortimer
Produced By:
Leslie Perowne

The Lawn Tennis
Championships
Commentary by MAURICE EDELSTON and MAX ROBERTSON from the Centre Court and No. 1 Court, with summaries and comments by TONY MOTTRAM
Results and latest news from the other courts given by BASIL CURTIS
From the All England Lawn Tennis Club

Contributors

Commentary By:
Maurice Edelston
Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Tony Mottram
Unknown:
Basil Curtis

The Bad Samaritan
A play written for broadcasting by Val Gielgud with Joan Matheson and Lewis Stringer
The action takes place at the present time in the village of Kingsbourne Parva in the Home Counties.
Cast in order o/ speaking;
Produced by VAL GIELGUD

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Janet Mortimer:
Joan Matheson
The Rev Humphrey Mortimer:
Lewis Stringer
Bill, his son:
Nigel Anthony
Joy, his daughter:
Patricia Gallimore
Sir Giles Fairweather:
Eric Anderson
Hugo Mortimer:
Peter Claughton
Mrs Binns:
Anna Burden
Mrs Trout:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Dr John Gale:
Walter Fitzgerald
Lady Fairweather:
Valerie Taylor
The Bishop:
Carleton Hobbs

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Honour among Thugs:
B. C. HILLIAM describes an evening in a Chicago speakeasy in the 1920s
Looking at Books:
MARJORY WHITELAW talks about Helen Joseph , who is under house arrest, and her book Tomorrow's Sun, smuggled out of South Africa and published today
Argument: another in the series of conversations on an issue of the day
You asked us to play ... record requests
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
B. C. Hilliam
Talks:
Marjory Whitelaw
Unknown:
Helen Joseph
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

A play for radio by Malcolm Hulke with Dinsdale Landen
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Hulke
Unknown:
Dinsdale Landen
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
John Travis:
Dinsdale Landen
Fiona Travis:
Elizabeth Proud
Mr Marston:
Kim Grant
Usher:
Arthur Lawrence
Mr Albion, Q c:
Allan McClelland
Detective-Inspector Matthews:
Peter Claughton
Judge:
Noel Howlett
Mr Troughton, Q c:
Hector Ross
Reginald Glinton:
Nigel Graham
William Grenn:
John Dearth
Miss Smith:
Hilda Schroder
Mr Weston:
Patrick Barr
Mr Greenberg:
Antony Viccars
Major Corf:
Alan Dudley
Mr Ellis:
Ian Ricketts
Mr Morgan:
Howieson Culff
Mr Gregson:
Wilfred Babbage
Secretary:
Eva Haddon

Brahms
Sextet No. 2, in G major
JASCHA HEIFETZ (violin) ISRAEL BAKER (violin)
WILLIAM PRIMROSE (viola) VIRGINIA MAJEWSKI (viola) GREGOR PIATIGORSKY (cello) GABOR REJTO (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Jascha Heifetz
Violin:
Israel Baker
Viola:
William Primrose
Viola:
Virginia Majewski
Cello:
Gregor Piatigorsky
Cello:
Gabor Rejto

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