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The true story of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy -and the plot to destroy it by ROBERT BARR adapted in thirteen parts from Richard COLLIER 'S book Ten Thousand Eyes with This is the true story of a small resistance Kroup in Normandy which brought off one of the most daring and most important coups of the war. They stole a secret blueprint of the Atlantic Wall from a German H.Q. in Caen and sent it safely to London. The date: May 1942.
1: The Wall and the Mirror
Other parts: John Cazabon
David Graham , Gertan Klauber
Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
1 Broadcast on April 3 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Barr
Unknown:
Richard Collier
Unknown:
John Cazabon
Unknown:
David Graham
Unknown:
Gertan Klauber
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell
The Storyteller:
Rupert Davies
Marcel Girard:
David Nettheim
Eugene Meslin:
John Gabriel
Rene Duchez:
Frederick Treves

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Small Boat Adrift in the Pacific: BARRY WYNNE on his new book about a Polynesian islander's heroism at sea
Parents Involved:
VALERIE McLEAN talks about her organ-nation for the parents of delinquent children
From Tragedy to Slapstick:
KATINA PAXINOU , one of the stars of the Greek theatre, talks to CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Reading Your Letters
Natural Surroundings: 2-the effects of the sun and its radiation considered by DR. DAVID KERSLAKE and NIGEL CALDER with a few thoughts on sun-worship
Cheaper by the Dozen
The book by FRANK B. GILBRETH and ERNESTINE GILBRETH CAREY abridged by Madge Hart
Read by DAVID MARCH Last instalment

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Barry Wynne
Talks:
Valerie McLean
Unknown:
Katina Paxinou
Unknown:
Christopher Venning
Unknown:
Dr. David Kerslake
Unknown:
Nigel Calder
Book By:
Frank B. Gilbreth
Book By:
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Abridged By:
Madge Hart
Read By:
David March

The Helpers by Gyles Adams with Harold Kasket and Hilda Kriseman
Is it only the children who are helped at the Monday Club ...?
Produced by DAVID A. TURNER

Contributors

Unknown:
Gyles Adams
Unknown:
Harold Kasket
Unknown:
Hilda Kriseman
Produced By:
David A. Turner
Mrs Thanet:
Grizelda Hervey
Len Jackson:
Harold Kasket
Alice Croply:
Hilda Kriseman
Elsa Mowbray:
Cècile Chevreau
Clive Benson:
Anthony Jackson
Bill Davies:
Nigel Anthony
Mrs Ward:
Barbara Mitchell
Mrs McClure:
Joan Matheson
Mr Palmer:
Nigel Graham

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Hits of a Hundred Years Ago:
KEN SYKORA recalls some of the tunes that were popular around 1866
Feeding the Family: ' Milk, mealworms, melons, and mice are only a small part of our daily diet,' said GEORGE MAT-TERSHEAD to TREVOR HILL as they went through the modern kitchens at Chester Zoo
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Hill
Introduced By:
Steve Race

introduces a trip to the Spanish Main by Gene Crowley with Lee Montague and Peter Howell
The time. the latter part of the sixteenth century. The place, anywhere on the high seas.
3: The Best Laid Plans ...
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Crowley
Unknown:
Lee Montague
Unknown:
Peter Howell
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Captain Paladin:
Lee Montague
Nick Thurlow:
Peter Howell
Bob Twice:
Basil Jones
Barkus:
Alexander John
The Moaner:
Gene Crowley
Mario Satori:
Douglas Hankin
Fender:
Roger Snowdon
Bridget O'Brien:
Patricia Leventon
Captain Ramirez:
Humphrey Morton

On Monday begins three weeks of frenzied international football on eight grounds in England, leading to the World Cup Final at Wembley on July 30.
Tony Van Den Bergh looks back to the early days of football (it is far older than one thinks and was once banned in England) and talks to leading players to give a picture of professional football today.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony van Den Bergh
Producer:
Keith Hindell

Famous cases of Sir Rufus Isaacs , K.C.
Chosen and presented at the microphone by Edgar Lustgarten
5: The Whitaker Wright Case
A prosecution for fraud, 1904
The celebrated financier was extradited from America to face a prosecution brought by brokers hard hit by the collapse of Whitaker Wright's Globe Corporation. Isaacs led against Wright, and the verdict had a sensational seauel.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Rufus Isaacs
Unknown:
Edgar Lustgarten
Unknown:
Whitaker Wright

Brahms
Trio in E flat major, Op. 40 for horn, violin, and piano played by IFOR JAMES (horn)
JOHN TUNNELL (violin) SUSAN TUNNELL (piano)
First of five programmes- In whicb all Brahms's Trios will be played

Contributors

Played By:
Ifor James
Violin:
John Tunnell
Piano:
Susan Tunnell

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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