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The first of four contests
London:
MICHAEL AYRTON , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Dublin :
NOEL PEART , NIALL SHERIDAN
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale Dublin
Unknown:
Noel Peart
Unknown:
Niall Sheridan
Unknown:
Patrick Harvey

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Brunette speaking: Anita Loos, author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, talks about her life and work.
The Gas Lad: Godfrey Coles remembers his childhood in a Yorkshire rectory.
Totally at Peace: Anne Hayward talks about finding her way to Christianity.
Career and Family: a discussion, recorded in Moscow, between some Soviet women journalists on how they manage.
The Millstone
Margaret Drabble's book abridged by Elizabeth Brewer
Read by Anna Massey
First of nine instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Godfrey Coles
Unknown:
Margaret Drabble
Abridged By:
Elizabeth Brewer
Read By:
Anna Massey

The Men from U.N.C.L.E.
Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin in One Spy Too Many starring ROBERT VAUGHN and DAVID MCCALLUM with DOROTHY PROVINE
Introduced and adapted by GORDON Gow
Produced by Tony Luke
Broadcast on July 1 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Illya Kuryakin
Unknown:
Robert Vaughn
Unknown:
David McCallum
Unknown:
Dorothy Provine
Adapted By:
Gordon Gow
Produced By:
Tony Luke

Chairman, WALTER ALLEN
Film: H. A. L. CRAIG
Theatre: J. W. LAMBERT
Broadcasting: JACQUES BRUNIUS
Book: KARL MILLER
Art: DAVID Piper
Producer, Carl Wildman
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
H. A. L. Craig
Unknown:
J. W. Lambert
Unknown:
Jacques Brunius
Unknown:
Karl Miller
Unknown:
David Piper
Unknown:
Carl Wildman

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to THE RT. HON. JAMES GRIFFITHS , C.H., M.P.
† I wish I'd been ... :
BASIL BOOTHROYD on the fascination of other people's careers. 5: An actor
Cordon Rouge: with GEORGE VILLIERS in the kitchen
Your Letters
You asked us to play ... record requests
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Talks:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Rt. Hon. James Griffiths
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
George Villiers
Introduced By:
Steve Race

The Shop in the Mountain by Showell Styles adapted as a dramatised reading in four parts by MURIEL LEVY
1: How it all Started Readers: JOHN DARRAN GWENYTH PETTY , BRENDAN SMITH
Produced by EVELYN WILLIAMS

Contributors

Readers:
John Darran
Readers:
Gwenyth Petty
Readers:
Brendan Smith
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams

Twentieth International
Musical Eisteddfod bringing ' together singers, dancers, and instrumentalists from all over the world
MORFUDD MASON LEWIS introduces recordings taken during the day from the Pavilion Stage
Among the countries represented are Austria, Czechoslovakia, 'France, Italy, the Netherlands. Spain, and Yugoslavia.
A visit to tonight's concert, direct from the Pavilion
Introduced by Alun WILLIAMS Produced by James Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Morfudd Mason Lewis
Introduced By:
Alun Williams
Produced By:
James Williams

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† GILBERT PHELPS introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome.

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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