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A series of five discussions on personal relationships and day-to-day problems
1: Idle and Aimless
Parents complain sometimes of the apparent boredom of adolescents.
Is the lolling teenager really bored -if so, why? How and when does this state of affairs begin?
Speakers:
A CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN
M. L. KELLMER PRINGLE , Director of the National Bureau for Cooperation in Child Care
W. D. WALL. Director of the National Foundation for Educational Research
FIVE TEENAGERS
Chairman. LESLIE SMrm
Produced by Barbara Crowther
Next Friday: Living for Kicks

Contributors

Unknown:
M. L. Kellmer Pringle
Unknown:
Leslie Smrm
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

in paperback shared by SIR EDWARD BOYLE , Bt., M.P.
HEPHZIBAH MENUHIN
STEPHEN POTTER with JULIAN MITCHELL in the deck-chair
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edward Boyle
Unknown:
Hephzibah Menuhin
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

We make decisions every day but sometimes we are brought to a halt by a problem so serious that any decision we make must change our lives
STEPHEN BLACK, A. J. BRAYSHAW , and SONYA CALLINGHAM listen to some real-life problems of this kind and consider the advice they would have offered
Produced by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Brayshaw
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
My daughter loves it, but... Lorraine Knowles and Audrey Slaughter, Editor of Honey, the teenage magazine, discuss its current serial
Someone who will listen:
PAMELA COLEMAN talks about her work at a Citizens' Advice Bureau
Father of the Bride: DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL'S family all took a hand in censoring his speech
Reading Your Letters
The London Museum in Kensington Palace shows the life and history of London from earliest times to the present day. DEREK PARKER looks at some of the unusual items on display
ANNA MASSEY reads The Millstone by MARGARET DRABBLE
Second of nine instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Lorraine Knowles
Talks:
Pamela Coleman
Unknown:
David Scott Blackhall
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Margaret Drabble

1866-1943
The Story and the Dream
Written for radio by MOLLIE HARDWICK with Mary Wimbush as Helen Beatrix Potter
Narrator, DERYCK GUYLER with the voice of LESLIE LINDER , author of The Journal of Beatrix Potter and ELLA ATKINSON , RONALD HARVI EDYTHE FRENCH
Produced by TREVOR HILL
From the North of England
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Mollie Hardwick
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Narrator:
Helen Beatrix Potter
Narrator:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Leslie Linder
Unknown:
Beatrix Potter
Unknown:
Ella Atkinson
Unknown:
Ronald Harvi
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

Flora Klickman 's village:
KATHLEEN GOODING lives in the place made famous by the author of Flower Patch among the Hills
† With Harp and Voice: FRANCES
MÔN JONES, at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, talks about penillion singing and folk song
Crossing the Black Mountains:
PATRICK DOBBS finds a pony is the best answer
Entertaining Einstein:
MARGARET WILLIAMS recalls her days as a nurse-companion in America introduced by HARRY SOAN from Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Flora Klickman
Unknown:
Kathleen Gooding
Unknown:
Patrick Dobbs
Unknown:
Margaret Williams
Introduced By:
Harry Soan

The Shield by Arthur Swinson
The fourth of a series of six programmes written with the cooperation of H.M. Customs and Excise to illustrate some of the work carried out to detect and circumvent the activities of those who wish to break the law to their own financial advantage.
4: The Tunnel
There are many places aboard ship to hide many things: in this case dope which was not easy to discover.
Principal characters:
Other parts: Shirley Cooklin
Keith Alexander , Anthony Jackson and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Joe BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Swinson
Unknown:
Shirley Cooklin
Unknown:
Keith Alexander
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
John Carbrook:
Victor Lucas
Mr Kinglake:
Preston Lockwood
Richard Wilson:
Nigel Clayton
Bill Chuter:
Nigel Anthony
Mr Porter:
Tim Seely
Ranjit Singh:
Garard Green
Donkeyman:
Leigh Crutchley
Tyler:
John Dearth

A New Kind of Laughing with Tim BROOKE-TAYLOR, GRAEME GARDEN. DAVID HATCH Jo KENDALL , and BILL ODDIE
Scripts by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, David Lund, Bill Oddie, Peter Vincent and David McKellar
Original songs by Bill Oddie
THE DAVE LEE GROUP
Produced by HUMPHREY BARCLAY
Broadcast on Oct. 18. 1965 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
John Esmonde
Unknown:
Bob Larbey
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
David Lund
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Peter Vincent
Unknown:
David McKellar
Songs By:
Bill Oddie
Produced By:
Humphrey Barclay

by MICHAEL MASON with Other parts played by Edward Jewesbury. John Rye Harold Reese , Alan Barry
Produced by DAVID LYTTLE
Broadcast on October 8. 1964
A BBC Schools' broadcast which won an Ohio State Award this year

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Mason
Played By:
Edward Jewesbury.
Played By:
John Rye
Played By:
Harold Reese
Played By:
Alan Barry
Produced By:
David Lyttle
Capt Mercer:
Nigel Stock

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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