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A series of discussions on aspects of child-care
Some of the personal problems of mothers on their own described by:
A Mother whose husband is in prison
A Divorcée
A Widow
and commented on by:
A Consultant Paediatrician
A Secondary School Headmaster
A Psychiatric Social Worker
Chairman, Leslie Smith
Produced by Barbara Crowther
Broadcast on April 15

Contributors

Chairman:
Leslie Smith
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

from the West of England
Songs and music in traditional style with PAT NELSON
THE JOURNEYMEN
DICK WITT
THE GREENSLEEVES BAND led by Dennis Darke and the dancers of Dartmouth, Devon
Produced by Brian Patten

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Nelson
Unknown:
Dennis Darke
Produced By:
Brian Patten

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
SONY* CALLINGHAM, STEPHEN BLACK , and KATHARINE WHITE-HORN listen to some real-life problems of this kind and consider the advice they would have offered
Produced by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Black
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

from Wales
Introduced by GWENYTH PETTY
Classless or Rootless?: Huw
BALLARD THOMAS investigates a modern social trend
Saturday Night for Sunday
Morning: MARGERY HUMBLE remembers bath night in Rhondda Darwin's Moon AMABEL
WILLIAMS-ELLIS is interviewed by TELERI BEVAN about her new book tA Year of My Life: JANE FORD has mixed feelings about her farming days f One or One of Many?:
DILYS BREESE quotes comments from well-known only children and members of large families
PHYLLIDA LAW reads
The Fountain Overflows by REBECCA WEST
Twelfth of thirteen instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gwenyth Petty
Interviewed By:
Teleri Bevan
Unknown:
Jane Ford
Unknown:
Dilys Breese
Unknown:
Rebecca West

Flute Sonata in G major
<C. P. E. Bach)
Jean-Pierre RAMPAL (flute) ROBERT VEYRON-LACROIX (harpsichord)
3.58 Quintet in E flat major
(Carl Stamitz)
COR COPPENS (oboe)
ARNOLD SWILLENS (bassoon) HEIN MACKENZIE (horn) JAAP SCRRÖDER (violin)
JOHANN VAN HELDER (Viola) on gramophone records

Contributors

Oboe:
Cor Coppens
Bassoon:
Arnold Swillens
Horn:
Hein MacKenzie
Violin:
Jaap Scrröder
Viola:
Johann van Helder

A magazine of interest to 'all, with older listeners specialty in mind, including:
Why the Glorious Twelfth?: R MACDONALD ROBERTSON speculates on why today's date is acknowledged as the official opening of the grouse-shooting season
A Bird's-eye View of the Twelfth: DR. ADAM WATSON Of the Nature Conservancy in Banchory looks at the Twelfth from the viewpoint of the grouse, the sportsman, and the Scottish economy
One for the Pot: THE REV. JAMES DAVIDSON , who now lives in the Highlands, recalls some shooting seasons in the African Bush where wild pig, antelope. and water-buck were the most common game
Memories of Sir Harry Lauder : HOWARD LOCKHART looks back to his first meeting with Sir Harry Lauder , and many subsequent ones at Lauder Ha'
Music of Scotland played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA Conductor, JACK LEON f Introduced by HOWARD LOCKHART from Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
MacDonald Robertson
Unknown:
Dr. Adam Watson
Unknown:
James Davidson
Unknown:
Sir Harry Lauder
Unknown:
Howard Lockhart
Unknown:
Sir Harry Lauder
Conductor:
Jack Leon
Introduced By:
Howard Lockhart

The Amateur Gentleman
A tale of Regency days by Jeffery Farnot adapted for radio as a serial in thirteen parts by FELIX FELTON and SUSAN ASHMAN with and Barnabas has met a friend. Viscount Devenham. and has learned from him about the beautiful lady he rescued in the wood.
3: At Oakshott's Barn
Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffery Farnot
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Susan Ashman
Produced By:
John Powell
Barnabas Barty:
Brian Hewlett
The Storyteller:
Anthony Jackson
Viscount Devenham:
Henry Stamper
Mr Chichester:
Anthony Hall
John Peterby:
Kevin McHugh
Clemency Dare:
Carol Marsh
Gamekeeper:
Basil Jones
Cleone:
Eva Haddon
Billy Button:
Michael Kilgarriff

A New Kind of Laughing with TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR
GRAEME Garden. DAVID HATCH
Jo KENDALL , and BILL ODDIE
Scripts by Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke Bill Oddie
Original songs by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden supported by The Dave Lee Group
Produced by HUMPHREY BARCLAY
Broadcast on Nov. 1, 1965 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Johnnie Mortimer
Unknown:
Brian Cooke
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Songs By:
Bill Oddie
Songs By:
Graeme Garden
Produced By:
Humphrey Barclay

The famous melodrama by Leopold Lewis adapted for radio by R. D. SMITH with Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Leopold Lewis
Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Mathias:
Donald Wolfit
Sozel:
Patricia Leventon
Catherine:
Molly Rankin
Hans:
Bruce Beeby
Annette:
Valerie Kirkbright
Father Walter:
Gabriel Woolf
Christian:
Stephen Thorne
Dr Zimmer:
Peter Bartlett
Notary:
Fraser Kerr
President of the Court:
Patrick Barr
The Mesmerist:
Frederick Treves

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street are analysed by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hardcastle

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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