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by Kenneth Grahame arranged for broadcasting in eight instalments by May Jenkin
8: The Return of Ulysses
' When it began to grow dark. Rat summoned Badger. Mole, and Toad into the parlour and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition.'
Broadcast in Story Time on Nov.
15. 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Adventure in Iceland: JUNE ROSE, with recordings made as she crossed the biggest glacier in Europe
Reading Your Letters
Medicine Chest—circa 1856:
NAOMI MITCHISON describes what she found in it
Don'Economise on this:
Advice and opinion on when it's worth buying the best
Pig in the Middle written and read by DAVID TREE
Third of five instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Naomi Mitchison
Read By:
David Tree

Chairman, JOHN METCALF
Theatre: RICHARD FINDLATER
Broadcasting: ERIC RHODE
Book: JOHN WEIGHTMAN
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
John Metcalf
Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
John Weightman
Unknown:
Robert Robinson

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specialty in mind. including:
The Knights of the White
Cross: ROSEMARY HART talks to some of the people concerned with the development and work of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade wish I'd been ... :
BASIL BOOTHROYD on the fascination of other people's careers. 8: A Scientist tCordon Rouge: with GEORGE VILLIERS in the kitchen
Your Letters
You asked us to play ... record requests
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Talks:
Rosemary Hart
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
George Villiers
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Moon Eyes by Josephine Poole adapted and produced as a serial reading in four parts by BRIAN MILLER
Rhoda Cantrip has now moved into Hurst Camber and proceeds, unobtrusively at first, to disrupt the lives of the two children, Kate and little Thomas. Kate now realises that it was Rhoda who scrawled the message on the statue, but why? The black dog Moon Eyes has moved in with Rhoda: perhaps in him lies part of the answer ...
3: And then we'll dance together
Reader. MARGARET WOLFIT

Contributors

Unknown:
Josephine Poole
Unknown:
Brian Miller
Unknown:
Rhoda Cantrip
Reader:
Margaret Wolfit

The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's expedition to the Antarctic which sailed on August 4, 1914. and endrd with the rescue from Elephant Island of twenty-two marooned men on August 30, 1916 compiled from the original chronicles of members of the party and newspapers of the day by LESLIE BAILY with Leiuh Crutchley. Charles E. StidwiU Nigel Clayton. Victor Platt
Narrator, HUGH BURDEN
Produced by MAURICE BROWN
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Leiuh Crutchley.
Unknown:
Charles E. Stidwiu
Unknown:
Nigel Clayton.
Narrator:
Victor Platt
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
Shackleton:
Duncan Carse
Worsley:
Trader Faulkner
Wild:
Eric Francis
Hussey:
Jon Rollason
HURLEY:
Bruce Beeby

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† WALTER TAPLIN 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

Contributors

Introduces:
Walter Taplin

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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