Market trends, news, weather
Wednesday's 'Ten to Eight'
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time look at life around the country and across the world
Introduced by MARTIN MUNCASTER
Life's Inescapabilities
1 I've got problems considered by The Rev. RAYMOND Short
and Programme News
The Final Phase
Readings by GARY WATSON from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS
Broadcast in A Book at Bedtime, 1964
with David Kossoff and Joan Sims
Written by David CUMMING
Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Broadcast on Feb. 23 (Light)
EDWARD CAST takes a look round this green and pleasant land with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Margaret Etall
from the BBC Sound Archives
Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)
† Introduced by LESLIE PEROWNE
New Every Morning, page 61
Enthrone thy God within thy heart (BBC H.B. 320)
Psalm 145, vv. 1-13
Matthew 10. vv. 1-16 (N.E.B.)
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (BBC H.B. 460)
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
An appreciation of the man and his work
Introduced by ARTHUR CALDER-MARSHALL with comments collected from friends and fellow-writers
Reader. DENYS HAWTHORNE
A BBC World Service production
JULIAN HERBAGE introduces his selection, both topical and retrospective, from earlier editions
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM DAVIS
Wednesday's broadcast (Light)
Today's story: ' Three Little
Bicycles go to Town ' by Elizabeth Coleman
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
starring
Tom ADAMS in Licensed to Kill
Introduced and adapted by GORDON Gow
Produced by Tony Luke
Broadcast on August 12 (Light)
Chairman, JOHN METCALF
Theatre: RICHARD FINDLATER
Broadcasting: ERIC RHODE
Book: JOHN WEIGHTMAN
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Sunday's broadcast
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
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
and Programme News
Great songs from great shows recalled, with records, by Hubert Gregg
Produced by Derek Chinnery
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
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Round the world with Lilian Duff on a sunshine tour, with records
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
Eight well-known reporters talk with JOHN Tusa about their work, their careers, and themselves
Michael Gabbert recently appointed Assistant Editor of the News of the World, who exposed football bribery and other cases in The People
played by JOHN BROWNING (piano)