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Wednesday's "Ten to Eight".
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Radio's breakfast-time look at life around the country and across the world
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Roy Trevivian talks to a number of people, known and unknown, about their own favourite passages.
Today: Athene Seyler, C.B.E.
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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
CAROLE ALLEN
Kim GRANT
ALAN CURTIS
Written by David Cumming
Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Broadcast on March 2 (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
Dame Ethel Smyth 1858-1944
† Introduced by LESLIE PEROWNF.
New Every Morning, page 87
Come. my soul, thou must be waking (BBC H.B. 404)
Psalm 147, vv. 1-12
Matthew 12, vv. 1-13 (N.E.B.)
The King of love my Shepherd is (BBC H.B. 475)
by Leslie Darbon
5: Operation Earth Invasion
In which a last desperate attempt is made to stop the invasion-and luck runs both ways ...
Broadcast on December 3, 1965
An appreciation of the man and his work
Introduced by EDWARD BLISHEN with comments collected from friends and fellow-writers
A BBC World Service production
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM DAVIS
Wednesday's broadcast (Light)
for children under five
Today's story: ' Candy and Shrimp ' by Gabrielle Ruddy
* Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
† Camomile Tea for Everything:
A DOCTOR who has worked in a remote part of Greece talks to TERESA McGONAGLE about some of the local customs
The Unpredictable Mrs. Pat:
MARION Ross remembers the days when she toured with the famous actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell
What are you doing here?:
GORDON SNELL finds out from people at large in London
One Language at Home and another at School: DEBORAH CHATTAWAY, who lives in Paris, talks about the problems of bilingual children
Camp Cookery: DOREEN FORSYTH introduces recordings made at a demonstration in a holiday camp
MARJORIE ANDERSON and John WESTBROOK read
Bleak House by CHARLES DICKENS
Third of eighteen instalments
Further commentaries
Chairman, JOHN METCALF
Sunday's broadcast
A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
† Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to KINGSLEY MARTIN, Editor of the New Statesman 1931-60
Magdalen Chorister:
WALTER MILLARD looks back on his days as a schoolboy in Oxford at the beginning of the century
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 now dominates both the house of Hurst Camber and little Thomas for some evil purpose of her own. Kate, who knows now that Rhoda is a witch, can do nothing but declare open war on her, hoping against hope that Mr. Pawley will arrive home in time ...
4: The Pursuit tReader, MARGARET WOLFIT
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Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Christopher Bunting (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader. Hugh Bean Conducted by Norman Del Mar
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
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Third of a group of talks by NOEL BARBER
Next Monday: Indulging
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Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† GILES PLAYFAlR 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
† played by JOHN BROWN (violin)
CLIFTON HELLIWELL (piano)