Speaker,
The Rev. Tom GARIDINER
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time look at life around the country and across the world
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Church and Society
Recordings from the recent conference called by the World Council of Churches in Geneva
Introduced by DENYS MUNBY
Fellow of Nuflield ColleKe, Oxford
and Programme News
The Final Phase
Readings by GARY WATSON from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS
Broadcast in A Book at Bedtime, 1964
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Sunday's broadcast
The Cult Cult
From the Tango Tea to Batman, the British have supported the most diverse cults
ROBERT TURLEY reports, with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Denys Gueroult
New Every Morning, page 96
We come unto our fathers' God
(BBC H.B. 255)
Psalm 42
Matthew 12. vv. 33-42 (N.E.B.) Glorious things of thee are spoken (BBC H.B. 176)
The more we think about our friends and talk about them to other friends, the more we love them
Richard Church talks about some of his friends from the world of literature and journalism
Produced by Harold Rogers
G. K. CHESTERTON 'S short story read by HUGH BURDEN
Memories of the famous musical show first produced fifty years ago this week
Introduced by IAN WALLACE with ELSIE ARNOLD. MURIEL DOLE
W. A. DARI.INGTON, REX PALMER and Gus ROGERS and featuring a recent L.P. record of songs from the show Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Derek Chinnery
Repeated: Thursday, 7.30 p.m.
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
Roy Plomley's castaways are comedy duo Morecambe & Wise. Show more
Friday's broadcast (Light)
Sheila Scott tells the story of her record-breaking achievement
Produced by Joanna Holies
Music for a summer afternoon on gramophone records
The Painswick Line by Henry Cecil
Cecil Parker , Monica Grey
Denys Blakelock , Alan Haines in an adaptation by the author from his novel of the same name
In the Painswick family, succession from father to son was usually marked by a variation from respectability to criminality. When the present-day generation came up against the demands of modern society one or the other quality was bound to come out.
Characters in order of speaking:
Production by H. B. FORTUIN
Freddy Grisewood introduces a Bank Holiday edition including:
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to HARRY SECOMBE
Hill-billy Nurse: MARY HEWAT talks to ROBERT GUNNELL about life as a nurse in the mountains of Kentucky
Always on Monday: DEREK PARKER introduces some Bank Holiday memories from the BBC Sound Archives
Alan Melville renects on some games names
The Tales of Beatrix Potter
1866-1943 f arranged and told by DAVID DAVIS
9: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (part 1)
Johnny Town-Mouse was born in a cupboard. Timmy Willie was born in a garden. Timmy Willie was a little country mouse who went to town by mistake in a hamper ...
and Programme News
Introduced by VINCENT DUGGLEBY
Produced by Godfrey Dixey
DISTANT PLACES: Indulging
Singapore ... Istanbul ... Aden ...
Fourth of a group of talks by NOEL BARBER
September 5: Serving
Part 2
Symphony No. 10.. Shostakovich followed by an interlude
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Letters from today's postbag introduced by GILES PLAYFAIR
Berlin at Night
In the fourth of twelve talks about life in Europe today PETER DUVAL SMITH reports from Berlin
It is five years this month since the Wall was raised, and it is still the main fact of life in Berlin. On both sides of the Wall Berlin is a city of drama and hysteria, never more so than by night.
Broadcast last Wednesday
Wednesday at 10.0 a.m.: Baden-Baden
