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by John Tarrant
with David March
A series of five plays based on unexpected moments in the lives of ordinary people

Harry Cawne has always been a creature of habit. Then one evening he unexpectedly gives a lift to a girl...

(Broadcast on May 29, 1963)

Contributors

Writer:
John Tarrant
Producer:
John Tydeman
Harry Gawne:
David March
Helen Marsden:
Gudrun Ure
Mary Gawne:
Josefina Ray
Judy Gawne:
Elizabeth Proud
Inspector Cowen:
Denys Hawthorne
Mr Lockwood:
Earle Grey
Brenda:
Dorit Welles
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company.

Second hearings of the programme in which scientists and technologists answer listeners' questions
Panel
ALEX COMFORT, gerontologist
BRIAN Foss , psychologist
PALMER NEWBOULD , ecologist ELFYN RICHARDS , acoustician
In the chair,
Professor G. P. WELLS
Arranged by Archie Clow
Broadcast on June 24

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Foss
Unknown:
Palmer Newbould
Unknown:
Elfyn Richards
Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Visitors to Israel: MAEVE
BINCHY recalls her experience as a Kibbutznik and PAMELA DEEDES describes her first impressions
Answer and Comment
Help is Available: a wife's experience of Al-Anon Family Groups, a fellowship for the relatives of alcoholics
A Good Wigging: the wig trade is booming. How do they make them? EDWINA COVEN visits one of London's largest workrooms
Writers in Moscow: OKSANA
KRUGERSKAYA. Of the Soviet Union of Writers, talks to MOLLIE LEE
MARJORIE ANDERSON and JOHN WESTBROOK read
Bleak House by DICKENS
Fifteenth of eighteen instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Pamela Deedes
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
John Westbrook

Welcome on the Mat?: MARY
RADCLIFFE talks to a landlady, an innkeeper, and ramblers of all ages about the reception given to walkers in the Peak District
Ϯ Alan Melville reflects
Ϯ Silver Lining: Enjoying the Bible-its crises: second of a series of three talks by THE REv. HAROLD MOULTON , of the Translation Department of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Your Letters
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Harold Moulton
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

The story of the sinking of the Lusitania including interviews with survivors
Written and produced by LEN CHAPPLE in the Vancouver Studios of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC recording
This programme was the winner of the 1965 Italia Prize for documentary programmes. Broadcast on July 20

Contributors

Produced By:
Len Chapple

A discussion on the punishment of offenders
Second of three programmes in which people from different backgrounds are given details of some recent court cases and asked to decide what sentences they would have passed on the offenders. Afterwards they hear what the actual sentences were.
Taking part this week:
SIR CYRIL OSBORNE M.P. ,
DR. DONALD WEST a psychiatrist
NEVILLE VINCENT a former practising barrister
MICHAEL DAVIES an exprisoner
Introduced by TONY PARKER
Produced by Paul Stephenson

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Cyril Osborne M.P.
Unknown:
Dr. Donald West
Unknown:
Neville Vincent
Unknown:
Michael Davies
Introduced By:
Tony Parker
Produced By:
Paul Stephenson

A group of four talks
1: Background and Problems by MICHAEL HOWARD
The Professor of War Studies at London University outlines the history of Britain's presence in the Indian Ocean and in Asia, and describes the strategic problems that now have to be faced.
Wednesday: The Indian Ocean

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Howard

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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