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Contributors

Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Written By:
John Keir Cross
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Jennifer Archer:
Angela Piper
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Aunt Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Grenville:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Polly Mead:
Hilary Newcombe
Mrs Mead:
Joy Davies
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Ronnie Beddoes:
Harry Littlewood
Roger Patillo:
Jeremy Mason
Vicar:
Max Brimmell
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway

Speaking and Writing
A series of ten programmes designed to help and encourage those who wish to express themselves more effectively or recapture old skills in the spoken and the written word.
1: Communication is vital
Written and introduced by GILBERT PHELPS
Produced by Peggy Bacon

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gilbert Phelps
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: tCaucasian and U 39: ADMIRAL
SIR WILLIAM JAMESON tells a story of the first World War about a man and his dog
Looking at Books: BENEDICT
NIGHTINGALE makes some suggestions for your library list
Argument: another in the series of conversations on an issue of the day: Disabled - but not unable :
GORDON SNELL talks to someone who has overcome a physical handicap
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Jameson
Talks:
Gordon Snell
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

The Queen's Music
The book by Margaret J. Miller adapted for radio in four parts by IAN WISHART
As she looked down the hill she saw a figure coming up the rocky slope towards her. It was an old man. His long white beard and his flowing garments were being blown about by the wind and with each step he planted his long staff before him.
4: The Guardian of the Treasure
Produced by MARGARET LYFORD-PIKE

Contributors

Book By:
Margaret J. Miller
Unknown:
Ian Wishart
Produced By:
Margaret Lyford-Pike
Storyteller:
David Steuart
Gavin:
Michael Elder
Boomer:
Bryden Murdoch
Mother:
Sheila Donald
Barbara:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Grip:
Douglas Murchie

A play for radio by John Cannon with Nigel Stock
'In the Winsome-Dellow Corporation you don'envy people like Brannigan. He lives in Valhalla with the gods. And because Tom Kerrigan aspires to the heights. he must learn to suffer, and to obey.'
Produced by BRIAN MILLER from the West of England

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cannon
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Tom Kerrigan:
Nigel Stock
Brannigan:
Murray Kash
Brom:
Tim Seely
Jane:
Susan Maudslay
Sandy:
Richard Armour
Helen:
Beth Boyd
Anna:
Una Victor
Lawson:
Edward Thomas
TV voice:
Rex Holdsworth
Man:
Hubert Tucker

Where the Money Is
In the ninth of twelve talks about life in Europe today PETER DUVAL SMITH reports from Switzerland
The banks of Switzerland keep their counsel, but Peter Duval
Smith has managed to discover some of the secrets of the gnomes of Zurich. Berne, and Geneva.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Duval Smith
Unknown:
Peter Duval

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