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A magazine of interest to all. with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Still a girl's best friend: More than 100 years ago Harriet Samuel had a small jeweller's shop in Manchester. Today the diamond buyer for the biggest jeweller's in Britain is JEAN POTTER , who talks to TREVOR HILL about the world's most precious stone
A Breath of Fresh Air: from the Ilkley Moor gamekeeper and naturalist WALTER FLESHER
Silver Lining: THE
REV. JOHN Williams , who first planned the 'Silver Lining' programme, talks about food for the mind
Your Letters
Disabled-but not unable:
GORDON SNELL talks to someone who has overcome a physical handicap
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Harriet Samuel
Unknown:
Jean Potter
Unknown:
Walter Flesher
Unknown:
Rev. John Williams
Talks:
Gordon Snell
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Introduced by JOHN BOWEN
This week:
J. I. M. STEWART talks about his novel The Aylwins and, as Michael Innes , about writing crime fiction
On Aggression: a discussion-based on Konrad Lorenz 's book -between DESMOND MORRIS , Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo. and LORD CHALFONT, Minister of State responsible for Disarmament
RICHARD MAYNE reviews William Trevor 's new novel The Love Department
A reading from Edward Wil son's Diary of the ' Discovery ' Expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1904
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Bowen
Talks:
J. I. M. Stewart
Unknown:
Michael Innes
Unknown:
Konrad Lorenz
Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Unknown:
William Trevor
Unknown:
Edward Wil
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

on REDUNDANCY
Thousands of workers In the car industry are already on short time The Minister of Labour says: ' We are determined that the horror of long-term unemployment shall not reappear.' What are the facts?
Problems and realities of today
Introduced each week by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Production team:
Alan Burgess and Keith Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Burgess
Unknown:
Keith Hindell

Each Tuesday for the rest of the year. the programme will be a varied sequence of uninterrupted music
Tonight's artists are:
ELIZABETH HARWOOD (soprano) with WILFRID PARRY (piano) David WILDE (piano)
Second broadcasts

Contributors

Soprano:
Elizabeth Harwood
Piano:
Wilfrid Parry

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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