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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:
SIR CYRIL OSBORNE , M.P. DR. DONALD WEST a psychiatrist
NEVILLE VINCENT a former practising barrister
MICHAEL DAVIES an ex-prisoner
Introduced by TONY PARKER
Produced by Paul Stephenson
Broadcast on September 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Cyril Osborne
Unknown:
Neville Vincent
Unknown:
Michael Davies
Introduced By:
Tony Parker
Produced By:
Paul Stephenson

by Arthur Swinson
The first of four programmes written with the co-operation of H.M. Customs and Excise to illustrate some of the work carried out to detect and circumvent the activities of those who wish to break the law to their own financial advantage
1: The Tobacco Run
Smuggling tobacco remains a perennial temptation.
Principal characters:
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Broadcast on June 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Swinson
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
John Carbrook:
Victor Lucas
Ian Robertson:
Arthur Lawrence
Bill Chuter:
Nigel Anthony
Mr Kinglake:
Preston Lockwood
Stubby Jones:
John Dearth
Chalky:
Nigel Graham

Three Tuesday-morning plays about young people
2: Hello There, Patrick Fagin by Leslie Megahey with J. C. Devlin
Crime doesn'always pay-as our modern Fagin, from Belfast, tinds out to his cost.
Cast:
Other" parts played by Eric Allan , Frederick Hall , Frank Sieman. and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Harmonica, ALFIE KAHN
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Eric Allan is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Fagin
Unknown:
Leslie Megahey
Unknown:
J. C. Devlin
Played By:
Eric Allan
Played By:
Frederick Hall
Played By:
Frank Sieman.
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Produced By:
Eric Allan
Det -Insp Midyley:
Walter Fitzgerald
Police-Sgt Shepherd:
Noel Howlett
P C Noel:
Ian Thompson
Fagin:
J G Devlin

by Charles Dickens dramatised for radio in eleven parts by MOLLIE HARDWICK
Gradurind has removed Sissy from the Circus and undertaken to educate her with his own children. Bounderby has introduced us to his hundred-pounds-per-annum aristocratic housekeeper Mrs. Sparsit; and Tom and Louisa have begun to pine for some light and colour in their ' Fact-bound ' lives.
3: For Better or Worse
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Mollie Hardwick
Dickens:
Peter Claughton
Dickens:
Anthony Jacobs

including:
En Route: ANNE CATCHPOLE talks to conductors, ticket collectors, stewards, and lost property men on what they think of the travelling public
+ Alan Melville reflects
Silver Lining: THE REV DONALD PATEMAN , of St. Mark's, Dalston. introduces two carols sung by his choir
Your Letters
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Talks:
Anne Catchpole
Unknown:
Alan Melville
Unknown:
Donald Pateman
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Introduced by JULIAN MITCHELL
This week:
YIGAEL YADIN , soldier and archaeologist, talks about his excavation of Herod's fortress and the Zealots' last stand against the Romans, described in his book Masada
RICHARD MAYNE reviews The Ample Proposition by John Lehmann
ALBIE SACHS on his experience of solitary confinement in a South African prison, published as The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs
The World of Children considered by GEORGE MELLY
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Yigael Yadin
Unknown:
John Lehmann
Unknown:
Albie Sachs
Unknown:
Albie Sachs
Unknown:
George Melly
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

on THE WINE TRADE
In the next few festive days thousands of gallons of red and white liquid will cascade down a million throats from a variety of bottles bearing brightly coloured labels. Recent publicity suggests that some of the labels bear only a vague relationship to their contents What is the truth behind this?
Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Production team: Alan Burgess and Keith Hindell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Unknown:
Alan Burgess
Unknown:
Keith Hindell

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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