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A discussion on the punishment of offenders
The last of three programmes in which people from different backgrounds are wiven details of some recent court cases and are asked to decide what sentences they would have passed on the offenders. Afterwards they hear what the actual sentences were.
Taking part this week:
MRS. MARGARET THATCHER , M.P.
Douglas GIBSON former Deputy Director of Prisoners' After Care
FENTON BRESLER author and journalist and PETER COE theatrical director
Introduced by TONY PARKER
Produced by Paul Stephenson
Broadcast on September 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Douglas Gibson
Unknown:
Fenton Bresler
Unknown:
Peter Coe
Introduced By:
Tony Parker
Produced By:
Paul Stephenson

The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's expedition to the Antarctic which sailed on August 4, 1914, and ended with the rescue from Elephant Island of twenty-two marooned men on August 30, 1916 compiled from the original chronicles of members of the party and newspapers of the day by LESLIE BAILY with Leigh Crutchley , Charles E. Stidwill Nigel Clayton. Victor Platt
Narrator. HUGH BURDEN
Produced by MAURICE BROWN
Broadcast on August 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Leigh Crutchley
Unknown:
Charles E. Stidwill
Unknown:
Nigel Clayton.
Narrator:
Victor Platt
Produced By:
Maurice Brown
Shackleton:
Duncan Carse
Worsley:
Trader Faulkner
Wild:
Eric Francis
Hussey:
Jon Rollason
Hurley:
Bruce Beeby

by Charles Dickens dramatised for radio in eleven parts by MOLLIE HARDWICK with and 4: A Dream and a Decision
Produced by R. D. SMITH
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Mollie Hardwick
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Dickens:
Anthony Jacobs

by Noel Robinson with and Others taking part:
Beth Boyd , Paul Harris Humphrey Morton
Narrator, ALLAN MCCLELLAND
Produced by DOROTHY BAKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Robinson
Unknown:
Beth Boyd
Unknown:
Paul Harris
Narrator:
Humphrey Morton
Narrator:
Allan McClelland
Produced By:
Dorothy Baker
Hans Andersen:
Bill Horsley
Charles Dickens:
Douglas Blackwell

including:
Hardy Annuals: BRIAN DOYLE looks back over the seasonal crops of Christmas ' bumper' books and their comic-paper heroes
Singing in the Rain: GORDON SNELL considers the way rain-wear has changed from the original macintosh to the fashions of today
Silver Lining: ' You must tell it or bust ': another true story by THE REV. HAROLD GOODWIN
Our Tallies: MOLLY WEIR takes a nostalgic journey on a Glasgow bus and recalls the shops she knew as a child
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Doyle
Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Unknown:
Rev. Harold Goodwin
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Introduced By:
Steve Race

1944 as recalled by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
The well-known war correspondent remembers the lighter side of a year which held many surprises for him. Apart from the bitter fighting at Anzio, it brought him many hilarious adventures.
Produced by D. G Bridson
Broadcast on June 26

Contributors

Recalled By:
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

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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