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A poetry programme including:
' Stormy' by William Carlos Williams: an excerpt from ' The Meadow Mouse' by Theodore Roethke : and poems by James Kirkup. John Milton. Christopher Middleton , Cherryl Gibson , and James Reeves.
Stories and Rhymes series

Contributors

Unknown:
William Carlos
Unknown:
Theodore Roethke
Unknown:
James Kirkup.
Unknown:
John Milton.
Unknown:
Christopher Middleton
Unknown:
Cherryl Gibson
Unknown:
James Reeves.

Social Work in Action
A series of twenty programmes on the nature and trends of social work in Britain
13: Community Organisationwith Miss E. R. LITTLEJOHN
Secretary, Standing Conference of Councils of Social Service
K. M. REINOLD
Secretary, National Federation of Community Associations
L. E. WHITE
Liaison Officer to Harlow Development Corporation
Introduced by David Hobman
Produced by Dennis Simmons
' Social Work in Action' Is intended to be of special interest to those thinking of entering or returning to social work

Contributors

Unknown:
Miss E. R. Littlejohn
Unknown:
K. M. Reinold
Introduced By:
David Hobman
Produced By:
Dennis Simmons

Regional Variations (2)

BMC. Band, conductor Harry Mortimer

BBC Home Service Midland

Programmes on ways of dealing with community problems
But for the Wind
Progress under the Clean Air Act is slow. Ur,ban air is still impure. One official says: 'But for the wind, we'd all be poisoned.'
Script by J. S. Campbell
Narrator, CARLETON Hobbs
Reader. HILARY PATERSON
Producer, ARCHIE P. LEE
Broadcast on Sept. 29. 1966

Contributors

Script By:
J. S. Campbell
Reader:
Hilary Paterson

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind. including:
The Great Comic Nose Competition: JOAN POMFRET reports on an event in Bolton in which ' Artificial Noses are Strictly Prohibited'
From Rags to Riches?:
PHILIP LIDDELL and BRIAN Ash rummage around Sheffield and report on the state of the rag-and-bone business
Those Married Ladies' Concerts: recollections of a 1930s vogue, by HAZEL M. WHEELER. Reader, DAPHNE Oxenford
Introduced by BARRY CHAMBERS from the North of England

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Pomfret
Unknown:
Philip Liddell
Unknown:
Brian Ash
Reader:
Hazel M. Wheeler.
Introduced By:
Barry Chambers

Tales of the Supernatural by Rudyard Kipling dramatised for radio by A. R. RAWLINSON
8: They
' thought I could just make out the tread of small, cautious feet stealing across the dead leaves. So I rang the car bell. But the feet fled ...'
Produced by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
A. R. Rawlinson
Produced By:
David Davis
R K:
Lockwood West
Florence:
Betty Hardy
Madden:
Humphrey Morton
Mrs Madehurst:
Ella Milne
Doctor:
Frank Henderson
Mrs Wassell:
Joan Duan

Regional Variations (7)

News. News in Welsh

BBC Home Service Welsh

News

BBC Home Service Scottish

News. Round-Up

BBC Home Service South and West

Round-Up

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

(434 m.) From the North: news and topics. (261 m.) Voice of the North

BBC Home Service North

News

BBC Home Service Midland

Latest regional news - The stories behind the headlines-Perspective on a talking point of the moment-Scotland Yard Calling — Sports Spot — FRED STREETER on Gardening
Introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Produced by the South-East news unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Streeter
Introduced By:
Bob Holness

Regional Variations (3)

Welsh for Beginners-16

BBC Home Service Welsh

Anglers' Corner

BBC Home Service Midland

by Francis Durbridge, with Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.

During their stay in Oxford, Paul Temple and Steve met Mavis Russell who showed them an anonymous letter she had received, together with Richard Ferguson's signet ring, which Paul kept.

Later, Paul received a phone call from Richard, who promised to meet him the following evening if he would first take the signet ring to a Mrs. Gulliver But the ring was missing.

4: The Encounter
Other parts played by Peter Bartlett, James Beattie
Frank Partington, David Spenser

Broadcast on Nov. 4 1963 (Light)

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Durbridge
[Actor]:
Peter Bartlett
[Actor]:
James Beattie
[Actor]:
Frank Partington
[Actor]:
David Spenser
Helen Ferguson:
Grizelda Hervey
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson:
John Glen
Sir Graham Forbes:
James Thomason
Rudolph Charles:
Anthony Hall
Mark Elliott:
William Fox
Eddie Paget John:
Baodei Ey
Dinah Nelson:
Valerie Kirkbright
Mrs Gulliver:
Vivienne Chatterton
Inspector Gerrard:
Rolf Lefebvre
Mavis Russell:
Isabel Rennie
Richard Ferguson:
Gabriel Woolf
Producer:
Martin C. Webster

Regional Variations (2)

Garddio: gardening magazine

BBC Home Service Welsh

with Nicholas Parsons
Written by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot and featuring Denise Bryer and Bob Todd with Barry Cryer and David Cumming.
Music by The Tony Osborne Group
Produced by John Bridges

Contributors

Host:
Nicholas Parsons
Writer:
Anthony Marriott
Writer:
Alistair Foot
Performer:
Denise Bryer
Performer:
Bob Todd
Performer:
Barry Cryer
Performer:
David Cumming
Musician:
The Tony Osborne Group
Producer:
John Bridges

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news. the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street are analysed by WALTER TAPLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Taplin

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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