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New Ideas in Secondary Education
Ten programmes for teachers and parents on the changing scene in secondary schools
Introduced by DR. F. HILLIARD
9: The New Mathematics
A revolution is taking place in school mathematics. Not only are teaching methods changing rapidly, the mathematics themselves are quite different from those traditionally taught in schools.
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dr. F. Hilliard
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including
Monsieur Richard :
Richard GOOLDEN talks to John Ellison about the turning points in his career on the stage
In Search of a Myth: by LESLIE GARDINER. 4: Glimpse of the Golden Fleece
Cordon Rouge: GEORGE VULLIERS visits the Theatre of Potato Magic at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia
Drop us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Monsieur Richard
Talks:
Richard Goolden
Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Leslie Gardiner.
Unknown:
George Vulliers
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Schoolhouse in the Clouds by Sir Edmund Hillary abridged as a four-part reading by CARMEL Ross
Reader, GABRIEL WOOLF
PART 2: ' Duringour '60 to '61 mountaineering expedition to Nepal we had built a school in the village of Khumjung, a dozen miles from the foot of Mount Everest. In 1963 we returned to Khumjung to climb more mountains and to build schools at neighbouring villages.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Reading By:
Carmel Ross
Reader:
Gabriel Woolf

'Your garbage about Mr. Gladstone in Portraits and Criticisms has come to our knowledge. You are a liar. Because you slander a dead man you are a coward. Because you think the public will accept invention from such as you, you are a fool.' (Lord Gladstone to Captain Peter Wright)

From the North of England

Contributors

Writer:
Arthur Swinson
Producer:
Stanley Williamson
Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Captain Peter Wright:
William Fox
Viscount Gladstone:
I. Alba
Mr Norman Birkett, K.C.:
Wilfred Harrison
Mr Merriman, K.C.:
Richard Carey
Mr Justice Avory:
Garard Green
Mr Charles Thomson:
Peter Schofield
Mr T.P. O'Connor:
Jim Wiggins

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† ANNE ALLEN introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Anne Allen

An anthology of violin music
Schubert
Fantasia in C major played by † ERICH GRUENBERG (violin)
ERIC HARRISON (piano)
Next Thursday: music by Joachim and Schumann, played by Frances Mason and Ashley Lawrence

Contributors

Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Piano:
Eric Harrison
Played By:
Frances Mason
Played By:
Ashley Lawrence

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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