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A series of four programmes
1: The Erosion of Soviet Power
Introduced by GEORGE SCHOPFLIN of the Royal Institute of International Affairs with MARK FRANKLAND of The Observer
CURT GASTEYGER of the Institute for Strategic Studies
PETER REDDAWAY of the London School of Economics
Produced by Adrian Johnson
A booklet is available
Broadcast on Dec. 5. 1966 (Study)
See facing page

Contributors

Introduced By:
George Schopflin
Unknown:
Mark Frankland
Unknown:
Curt Gasteyger
Unknown:
Peter Reddaway
Produced By:
Adrian Johnson

1: A Turning Off the Minch Park Road by D. G. Compton with and All the houses in Minch Hill have yellow gates-all the wives know just when all the husbands are due home from work. When Rupert Fanfare is found kneeling in front of the letterbox of No. 19, something quite extraordinary must have happened.
Produced by GUY
VAESEN Hugh Paddick is in ' Let's Get a Divorce ' at the Comedy Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
D. G. Compton
Unknown:
Vaesen Hugh Paddick
the husbands:
Hugh Paddick
the wives:
Beth Boyd
Rupert Fanfare:
Hugh Paddick
Frobisher Bathside:
Hugh Paddick
Manuellas husband:
Hugh Paddick
Eileen Bathside:
Beth Boyd
Manuella:
Beth Boyd
Agnostic woman:
Beth Boyd
Constable Adams:
Ian Thompson
Constable Wilkins:
Denys Hawthorne
Sergeant:
Frank Henderson

from the book by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell adapted for radio in eight parts by BERTHA LONSDALE with Marjorie Rhodes , John Bennett and Judith Bradshaw
5: A fugitive is never safe
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertha Lonsdale
Unknown:
Marjorie Rhodes
Unknown:
John Bennett
Unknown:
Judith Bradshaw

Nine Million Dinners: that is the number of meals provided each year by the W.R.V.S. Meals-on-Wheels service: a report by ROBERT GUNNELL f Real Old Characters: sitting in the village pub C. GORDON GLOVER suddenly comes to himself
Freedom and the Rule: how do children acquire a sense of discipline without losing their freedom of expression? A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST talks to Roy TREVIVIAN about this
Drop Us a Line: your news. views, and memories
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Unknown:
Gordon Glover
Unknown:
Roy Trevivian
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Readings from
Ivor Newton 's autobiography by JACK DE MANIO
Records of some of the artists associated with the well-known accompanist, including Tetrazzini. Melba, Flagstad, Casals, Piatisorsky, Grace Moore , and Di Stefano
Produced by John Lade
Broadcast on December 26. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivor Newton
Unknown:
Grace Moore
Unknown:
Di Stefano

Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP SIR EDWARD BOYLE reviews the Autobiography of Bertrand Russell , which covers the years from 1872 to 1914
The God I Want: some ideas in this symposium explored by two of the contributors. JAMES MITCHELL and H. A. WILLIAMS
1 Cy GRANT reviews Not by Sun Alone, George Mikes in Jamaica, with drawings by Papas
FREDERIC RAPHAEL on new novels
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Introduced By:
Sir Edward Boyle
Unknown:
Bertrand Russell
Unknown:
James Mitchell
Unknown:
H. A. Williams
Unknown:
George Mikes
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

on WELSH NATIONALISM
Three areas of the United Kingdom have limited self-government already: they are Northern Ireland. the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The Welsh Nationalists demand Commonwealth status and a separate parliament controlling their own foreign affairs. What are their reasons, their strengths. and their possibilities of success in the future?
Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Produced by Alan Burgess

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

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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