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A series of programmes on aspects of child-care
The Handicapped Child in the Family Setting
Three mothers discuss practical problems with a CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN and DR. KENNETH HOLT , Director of the Assessment Centre for Handicapped Children at the Institute of - Child Health in London
Produced by Barbara Crowther
The Anxious Child

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Kenneth Holt
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

A programme of old favourites sung by DAVID ELLIS (baritone) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY 'SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the BRISTOL SAVOY OPERATIC SOCIETY
Conductor, PETER FOWLER
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Baritone:
David Ellis
Conductor:
Peter Fowler
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

Some reflections, by veterans of the sea, on the ordeal of Sir Francis Chichester
Full membership of the Clyde area Cape Homers' Club is restricted to master mariners who were trained in sail and went round Cape Horn under canvas.
Chairman, CAPTAIN A. F. RODGER with CAPTAINS
A. W. BROMLEY , S. C. FRY
J. N. MACLEAN , R. L. ROBERTSON and H. H. SANDERSON
Produced by Archie P. Lee
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Francis Chichester
Unknown:
Captain A. F. Rodger
Unknown:
A. W. Bromley
Unknown:
J. N. MacLean
Unknown:
R. L. Robertson
Unknown:
H. H. Sanderson
Produced By:
Archie P. Lee

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week:
STUART HOOD , KARL MILLER
J. M. RICHARDS
CHRISTOPHER RICKS
In the chair. HAROLD HOBSON
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Hood
Unknown:
Karl Miller
Unknown:
J. M. Richards
Unknown:
Christopher Ricks
Unknown:
Harold Hobson

How I stopped the Trevi Fountain: H. V. MORTON recalls how he fulfilled a strange ambition during a visit to Rome
Cordon Rouge: GEORGE VILLIERS visits the Canadian stand at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia
Orphan's Funeral: as a child
JANET HITCHMAN used to weave extravagant fantasies of a glorious death
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
H. V. Morton
Unknown:
George Villiers
Unknown:
Janet Hitchman
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Schoolhouse in the Clouds by Sir Edmund Hillary abridged as a four-part reading by CARMEL Ross
PART 4
Readers: GABRIEL WOOLF
LAVENDER SANSOM , NIGEL GRAHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Reading By:
Carmel Ross
Readers:
Gabriel Woolf
Readers:
Lavender Sansom
Readers:
Nigel Graham

Devon in the seventeenth century. a stronghold of dissent: where 120 clergy were ejected from their livings ... These were the times of John Hicks , who defied the law and preached on a tide-washed island in the Kingsbridge estuary.
† ALAN GIBSON tells the story of one man's fight to preach the gospel

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hicks
Unknown:
Alan Gibson

Answers to listeners' scientific and technological questions In the chair,
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS Panel:
RICHARD ANDREW: biologist
CHRISTOPHER EVANS : psychologist PETER SYKES : chemist
SAMUEL TOLANSKY : physicist
9.58 Weather forecast

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Unknown:
Christopher Evans
Unknown:
Peter Sykes
Unknown:
Samuel Tolansky

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
Brahms
Sonata in G major played by SUZANNE ROZSA (Violin)
BERNARD ROBERTS (piano)
Nert Thursday: Virtuoso violin music by Paganmi, Vieuxtemps, and Wieniawski, played by Rodney Friend

Contributors

Violin:
Suzanne Rozsa
Piano:
Bernard Roberts
Played By:
Rodney Friend

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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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More