Programme Index

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BRIGADIER Sir JOHN SMYTH , V.C. discusses the qualities he considers necessary for generalship, with illustrations by many famous generals including Paget. Slim, Alexander, de Guingand, and Montgomery from recordings in the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Leslie Perowne
Broadcast In the BBC World Service on March 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Smyth
Produced By:
Leslie Perowne

STELLA SHEPHERD, reared tn the industrial north of England, approached the tiny Shetland island of Papa Stour, where her husband was to be Church of Scotland missionary and she was to be schoolma'am, with the memory that on some faraway islands missionaries have gone literally to pot.

from the West of England
Songs and music in traditional style with PAT NELSON , DICK WITT
THE GREENSLEEVES BAND led by Dennis Darke and the dancers of Whitchurch, Devon
Produced by Brian Patten

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Nelson
Unknown:
Dick Witt
Unknown:
Dennis Darke
Produced By:
Brian Patten

A series of legal problems devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Introduced by JOHN SNAGGE with a qualified legal opinion from F. W. BENEY , q.c. and comments from a panel of everyday people from home and abroad
Dead Account
Produced byTRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Broadcast In the BBC World Service on November 5. 1966

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Introduced By:
John Snagge
Unknown:
F. W. Beney
Bank clerk:
Ian Frost
Mrs Frobisher:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Mr Gardner:
David Graham
Chapman:
David Nettheim

The first of a new weekly series in which BARBARA Mc DONALD examines the lives and attitudes of people today
1: Having a Baby
Two mothers talk of their approach to bringing a child into the world, the problems it raises, the joy and sadness it can produce.
Produced by Michael Barton
Broadcast tn ' Talkabout' on October 9. 1966, In the North of England Home Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Mc Donald
Produced By:
Michael Barton

including:
Too Many Dogs: C. M. JACKSON believes that dogs should be limited to the purely functional
Travelling Journalist:
JOHN MORGAN talks to Ann Clwyd about countries he has visited in search of news
Tame Blackbird: SYLVIA DISLEY
' adopted ' one and found that this had its problems
Stay-at-homes: JOHN WRIGHT and JON HOLLIDAY discuss the pros and cons
Introduced by HARRY SOAN from Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
C. M. Jackson
Talks:
John Morgan
Unknown:
Ann Clwyd
Unknown:
Sylvia Disley
Unknown:
John Wright
Unknown:
Jon Holliday
Introduced By:
Harry Soan

Killer in Dark Glasses by Henry Treece adapted as a serial reading in six parts by DONALD BANCROFT Read by JOHN PuLLEN with Gordon Gardner and Stephen Jack
After being told to prevent the assassination of the President of Pataguana, Gordon Stewart found himself being shadowed. At the door of his No. 2 flat he heard a voice say: ' Got you at last! '
3: Going South
Produced by Graham Gauld
Broadcast on October 28. 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Treece
Unknown:
Donald Bancroft
Read By:
John Pullen
Unknown:
Gordon Gardner
Unknown:
Stephen Jack
Unknown:
Gordon Stewart
Produced By:
Graham Gauld

Eric Heidsieck (piano)
Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra Leader. Gerald Jarvis
Conductor,
Constantin Silvestri
Part 1: Schumann
Overture: Hermann and Dorothea
8.10" Introduction and Allegro appassionato, for piano and orchestra
8.26* Overture, Scherzo, and Finale

Contributors

Piano:
Eric Heidsieck
Leader:
Gerald Jarvis
Conductor:
Constantin Silvestri

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 WILLIAM HARDCASTLE

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hardcastle

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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