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A series of four broadcasts
4: The role of nationalism today
Introduced by GEORGE SCHÖPFLIN of the Royal Institute of International Affairs with readings by DENIS GOACHER
Produced by Adrian Johnson
Broadcast on January 9 (Study)
A booklet Is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
George Schöpflin
Produced By:
Adrian Johnson

A series of plays on relations between the generations
2: What shall we do about
Mother? by Christina Laffeaty with Olga Undo
Old age brings many compensations to those who are loved and wanted: but to those who are not ...
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Christina Laffeaty
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Stephen:
Ian Thompson
Ann:
Margaret Robertson
Laura:
Noel Hood
Edward:
Frank Henderson
The mother:
Olga Lindo

3: The Gardener by Heather Stevens
Cedric Trevis has a very unusual garden-bizarre even, as his wife complains to" a friend. And is he just concerned with growing plants?
Produced by JANE GRAHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Heather Stevens
Unknown:
Cedric Trevis
Produced By:
Jane Graham
Miriam Trevis:
Noel Hood
Cedric Trevis:
James Thomason
Mrs Boyce:
Janet Burnell
Policeman:
Brian Cant

from the book by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell adapted for radio in eight parts by BERTHA LONSDALE with Marjorie Rhodes , John Bennett and Judith Bradshaw
8: Pack Clouds Away
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Book By:
Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell
Unknown:
Bertha Lonsdale
Unknown:
Marjorie Rhodes
Unknown:
John Bennett
Unknown:
Judith Bradshaw

Point by point, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes his Budget Speech, the special Home Service team in the News and Current Affairs studio bring listeners a continuous flow of news and explanatory comment, and reaction from up and down the country, including spokesmen for industry, finance, and the trade unions
Presenter. EDWARD RAYNER BBC Assistant
Political Correspondent
Economic analysis: WILLIAM M. CLARKE
Editorial Consultant to The Banker
Special interviews: REG ABBISS
BBC Assistant
Industrial Correspondent
Political reaction from Representative M.P.s and IAN WALLER
Political Correspondent of the

Contributors

Unknown:
William M. Clarke
Unknown:
Ian Waller

Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP BERNARD MALAMUD talks about his new novel The Fixer
ROBERT GITTINGS on three neighbouring poets in Sussex: Leslie Norris , Ted Walker , and Andrew Young
EDWARD BLISHEN on Ballantyne the Brave, Eric Quayle 's biography of the author of The Coral Island
ALAN GIBSON on Cornish stories and poems by A. L. Rowse
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Talks:
Bernard Malamud
Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Unknown:
Leslie Norris
Unknown:
Ted Walker
Unknown:
Andrew Young
Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Eric Quayle
Unknown:
Alan Gibson
Unknown:
A. L. Rowse
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

on THE MILLIONAIRES
On what is usually the grimmest financial day of the year, Focus takes a look at the people who can afford old masters, African safaris, private planes, pent-house apartments, and personal public relations officers. Who knows? It might happen to you!
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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