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A series of programmes on aspects of child-care
Time out of School
A second programme on the theme of children's leisure and holiday activities
LESLIE SMITH enquires about some new ideas and arrangements
Produced by Barbara Crowther

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Produced By:
Barbara Crowther

Almost every day of the week somewhere in Britain the hi-jackers are at work. Drivers are beaten up, unattended lorry loads stolen from streets. Nothing escapes their attention ... they steal everything from offal to whisky or cigarettes.
Narrated by PETER MARINKER
Written by MAURICE DENNING
Produced by Alan Burgess
Shortened version of the programme broadcast on December 22, 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Marinker
Written By:
Maurice Denning
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

A series of plays on relations between the generations
4: Pick a Pebble
A play for radio by Ray Jenkins
'... you bother me. The first person I've bothered about for ... ages, you twerp! '
Produced by WENDY BLAIR

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Jenkins
Produced By:
Wendy Blair
Christine:
Martina Mayne
Colin:
Nigel Anthony
Mrs Marion Price:
Cecile Chevreau
Eric:
Hector Ross
Guide:
Keith Alexander

A programme of old favourites sung by EDNA BENNETT (soprano) with Ruby TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and the PLYMOUTH CLARION MALE VOICE CHOIR
Conductor, EDGAR LITTLEJOHNS
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Sung By:
Edna Bennett
Piano:
Ruby Taylor
Piano:
Dudley Savage
Conductor:
Edgar Littlejohns
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

with Wilfred Pickles visits the town of Callington, Cornwall with MABEL at ' The Table and TERRY SYMONS at the electronic organ
Produced by Stephen Williams
Broadcast on Sept. 27. 1966 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
Terry Symons
Produced By:
Stephen Williams

A magazine of interest to all; with older listeners specially in mind, including:
The Island Fortress: twenty-five years ago Malta was awarded the George Cross for bravery in wartime. ROSEMARY HART takes a look at the island and its history
How to Annoy Me: BASIL BOOTH-
ROYD with some down-to-earth hints. 10: The Publicity Man
Seed Sowing: some hints from
FRED LOADS
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
George Cross
Unknown:
Rosemary Hart
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Black Sheep by Rosemary Weir adapted as a dramatised reading in four parts
Mark and Caroline Hastings are marooned in a mysterious Welsh valley wtiere people speak in hints and vague warnings. In their lonely cottage they hear strange sounds coming from under the earth ...
3: The Vanishing Dog
Readers,
John DARRAN , NERYS HUGHES
NICHOLAS EDMETT , LORNA DAVIES
Adapted and produced by Evelyn Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Weir
Unknown:
Caroline Hastings
Readers:
John Darran
Readers:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Nicholas Edmett
Unknown:
Lorna Davies
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams

Fettered limbs go lame
Who are these men who have served long terms of imprisonment and have been ' inside ' on numerous occasions? Can they be infiltrated hack into life's main stream if freedom is to be anything but a temporary and unbearable burden to them? What kind of man can go through life being his own executioner?
Compiled and introduced by NEIL DURDEN-SMITH

Contributors

Introduced By:
Neil Durden-Smith

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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