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Pawley's Peepholes
A radio opera based on a story by John Wyndham
Music and words by David Lord and Eric Allen
A small town of today is invaded by tourists from 2067. WILLIAM APPLEBY teaches the music of today and tomorrow
Produced by Jenyth Worsley

Contributors

Story By:
John Wyndham
Unknown:
David Lord
Unknown:
Eric Allen
Unknown:
William Appleby
Produced By:
Jenyth Worsley

by Arnold Bennett, adapted for radio in thirteen parts by GUY VAESEN with John Baddeley
Darius Clayhanger , a self-made man who as a child suffered the ignominy of going to the work-house, finds his son lacking in responsibility. Edwin, however, yearning to become an architect, resents having to work in his father's printing works.
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Clayhanger Darius Clayhanger

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Peel's Progress: Meet JOHN PEEL who during the next three months is walking from Land's End to John o' Groats and reporting each week on interesting people and places he comes across
The Ring of Truth: second of four conversations between CANON J. B. PHILLIPS and Ronald Allison
Argument: another in the series of conversations on an issue of the day
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE RACE
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon J. B. Phillips
Unknown:
Ronald Allison
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP This week:
FRANCIS KING reviews Flannelled Fool by T. C. Worsley
JULIAN MITCHELL on The American West by John A. Hawgood WILLIAM MANCHESTER interviewed about The Death of a President KATHLEEN SMITH talks about When the Gates Shut, Joanna Kelley 's study of women in prison
Produced by Carl Wildman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
Francis King
Unknown:
T. C. Worsley
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
John A. Hawgood
Unknown:
William Manchester
Talks:
Kathleen Smith
Unknown:
Joanna Kelley
Produced By:
Carl Wildman

The Armed Services use about 670,000 acres in Britain including some of the most beautiful parts of our National Parks. The Services need some training grounds and gunnery ranges, but do they still need so much land? Is it essential, for instance, that they should use one-fifth of Northumberland Park and one-tenth of Dartmoor? Are the ranges properly marked and secured?
Focus talks to some of those who live and work in military occupied territory Introduced by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Produced by Keith Hindell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Keith Hindell

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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