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

Contributors

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

Led by the Nose: Anne Catchpole visits a perfume factory in Kent and talks to some of the people who work there
Peel's Progress: each week John Peel talks about people and places he has come across as he walks from Land's End to John o' Groats. 2: Devon to the Severn
'The Ring of Truth': Canon J.B. Phillips answers some of the questions raised in his series of conversations with Ronald Allison
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by Ken Sykora

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon J. B. Phillips
Unknown:
Ronald Allison
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Great Sporting Events
A series about famous characters and occasions in the world of sport
Selected by Derek Parker 3:The Peking to Paris Car Race
The story of an astonishing overland race organised by a French newspaper in 1907 abridged from
The Mad Motorists by ALLEN ANDREWS
Read by RICHARD HURNDALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Parker
Read By:
Richard Hurndall

RALPH HOLMES (violin) ROHAN DE SARAM (cello)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, Colin Staveley
Conductor, JOHN CAREWE
Before an invited audience In the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. Llandaff

Contributors

Violin:
Ralph Holmes
Cello:
Rohan de Saram
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conductor:
John Carewe

Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP
This week:
DENIS NORDEN reviews Thurber & Company
ELSPETH HUXLEY talks about her study of life in Australia, Their Shining Eldorado
JAMES CAMERON looks at Geoffrey Trease's account of travel in Europe from Elizabethan to Victorian days. The Grand Tour
MICHAEL AYRTON talks of the fascination of the Daedalus legend as revealed in his novel The Maze Maker and the exhibition of his paintings, reliefs, and bronzes at the Grosvenor Gallery, London
Produced by Carl Wildman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Talks:
Elspeth Huxley
Talks:
Michael Ayrton
Produced By:
Carl Wildman

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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