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Electron Diffraction by DON PASHLEY, Ph.D.
Tube Investments Research Laboratories
This year Is the fortieth anniversary of the discovery of electron diffraction. Its discovery was a striking verification of the physical theories of the 1920s, yet in the forty years since this esoteric experiment it has developed to become an important Industrial tool.

Introduction to Chinese
Ten lessons in spoken Mandarin
Programme 6
Introduced by Lucia LIU with the help of Terry Chang Language consultant, Mrs. Y. C Liu
Script by David Pollard
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last Tuesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and record are available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Lucia Liu
Unknown:
Terry Chang
Unknown:
Mrs. Y. C Liu
Script By:
David Pollard
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson

Everyday German by Radio
A series of twenty programmes for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language, based on Erich Kastner 's novel Drei Manner im Schnce
16: Ausfiug auf den Wolkcnstein
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with Rolf Richards , Angelika Sahla Gerda Koeppler , Irene Prador
Written and produced by Edith R. Baer
Language consultant, Dr. L. Löb
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and records are available

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kastner
Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Unknown:
Rolf Richards
Unknown:
Angelika Sahla
Unknown:
Gerda Koeppler
Unknown:
Irene Prador
Produced By:
Edith R. Baer

A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including French songs and readings from the Penguin book of French Short Stories and The Penguin Book of French Nineteenth Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French.
Programme 3
Verlaine: Dans l'interminable Les bottes de sept lieues-3 Douce France Green (Fauré)
Speakers, PAULETTE PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT , PAUL COUSTER
Script by Winifred Saunders and Odile Castro
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paulette Preney
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt
Unknown:
Paul Couster
Script By:
Winifred Saunders
Script By:
Odile Castro
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
What's in a Tyre!: MICHAEL Kemp , Motoring Correspondent of the Daily Sketch, discusses with DAVID HARTLEY some alternatives to air as a tyre filling
Medicaments and Motoring: a Doctor talks about the effect of some modern medicines on driving ability
Guide Dogs: PHILIP RODGERS and his guide dog offer some helpful advice to motorists together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Unknown:
David Hartley
Unknown:
Philip Rodgers
Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
Jimmy EDWARDS , TED RAY
TOMMY TRINDER. CYRIL FLETCHER
In the chair, McDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest, STUBBY KAYE from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
Broadcast on March 19 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder.
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

A Horseman Riding By by R. F. Delderfield
Three plays from his panoramic novel about a Devon-shire farming community with William Lucas , Hilda Schroder and Josephine Tewson
1: Long Summer Day
Produced by GUY VAESEN
Repeated: Monday. 3J5 P.M.
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Contributors

Unknown:
R. F. Delderfield
Unknown:
William Lucas
Unknown:
Hilda Schroder
Unknown:
Josephine Tewson
Produced By:
Guy Vaesen
The Shallowfordian:
Wilfred Babbage
Paul Craddock:
William Lucas
John Rudd:
Rolf Lefebvre
Mrs Handcock:
Barbara Mitchell
Grace Lovell:
Hilda Schroder
Tamer Potter:
Walter Fitzgerald
Sam Potter:
Donald Pelmear
Claire Derwent:
Josephine Tewson
Edward Derwent:
Harold Kasket
Rose Derwent:
Hilary Crane
Celia Lovell:
Irene Sutcliffe
Ikey Palfrey:
Nigel Anthony
Will Codsall:
Henderson Tate
James Grenfell:
Preston Lockwood
Cribb:
Nigel Clayton
Kitchens:
Harold Kasket
Smut Potter:
Malcolm Young
Henry Pitts:
Antony Viccars
Meg Potter:
Sheelah Willcocks
Maureen O'Keefe:
Eileen Kennally

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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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