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H. COLIN DAVis remembers, with shame, the occasion when he was asked to judye a beauty competition. He had been so liberally entertained by the organisers of the contest beforehand that he found, when it came to it, he was ' in no shape to judge the finer points of a carthorse.'

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Colin Davis

Seven readings from the Journals of distinguished visitors
3. Hippolyte Taine
Notes on England
' The English custom of reserve leads to a kind of stoicism. There is no confiding, no letting go, even with one's nearest and dearest.'
Reader, ALLAN MCCLELLAND
Broadcast on December 6. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Hippolyte Taine

A programme that sets out to answer listeners' questions on science and technology
In the chair, JOHN CARTHY
Panel:
ROBERT BOYD , physicist
MICHAEL CULLEN , Zoologist ALAN HUNTER , astronomer
John MAYNARD SMITH , geneticist
Arranged by Archie Clow
Broadcast on November 10. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
John Carthy
Unknown:
Robert Boyd
Unknown:
Michael Cullen
Unknown:
Alan Hunter
Unknown:
John Maynard Smith
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
I've Survived:
Wilfrid Hyde wnite talks to Stuart Ryder about forty-five years on the stage
What makes a good nurse?:
JOYCE OWEN gives her answer
' Soldier, Soldier ': JOHN ARDEN discusses his new volume of plays with Stuart Burge
Reading Your Letters
Great Aunt to Arabs:
MARGARET PEDLEY describes her meetings with children in the Middle East Dedicated to Delinquents:
BARRY CHAMBERS visited Northorpe Hall where there is a voluntary scheme to help young offenders
STEPHANIE GATHERCOLE reads The Portobello Road by MURIEL SPARK
Second of two parts

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde
Unknown:
Stuart Ryder
Unknown:
Joyce Owen
Unknown:
John Arden
Unknown:
Stuart Burge
Unknown:
Margaret Pedley
Unknown:
Stephanie Gathercole

Information Negative
A play for radio by Eddie Maguire with Martin Jarvis
On the way to hospital a small boy is apparently injured in a motor accident. Unknown to the hospital authorities, however, his unconsciousness is not a result of the crash.
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Maguire
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Rose Bailey:
Myrtle Reed
Dr Norman:
John Justin
P C Ted Bates:
Michael Segal
Ginger:
James Taylor
Sister:
Betty Hardy
Dr Kendall:
Martin Jarvis
Dr Vines:
John Samson
Jack Bailey:
Michael Turner
Fred:
Brian Hewlett
Nurse:
Wendy Lovelock
Mrs Norman:
Barbara Mitchell

from Rochester Cathedral
Introit: Let my prayer come up
(John Blow)
Responses (Ferial, Rochester Use)
Psalms 65, 66, 67
Lessons: 1 Kings 8, vv. 22-30
St. Luke 9, vv. 1-17
Canticles (Wood Collegium Regale)
Anthem: 0 praise God in his holiness (Whyte)
Hymn: To mercy, pity, peace, and love
Organ Voluntary: Carillon
(Robert Ashfield)
Organist, ROBERT ASHFIELD Assistant Organist, J. A. Levett

Contributors

Organist:
J. A. Levett

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Dear Mr. Gershwin....: BENNY
GREEN talks about his correspondence with Ira Gershwin , the lyric-writer, brother of George, and plays some of their songs
The Wizard of Connock Village: another episode from ROBIN SMYTH 's life as an evacuee in Scotland
We've got it taped ...:
ANGELA PAIN describes some tape services available for blind people tCuttings and Layering: some gardening hints from FRED LOADS
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Ira Gershwin
Unknown:
Robin Smyth
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Search in the North
A six-part serial play by Derek Walker
1: The Brown Envelope
' I saw him give you an envelope. You know who he was because you took it, as though you were expecting something of the sort.'
Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Play By:
Derek Walker
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Adam Carstairs:
Richard Kane
Tim:
Roy Boutcher
Dr Carstairs:
John Young
Mrs Carstairs:
Audrey Cameron
Mrs Drever:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Dr Drever:
Roddy MacMillan
Miss Eames:
Marjorie Dalziel
Bergen:
Ian Dewar

adapted in six episodes from his television serial by Donald Wilson with William Franklyn , Lana Morris ,
Austin Trevor, Gudrun Ure
Campbell and his partner Ferguson have installed a laboratory at Glen Orchy. Aitchison has clearly brought Alison to Scotland for the purpose of blackmailing her father: and when Isobel arrives at the inn he keeps the two girls prisoner.
5: Full Cry
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Broadcast on June 3. 1963 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Wilson
Unknown:
William Franklyn
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron

Murder at the Follies
An account of the trials of Harry Thaw
New York, 1906
Written and narrated by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Lustgarten
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
Harry Thaw:
David March
Evelyn Thaw, his wife:
Gudrun Ure
Mrs Thaw, his mother:
Mary Wimbush
Mr Delmas (for the Defence):
John Justin
Mr Jerome (for the Prosecution):
Carleton Hobbs
John Gleason:
Michael McClain
Dr Wiley:
Frank Henderson

played by the BIRMINGHAM WIND PLAYERS Anthony Moroney (flute) Robin Miller (oboe)
John Fuest (clarinet)
Nicholas Hunka (bassoon) Kenneth Cordingley (horn)

Contributors

Flute:
Anthony Moroney
Oboe:
Robin Miller
Clarinet:
John Fuest
Bassoon:
Nicholas Hunka
Horn:
Kenneth Cordingley

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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