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by H. Rider Haggard adapted as a serial reading in eight parts by BRIAN MILLER Allan Quatermain here begins the tale of the most fantastic adventures that happened to him in forty years as a hunter in Africa.
1: The Legend of Solomon's Mines
Cast for the week:
Produced by BRIAN MILLER from the South and West
Broadcast on April 14. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Rider Haggard
Unknown:
Brian Miller
Unknown:
Allan Quatermain
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Allan Quatermain:
Colin Douglas
Sir Henry Curtis:
Trevor Danby
Captain John Good:
Bill Mellen
Umbopa:
Bill Mellen
Infadoos:
Bill Mellen

A programme that sets out to answer listeners' scientific and technological questions
In the chair,
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS
Panel:
ALEX COMFORT
University College, London
CHRIS EVANS
National Physical Laboratory
AUN HUNTER
Royal Greenwich Observatory
HARRY ROSENBERG
Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford
Arranged by Archie Clow
Broadcast on Dec 8. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Inside Down Under:
DODIE COATES 'S impressions of Australian youth
Foreign Correspondent of the Decade: JAMES CAMERON considers the consequences of four decades as a reporter abroad
' The Lord of the Rings
JESSICA JENKINS talks about the famous trilogy by J. R. R TOLKIEN , who today receives the A C Benson Silver Medal awarded by the Royal Society of Literature
Shopping School: ALISON TRUE-FITT visits a school where girls learn about careful buying and value for money
Motley: MARGARET HARRIS of the famous team of theatre designers, talks to Mollie Lee
TENNIEL EVANS reads
Slowly Down the Ganges by ERIC NEWBY
Fifth of nine instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Dodie Coates
Unknown:
James Cameron
Talks:
Jessica Jenkins
Unknown:
J. R. R Tolkien
Unknown:
Margaret Harris
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans

The Expenses by Donald Churchill
Arthur Whitacker , a -sales representative who has in a minor way been fiddling his expenses, is taught a lesson he is unlikely to forget.
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Churchill
Unknown:
Arthur Whitacker
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
Heather:
Jill SimcOx
Arthur:
Jon Rollason
Daphne:
Marjorie Westbury
Mr Highfield:
Denis McCarthy
Mrs Highfield:
Susan Dowdall
Mr Payne:
Duncan McIntyre
Receptionist:
Elizabeth Villiers
Phone operator:
Elizabeth Villiers

from Durham Cathedral
Responses (Bunt)
Psalms 98, 99, 100. 101
Canticles (Whitlock)
Lessons: Isaiah 8, vv. 1-18
St. Luke 11, vv. 29-54
Anthem: My heart, ever faithful
(Bach)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, CONRAD EDEN
Sub-Organist,
Christopher Newton

Contributors

Unknown:
Conrad Eden
Unknown:
Christopher Newton

including:
Baubles, Bangles, and Beads:
Jocelyn Ryder-Smith talks to jewellery designers FRANCES BECK and ERNEST BLYTH
+ Sweet Singing in the Choir:
ANNE CATCHPOLE visits Beech-wood Park Preparatory School. Herts, to meet the staff and toys and to listen to the school choir
There's no place like home:
NICK HENDERSON talks about the homing instinct of animals-particularly dogs
Tread Softly: WILLIAM SCHOLL gives some advice about taking care of your feet
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Talks:
Jocelyn Ryder-Smith
Designers:
Frances Beck
Designers:
Ernest Blyth
Talks:
Nick Henderson
Unknown:
William Scholl
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Search in the North
A six-part serial play by Derek Walker
2: The man with the gun
' I'm sorry, Adam, but I'm afraid she won'start.' ' Then get down in the bottom of the boat-right down. He's taking aim at us.'
1 Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Play By:
Derek Walker
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Tim:
Roy Boutcher
Adam:
Richard Kane
Drever:
Roddy McMillan
Shopkeeper:
Jean Faulds
Miss Eames:
Marjorie Dalziel
Holly:
Arthur Boland
Bergen:
Ian Dewar

adapted in six episodes from his television serial by Donald Wilson with William Franklyn , Lana Morris
Austin Trevor. Cudrun Ure
Isobel has succeeded In escaping from the Inn. and renews an old acquaintanceship with Roger. Cald well having been murdered. Roger realises that here in the wilds conventional methods are useless.
6: The Kill
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Broadcast on June 10. 1963 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Wilson
Unknown:
William Franklyn
Unknown:
Roger. Cald
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Roger Kenyon:
William Franklyn
Johnny Brookman:
John Pullen
Gwilliam:
David March
Peake-Harmon:
Jonathan Scott
General Campbell:
Austin Trevor
Isobel Gilmour:
Lana Morris
Beattie:
Michael Deacon
Jackson:
Timothy West
Alison Campbell:
Gudrun Ure
Struan MacDonald:
Duncan McIntyre
Ferguson:
Lewis Stringer
The Rev Murdo Aitchison:
John Guaham

Alfred Sous (oboe)
Heins Hepp (clarinet)
Gustav Neudecker (horn) Horst Winter (bassoon)
Radio Frankfurt
Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Dean Dixon
Part 1: Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra (K.Anh.9)

Contributors

Clarinet:
Heins Hepp
Conducted By:
Dean Dixon

A look at Bedford and its immigrants by Norman Evans
The town of Bedford has one of the highest proportions of immigrant residents and one of the smallest records of inter-racial dissension in Britain. Is the situation as easy as it seems. for Immigrants or natives? If so, why? Norman Evans has talked to Bedfordians and immigrants.
Produced by Richard Keen

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Evans
Unknown:
Norman Evans
Produced By:
Richard Keen

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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