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The End of the Bubble Troubles by ALAN MANN
' Shell ' Research Ltd.
It was about fifteen years ago that modern detergents really found their way into the kitchen. Almost immediately rivers frothed. weirs foamed, and determent bubbles blew down our streets. We now know what went wrong, and almost-but not quite—we have cured it.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Mann

Introduction to Chinese
A course of ten lessons in spoken Mandarin for complete beginners
Programme 9
Introduced by LUCIA Liu with the help of Terry Chang
Language consultant, Mrs. Y. C. Liu
Script by David Pollafd
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 Pollafd
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 Schnee
19: Hagedorn sucht seine Braut
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with Lilly Kann , Carl Duering
Written and produced by Edith R. Baer
Language consultant. Dr. L Lob
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and records are available

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kastner
Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Unknown:
Lilly Kann
Unknown:
Carl Duering
Produced By:
Edith R. Baer
Unknown:
Dr. L Lob

Francais
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 6
'De Lisle:
Midi Les bottes de sept lieues— Plein soleil
La rose (Faure)
Speakers. PAULETTE PRENEY
Lotus BLONCOURT, PAUL COUSTER
Script by Odile Castro and Winifred Saunders
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last Thursday's broadcast. (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Midi Les
Unknown:
Paulette Preney
Script By:
Odile Castro
Script By:
Winifred Saunders
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Road Safety: a review of the Government White Paper on Road Safety and a look at some of its implications
Motoring in Russia: ARTHUR GARRATT reports, after a recent visit, on the problems which face the motorists together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Garratt
Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
Jimmy EDWARDS , TED RAY
Tommy TRINDER
CARDEW ROBINSON
In the chair, MCDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest, Roy CASTLE from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
Broadcast on April 9 (Light)
Jimmy Edwards is in ' Big Bad Mouse ' al the Shaftesbury Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards

Survival in The Service by Robert Amos with Russell Napier and Lloyd Lamble
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by RONALD MASON
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Amos
Unknown:
Russell Napier
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Mrs Prescott:
Lesley Jackson
George Ashworth:
Russell Napier
Frank Pearce:
James McManus
Trevor Morton-Smith:
Phillip Ross
Alan Herrick:
Lloyd Lamble
Michele Herrick:
Betty McDowall
Ken Grieve:
Nigel Graham
Julie Ashworth:
Lynn Rainbow
Helen Petrie:
Rosalind Shanks
Betty Ashworth:
Lesley Jackson

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
My Father: SARAH CHURCHILL talks about her book on Sir Winston
There She Blows: JOAN YORKE finds out about whales and what is being done to conserve the species
What a Spectacle!: ANNE JONES reports on a recent personality experiment
A Matter of Discipline: PROFESSOR NIKOLAUS PEVSNER on his study of English architecture
Should they mix?: ISABEL GEUTER considers the reactions of mentally handicapped and normal children to each other

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Talks:
Sarah Churchill
Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Professor Nikolaus Pevsner

Michael Roll (piano)
Margaret Neville (soprano) Janet Coster (mezzo-soprano) Duncan Robertson (tenor) James Christiansen
(baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
Part 2 at 8.50 (Light) See facing page

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Neville
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Coster
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Baritone:
James Christiansen
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Unknown:
Albert Hall

Six and Four Make Sunday
A play for broadcasting by Patrick Campbell with Douglas Wilmer
Leslie Dwyer , Nigel Graham
Jean and Jennifer, two young stars o a Tv name, are unaware that they are caught up in a game of a more dangerous nature.
Television producer. DOUGLAS HANKIN
Produced by DAVID H. GoDFRElf

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Patrick Campbell
Unknown:
Douglas Wilmer
Unknown:
Leslie Dwyer
Unknown:
Nigel Graham
Produced By:
David H. Godfrelf
Leslie Carpenter. television compère:
Rolf Lefebvre
Jennifer:
Patricia Gallimore
Jean:
Patricia Leventun
Dusty ' Miller:
Leslie Dwyer
Mungo Pike:
Douglas Wilmer
Sir Horace Lyons:
Ralph Truman
Tomlinson:
Rex Graham
Delamonte (alias The Rev Aloysius Williams):
Jeffrey Segal
Supt Arnold Milne:
Duncan McIntyre
Det -Con Graham Hunter Smythe:
Nigel Graham
Landlord:
Preston Lockwood
Marlowe:
Nigel Anthony
Secretary:
Julia Gareth
McNaught:
John Rae┊
Folice Sergeant:
Humphrey Morton
' Snuffy ' Wick:
Haydn Jones
Miss Phoebe:
Nöel Hood

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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