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This week:
EDGAR ANSTEY , RICHARD MAYNE
STEPHEN POTTER , DAVID SYLVESTER
In the chair. LIONEL HALE
Produced by Philip French
Repeated: Thursday, 3.30 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Anstey
Unknown:
Richard Mayne
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Produced By:
Philip French

Lord Hunt in conversation with HAROLD ROGERS describes the successful 1953 Everest Expedition and tells how this one event changed the course of his life
' Ultimately, the justification for climbing Everest, if any justification is needed, will be in the seeking of their "Everests" by others, stimulated by this event as we were inspired by others before us.'
Produced by Harold Rogers
Shortened repeat: next Saturday,
10.10 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lord Hunt
Unknown:
Harold Rogers
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

News of the weekend sporting events
Introduced by JACOB DE VRIES including:
B.O.A.C. World Championship Sports Car 500-Mile Race
Commentary by ROBIN RICHARDS from Brands Hatch
Athletics
Hungary p. Great Britain
Report by HAROLD ABRAHAMS from Budapest
Broadcast by arrangement with the Hungarian Broadcasting Service
Royal International Horse Show RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD from the White City Cricket Northampton v. Middlesex
Commentator, PETER CRANMER
Sailing: Cowes Week and the Admiral's Cup Report by DAVID MUDD from Cowes

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacob De Vries
Commentary By:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Harold Abrahams
Unknown:
Raymond Brooks-Ward
Commentator:
Peter Cranmer
Unknown:
David Mudd

National Association of Boys' Clubs by the Chairman,
CAPTAIN THE VISCOUNT ALTHORP. M.V.O.
Please send donations, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque, to Viscount Althorp , National Association of Boys' Clubs,[address removed]. The Association represents some 2,000 clubs in all parts of the British Isles, catering for 160,000 boys aged thirteen and upwards. With the teenage population growing, funds are needed for all-round development.

Contributors

Unknown:
Viscount Althorp

Enjoy the world
A reading from ' Passages for
Divine Reading ' taken from an extract by Thomas Trabernc
For the beauty of the earth (BBC
H.B. 272. vv. 1 and 2) Continuation of extract from ' Passages for Divine Reading '
For the beauty of the earth (vv.
3.4.5)
Psalm 104. vv. 25-36
Fill thou my life. 0 Lord my God
(BBC H.B. 271)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Trabernc

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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