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The Law That Wasn'
First of two talks by DR. MICHAEL HOSKIN
Whipple Science Museum, Cambridge Dr. Hoskin recounts how the following-up of an apparently simple relationship between half-a-dozen numbers-the so-called Bode's Law -led to major discoveries about the Solar System.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Michael Hoskin

Music Questions
A series in which practising musicians discuss listeners' queries
WILLIAM MANN
CHARLES MACKERRAS
Chairman, ALEC ROBERTSON
Produced by Peter Dodd

Contributors

Unknown:
William Mann
Unknown:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Produced By:
Peter Dodd

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 8
Hugo: Demain des l'aube
Les bottes de sept lieues—8 L'âme des poetes
La cigale et la fourmi
Speakers: PAULETTE PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT , PAUL COUSTER
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paulette Preney
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt
Unknown:
Paul Couster

A weekly survey of the world of motoring
Motoring this Holiday
Driving Styles at Home and Abroad Road Saiely and Accidents Security when Parking
How has the Traffic Flowedt together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

Written by BARRY TOOK and MARTY FELDMAN starring Kenneth Horne with KENNETH Williams , HUGH PADDICK BETTY MARSDEN , BILL PERTWEE
Music by THE FRASER HAYES FOUR EDWIN BRADEN and THE HORNBLOWERS
Announcer, Douglas Smith
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Broadcast on February 12 (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Took
Written By:
Marty Feldman
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Chips with Everything: ARTHUR MARSHALL reviews The Bad Food Guide
Visitor to London: DR. CLAIRE WEEKES, an Australian specialist in nervous illnesses
May and December: ARTHUR POTTERTON on three successful marriages in which the wives have been much older than the husbands
In the Bahamas: impressions and interviews recorded there by JOAN PYPER

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Arthur Potterton
Unknown:
Joan Pyper

Loyalties by John Galsworthy with Keith Michell and John Justin
' Look here De Levis! This isn'an hotel. It's the sort of thing that doesn'happen in a decent house. Are you sure you didn'have them stolen on the course? '
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Keith Michell
Unknown:
John Justin
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Charles Winsor:
Rolf Lefebvre
Lady Adela Winsor:
Diana Olsson
Ferdinand de Levis:
John Justin
Treisure:
Wilfred Babbage
General Canynge:
Robert Sansom
Margaret Orme:
Margaret Ward
Captain Ronald Dancy D S O:
Keith Michell
Mabel Dancy:
Hilda Schroder
Inspector Dede:
Stephen Thorne
Augustus Borring:
Frederick Treves
Lord St Erth:
Geoffrey Wincott
Major Colford:
Alexander John
Edward Graviter:
Frank Henderson
Jacob Twisden:
Howieson Culff
Gilman:
Ronald Herdman
Ricardos:
Harold Kasket
Robert:
Gordon Gardner
The clerk:
Gordon Gardner

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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