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A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:
'Vanity Fair': Mary Embrey explodes some old wives' tales and some new ones too
'A Year in Shank's Village': Betty St. Vincent describes life in a students' colony near New York City
'For Your Information: Parents and School Children.' Last of three talks by Roland Earl, a secondary school teacher, describing how parents can help children and their teachers both at home and in school
'The Passionate Victorian': Jonathan Curling talks about Ouida, the romantic novelist, and a new biography of her
Serial: 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot. Abridged by Nancy Pusey.
Read by Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs

Lorely Dyer (soprano)
Gwent Lewis (tenor)
Joan Trimble and Valerie Trimble
(two pianos)
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G Melville )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The programme includes a selection from ' The Vagabond King ' by Friml

Contributors

Soprano:
Lorely Dyer
Tenor:
Gwent Lewis
Tenor:
Joan Trimble
Tenor:
Valerie Trimble
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Alan G Melville
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson

Rocket journeys to other planets have for years been the stock-in-trade of the writers of sensational fiction. Now many scientists believe that interplanetary travel will be a real possibility within the next few years. Tonight's programme describes what a journey to another planet would be like, and what conditions might be encountered
Script by Neil Tuson
Produced by R. D. Smith
Series edited by Dennis Bardens

Contributors

Script By:
Neil Tuson
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Edited By:
Dennis Bardens

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More