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Edited by Lionel Gamlin
On the Job
Every Tuesday men and women whose jobs play a prominent pant in your everyday Mfe tell you somethdng about their work
Today: Robert Allen tells you about some of his daily problems as director of a Laundry
In the Groove
Marcel Stellman carries his story of the making of a gramophone record a stage further
My Crest Collection
Margaret Holland suggests a new holiday hobby for collectors

Contributors

Edited By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Robert Allen
Unknown:
Marcel Stellman
Unknown:
Margaret Holland

Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
'Reading Your Letters': a programme of comments, stories, and criticisms sent to ' Woman's Hour ' by Listeners in all parts of the country
Margery Gooding speaks about her country holidays with pay-fruit picking in a volunteer agricultural camp
' The Peace of the Fields':
Jacqueline Edwards , speaking from Birmingham, describes a wartime exile in the heart of the country
'Old Wives' Tales,' by a doctor.
Serial: 'Moulded in Earth,' by Richard Vaughan. Abridged by Brendia Markham. Read by Basil Jones

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Margery Gooding
Unknown:
Jacqueline Edwards
Unknown:
Richard Vaughan.
Abridged By:
Brendia Markham.
Read By:
Basil Jones

' Knocking Your House into Shape ' and ' How to Make a Million Dollars
Told by Arthur L. Phelps
Stephen Leacock was head of the Department of Economics and Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, where Professor Phelps now occupies the chair of English. The two professors share a wry delight in the quirks and absurdity of human behaviour.

Contributors

Told By:
Arthur L. Phelps
Unknown:
Stephen Leacock

I-The British People
Those taking part include Jim Scott , a Northumbrian farmer; Wil Ifan , ex-arch-druid of Wales; C. W. Phillips , archaeological officer to the Ordnance Survey; Pasteur Christol of the Huguenot Church in London with Moray McLaren
Duncan Mclntyre and Ludwik Gottlieb
Written and produced by 'Paul Johnstone
How did we become the people that we are? This programme tells that fascinating story. Chance and war, soil and climate, invasion and immigration have all played their part. There is no simple strain in us: Celts, Romans, Saxons, and Normans have combined to make the British people. Their modern counterparts take part in the programme.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Scott
Unknown:
Wil Ifan
Unknown:
C. W. Phillips
Unknown:
Pasteur Christol
Unknown:
Ludwik Gottlieb
Produced By:
Paul Johnstone

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