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Milk Week
Introduced by Mary Hill and including
'Talking of Bees': May M. Hooper gives some adivice on gathering and storing the honey
' For Your Information ' : Stanley French, who is a magistrates' clerk, talks about the ' Trespassers will be prosecuted ' notice that Is often seen in country districts
(Continued in next column)
An Englishman in New York. ' One Jump Ahead ' :
James Ottaway describes his reactions to American high-pressure salesmanship
' My Native Dress': Lian-Shin Yang , Mariam Afzal , and Nontando Jabavu discuss the compromises they make with European dress when they leave their homes in China, Pakistan, and Africa to live in England.
Serial : ' John Brown 's Body — 9. The story of the American Civil War. Stephen Vincent Benet 's epic poem, adapted for radio by Pamela Frankau and read by Richard Aindey , with Arthur Hill and Peggy Hassard. (Recorddng) and asides by Ruth Drew on milk
(Arthur Hill is appearing in Man and Superman ' at the Princes Theatre)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
M. Hooper
Unknown:
James Ottaway
Unknown:
Lian-Shin Yang
Unknown:
Mariam Afzal
Unknown:
John Brown
Unknown:
Stephen Vincent Benet
Unknown:
Pamela Frankau
Read By:
Richard Aindey
Unknown:
Arthur Hill
Unknown:
Peggy Hassard.
Unknown:
Ruth Drew
Unknown:
Arthur Hill

The Manchester Cup
Commentary by Raymond Glen dennir.g, assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader, from the Grandstand, and by Richard North , assisted by Jack Pinkney as race-reader, from a point down the course
From Manchester Racecourse

Contributors

Commentary By:
Raymond Glen
Assisted By:
Claude Harrison
Unknown:
Richard North
Assisted By:
Jack Pinkney

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Frank Byers
Collin Brooks
Anthony Wedgwood-Benn , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From Somerdale, near Bristol Produced by Nicholas Crocker
Anthony Wedgwood-Benn , Member of Parliament (Labour) for Bristol South-East, is one of 'he youngest members of the House of Commons. He is a past President of the Oxford Union and toured the U.S.A. with the Oxford Union debating team. Before election to Parliament he was a talks producer in the North American Service of the BBC.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Frank Byers
Unknown:
Collin Brooks
Unknown:
Anthony Wedgwood-Benn
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker
Produced By:
Anthony Wedgwood-Benn

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