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Round the House Week
Introduced by Mary Hill and including asides by W. P. Matthew
'Cats in the Back Yard': Margaret Spencer comes to the rescue of gardeners who love their cats but also love their flower beds
'Keeping Britain Tidy': Louise Cochrane talks to some people on the job.
'Gypsy - a Houni Puppy,' by Edith Nelder
'Your Children's Schools': a brief impression of the educational system that awaits the child in England
With children and staff of Bolventor School, Cornwall; Malvern Way Infants' School, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire; Aboyne Lodge School, St. Albans; Highwood Junior School, Bushey; Durrant School, Croxley Green; St. Albans Grammar School for Girls; Hertford Grammar School tor Boys. Narrator. John Usborne. Devised and produced by Paul Johnstone
(A shortened version of the broadcast in the Light Programme on April 17)
Serial : ' Cluny Brown ,' by Margery Sharp. Abridged by Arthur Calder-Marshall . Read by Diana Maddox

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
W. P. Matthew
Unknown:
Margaret Spencer
Unknown:
Louise Cochrane
Unknown:
Edith Nelder
Narrator:
John Usborne.
Produced By:
Paul Johnstone
Unknown:
Cluny Brown
Unknown:
Margery Sharp.
Abridged By:
Arthur Calder-Marshall
Read By:
Diana Maddox

Heralding Variety in the North with the Kordites Eric Easton
Ken Platt
Vanassa Lee
Jimmy Wheeler
The Western Brothers
Robb Wilton
Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Ray Martin Introduced by Alan Clarke
Produced by Ronnie Taylor and Hamilton Kennedy

Contributors

Unknown:
Kordites Eric Easton
Unknown:
Ken Platt
Unknown:
Vanassa Lee
Unknown:
Jimmy Wheeler
Conducted By:
Ray Martin
Introduced By:
Alan Clarke
Produced By:
Ronnie Taylor
Produced By:
Hamilton Kennedy

Hundredth Edition
Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Sir Steuart Wilson
Robert Boothby , M.P.
Sir Richard Acland , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the Town Hall. Petersfield
Produced by Nicholas Crocker
Repeated on Wednesday at 4.15 (All Home Services except N. Ireland)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Sir Steuart Wilson
Unknown:
Robert Boothby
Unknown:
Sir Richard Acland
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

[Starring] Eric Barker
with Pearl Hackney, Patricia Gilbert, Deryck Guyler, John Warrington
Music by the Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Script by Eric Barker

Contributors

Comedian:
Eric Barker
Unknown:
Pearl Hackney
Unknown:
Patricia Gilbert
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
John Warrington
Music:
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Script:
Eric Barker
Producer:
Charles Maxwell

Light Programme

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