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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:
' From Day to Day': a report from Paris by Mme. Teissier du Cros
' Opinion Polls: how do. they work?' Phyllis Hadley describes part of the machinery
' Reading Your Letters and Answering Your Questions ' : a weekly programme contributed by listeners
' First Things First': Joan Butler explains why she gave up her job in order to stay at home and look after her family
'Around and About Britain': News from the West of England
Serial: The Frenchman and the Lady,' by Elizabeth Cadell. Abridged by Evelyn Gibbs. Read by Gladys Young

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Elizabeth Cadell.
Abridged By:
Evelyn Gibbs.
Read By:
Gladys Young

A slice of life served up for family listening by. Beryl Roques and Keith Lloyd
Postscript to ' The Facts of Life' A parent, a youth leader, and an under-twenty comment briefly on points raised in last week's programme
' Music Maker'
Patricia Carroll, a young pianist, fresh from her first performance in the Royal Festival Hall
'How I Met Ike and Adlai'
On the eve of the U.S. Presidential elections, undergraduate Margaret Baron describes how she got through as a gate crasher cub-reporter to meet the giants face to face
' You're Only Young Once'
The adventures of the Caldicotts
(Fourth series)
Script by Edward J. Mason
5-' In which we meet
Colin's country cousin '

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Roques
Unknown:
Keith Lloyd
Script By:
Edward J. Mason

A new radio serial based on the novels by C. S. Forester and adapted by Philo Higley
Episode 1
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Torch
Produced by Harry Alan Towers and edited by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Adapted By:
Philo Higley
Conducted By:
Sidney Torch
Produced By:
Harry Alan Towers
Edited By:
Archie Campbell
Commodore Sir Horatio Hornblower:
Michael Redgrave
Lady Barbara:
Elizabeth Kentish
Brown:
Jack Fraser
First Lord:
R S Lindsell
Captain Bush:
Donald Bissett
Lieutenant Adams:
Alex McCrindle
Lieutenant Mound:
Rex Garner
Butler:
Sebastian Cabot

Introduced by Richard Murdoch Kenneth Home , and Sam Costa with Lana Morris
The Singers
Gerry Brereton , Lita Roza
The Merrymakers
Guest Comedian
George Martin
Show Time
Excerpts and stars from current British films
Novelty Corner
Introducing Forces to the Forces and Sirdani, the ' Gulli-Gulli Man'
Solo Pianist
Alexis Kligeman
The Peter Knight Singers
Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Murdoch
Introduced By:
Kenneth Home
Introduced By:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Singers:
Gerry Brereton
Singers:
Lita Roza
Unknown:
George Martin
Pianist:
Alexis Kligeman
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Script By:
Bob Monkhouse
Script By:
Denis Goodwin
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
Produced By:
Frank Hooper

Paris and Vienna
The story of a musical rivalry that spanned a century, concentrated in the lives of Johann Strauss , Jacques Offenbach , and Johann Strauss II
Part 6
Diane Dubarry
Betty Huntley-Wright
John Lanigan , Thomas Round
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter with Keith Pyott as the Voice of Paris and Rudolph Offenbach as the Voice of Vienna
Devised by Kenneth Pakeman and written by Maurice Gorham
Produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith and Kenneth Pakeman

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Jacques Offenbach
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Diane Dubarry
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
John Lanigan
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Keith Pyott
Unknown:
Rudolph Offenbach
Unknown:
Kenneth Pakeman
Written By:
Maurice Gorham
Produced By:
Malcolm Baker-Smith
Produced By:
Kenneth Pakeman

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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