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A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson and including :
' Behind the Headlines ': a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
' The Indian in London Shakuntala Shrinagesh says that she is still trying to find the typical Englishman-the cross between Cecil Rhodes and William Shake speare she pictured before she came to England
' Magic Casements'-4. L. A. G. Strong tries to share with listeners the vital pleasure he gets from poetry
'A Student at Thirty-Five': Dorothy Phillips , who is studying for a Social Science Diploma, says that when you are a married woman with children, it is not easy to read boring text-books and memorise dull facts
(Continued in next column)
'We Bought a Wool Shop': Wilfrid Bessent describes how he threw up a safe job and invested all his savings in a wool shop
Serial: 'Hester' by Mrs. Oliphant. Abridged by Honor Wyatt. Read by Sheila Mitchell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Cecil Rhodes
Unknown:
William Shake
Unknown:
L. A. G. Strong
Unknown:
Dorothy Phillips
Unknown:
Wilfrid Bessent
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell

High-speed Variety with The Kordites, Jimmy Leach and his Organolian Quartet, Roy Lester, John McHugh, Morecambe and Wise, Albert Ward and Les Ward, Elsie Waters and Doris Waters
Augmented Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Vilem Tausky
Introduced by Alan Clarke
Produced by Ronnie Taylor

In the BBC's North of England studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Leach
Unknown:
Roy Lester
Unknown:
John McHugh
Unknown:
Albert Ward
Unknown:
Les Ward
Unknown:
Elsie Waters
Unknown:
Doris Waters
Conducted By:
Vilem Tausky
Introduced By:
Alan Clarke
Unknown:
Ronnie Taylor

(Third series)
2— ' The Hole in the Road ' with Barbara Lyon
Richard Lyon
Hugh Morton
Horace Percival
Norman Shelley
Molly Weir
David Enders
Clive Baxter
Gwen Lewis
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet Written by Bebe Daniels
Bob Block , and Bill Harding
Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson
Produced by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Lyon
Unknown:
Richard Lyon
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
David Enders
Unknown:
Clive Baxter
Unknown:
Gwen Lewis
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Written By:
Bebe Daniels
Written By:
Bob Block
Written By:
Bill Harding
Music By:
Arthur Wilkinson
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

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