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In Hilary Boyle's story. The Little Furry Animal,' our listeners are kept busy trying to discover what the little furry creature can be. No doubt some of them will guess, and be pleased at their ckverness. But for one little boy who heard the tale, this was not enough. ' He listened,' wrote his mother, ' with great interest, but was very disappointed not to hear the animal's name! ' How important are names to a young child! When a thing has a name it exists, one thing firmly catalogued out of the welter of objects and people around. But occasionally, since children often identify themselves or their pets so completely with the characters they hear about, we leave one unnamed and allow them to call him what they wish out of the world of their own experience. So it is with ' The Little Furry Animal,' which they will hear again from Dorothy Smith on Friday. On Wednesday she tells them Violet Statham's tale about ' Granny's Birthday,' while today, tomorrow, and on Thursday Daphne Oxenford brings ' The Lonely Scarecrow,' by Joan Green , A Bed in a Boot,' by Joan Cockett , and ' Chack-a-di-der,' by Catherine Mitchell. And Catherine Edwards will introduce them all. Elizabeth A. Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Green
Unknown:
Joan Cockett
Unknown:
Catherine Mitchell.
Unknown:
Catherine Edwards
Unknown:
Elizabeth A. Taylor

including:
Cooking with Ann Hardy a series of talks on the basic essentials of good cookery. 6-Sauces
International Midwife: Millicent Fensom, who has recently returned from Singapore, talks about her work there for the World Health Organisation
Reading Your Letters: the latest selection from the Woman's Hour mailbag
For Your Information:
National
Road Safety
Week
A barrister talks about some legal aspects of using the roads
Personality Diary: Nancy Spain is this week's diarist
Serial: 'The Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot
Abridged and read by Natalie Moya
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Hardy
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
George Eliot
Read By:
Natalie Moya
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Joan Carr-Jones
Bob recovered from his oold and went back to work. The party for ' Sarah ' was a great success. As a result Sally and Mrs. Freeman were very busy in the shop and Dr. Date warned Mrs. Freeman not to work too hard. Billy, now at the crawling stage, got out on to a window-sill one afternoon and was rescued by Monument.

Contributors

Script By:
Joan Carr-Jones
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Burbidge
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
David Owen:
Gordon Morrison
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
SaMy Lane:
Thelma Hughes
Richard Fulton:
Norman Ohidgey
Mrs Mountford:
Vivienne Chatterton
Maud French:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Tiggy Fielding:
Wilfrid Downing
Jenny Owen:
Julia Braddock
Mollie Lambent:
Freda Falconer
Marleen:
Violet Loxley
Stan Skeats:
Lewis Stringer
The Shop Assistant:
Derek Birch
Mr Rodgers:
Leonard Sachs
Bruce Laurie:
Gordon Jackson
Dr Densham:
Donald Gray
Mrs Densham:
Janet Burnell

A play for radio by Rex Rienits
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Radio By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Celia:
Joyce Wren
Bert:
Alan Tilvern
Robert Frayne:
Valentine Dyall
Warren:
T St John Barry
Alice:
Sulwen Morgan
Johnny Waring:
Frank Duncan
Inspector Nelson:
Tony Quinn
Sergeant Howard:
William Fox
Police Doctor:
Howard Fairtlough
Laura Frayne:
Monica Grey
Miss Yorke:
Hester Paton Brown
Porter:
Ronald Sidney
Photographer:
Ian Sadler
Receptionist:
Victor Platt

A tale of the future.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Jet Morgan is in Australia, preparing for his part in 'Operation Luna,' man's first trip to the Moon. With the arrival of Doctor Matthews, space medicine expert, the crew was complete. But at the last moment Newcombe, the radio operator, was unable to go and his place was taken by Lemmy Barnet.
The momentous day finally dawned and the four men, Jet, Lemmy, Mitchel, and the Doc., boarded the huge spaceship and prepared to take off - to the Moon.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Charles Chilton
Music composed and conducted by:
Van Phillips
Jet Morgan:
Andrew Faulds
Lemmy:
David Kossoff
Mitchell:
Bruce Beeby
Doc:
Guy Kingsley Poynter

Spotlighting the world of popular music
Show Band's Victim:
Peter Sellers
Hit Parade
The best of the best sellers
-past and present
Fireside Melody with Bill McGuffie
The Stargasers' Music Shop
Songs in style
Hear a Violin
Soloist, Louis Stevens
Just For You
Tunes you have specially asked for
BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
Julie Dawn , Harold Smart
The Show Band Singers
Introduced by Rikki Fulton
Production by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Soloist:
Louis Stevens
Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Directed By:
Julie Dawn
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Introduced By:
Rikki Fulton
Production By:
Johnnie Stewart

by Warwick Deeping
Adapted from the novel as a serial in five parts by Betty Stafford Robinson
Part 4
Produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Warwick Deeping
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
John Wolfe:
Roger Delgado
Mrs Brandon:
Antoinette Cellier
Jess Mascall:
Olive Gregg
Josiah Crabbe:
Arthur Ridley
Dr Montague Threadgold:
Edward Lexy
The Rev Robert Fleming:
John Nugent Hayward
Sir George Griggs:
William Fox
General Brandon:
Donald Bisset

Problems and brainteasers
Beat the Expert: with W. Barrington Dalby, Paul Dehn
Ask Me Another: with Marghanita Laski
Malcolm Muggeridge
W/O William Springle, R.E.M.E.
Taking part in the sketches:
Garard Green, Arthur Bush, Patricia Brent, Douglas Blackwell
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Barrington Dalby
Unknown:
Paul Dehn
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Produced By:
Joan Clark

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