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including:
Portrait of a Listener: where do you live-what is your family like-what are your special problems, vour plans, your fads and fancies? Barbara Crowther introduces Mrs. Alma Bellamy
Town Backyard and Cottage Garden: Margaret Spencer-Smith and Evelyn Gibbs talk about their gardening plans for the month
Behind the Headlines: a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
Serial:
' The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
Abridged by P. J. R. Wright
Read by Sheila Mitchell
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Introduces:
Barbara Crowther
Unknown:
Mrs. Alma Bellamy
Unknown:
Margaret Spencer-Smith
Unknown:
Evelyn Gibbs
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jenkins
Abridged By:
P. J. R. Wright
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

a sixtiethbirthday talk by Vernon Bartlett
Vernon Bartlett 's memories of Geneva span the years from the brilliant opening ceremony in 1920 of the first of all the Assemblies of the League of Nations. Now he is back for the latest conference of the great powers, and tonight, on his sixtieth birthday, in a broadcast from Geneva, he recalls some of the outstanding men and events associated with the city's special role as a forum for world affairs.

Contributors

Talk By:
Vernon Bartlett
Talk By:
Vernon Bartlett

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed by : Ralph Wightman
Robert Henriques
John Arlott
Ritchie Calder
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the St. John's Hall,
Penzance, Cornwall
Produced by Michael Bowen

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Robert Henriques
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Ritchie Calder
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

Chapter 4
Written by Henrik Ege
The Guide: Bernard Grun
The Visitor: Noelle Middleton with Julia Shelley
William Dickie , Irène Prador
Zither music played by Ernst Naser
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Produced by Edward Nash

Contributors

Written By:
Henrik Ege
Unknown:
Bernard Grun
Unknown:
Noelle Middleton
Unknown:
Julia Shelley
Unknown:
William Dickie
Unknown:
Irène Prador
Played By:
Ernst Naser
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Leo Wurmser
Produced By:
Edward Nash

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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