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From Wales
Mirror, Mirror, tell me truly: Ethel A. Roe argues that the truest mirror for the older woman is the attitude of the opposite sex
Your Time Budget: Alma Thelen Jones checks up on her own method and that of some other women of budgeting their time
Orchids on your Windowsill: some hints on growing orchids at home by Betty Cohen
A Storm in a Teapot: a not-so-serious discourse on tea-drinking, by Ward Phillips
Magpie Collector: Murielle Scott Morris confesses to her weakness for collecting all manner of things
Serial:
0 Rugged Land of Gold ' by Martha Martin
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Peggy Hassard
Programme introduced by Nan Daviea

Contributors

Unknown:
Ethel A. Roe
Unknown:
Alma Thelen
Unknown:
Betty Cohen
Unknown:
Murielle Scott
Unknown:
Martha Martin
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Peggy Hassard
Introduced By:
Nan Daviea

Tomorrow is the fiftieth birthday of the champion jockey and in this programme Sir Gordon recalls some of the milestones in his distinguished career
Those taking part include:
The Duke of Norfolk,
Steward of the Jockey Club
Major R. Macdonald-Buchanan racehorse owner
Noel Murless , Newmarket trainer
Douglas Smith , jockey and runner-up in the champion list
Norman Bertie , trainer of last year's Derby winner
Harry Wragg and Bobbie Jones , trainers and former jockeys
Geoffrey Gilbey , racing journalist and Mrs. R. Laye who remembers Sir Gordon's early days
Narrator. Ronald Baddiley
Script by Roland Orton
Produced by H. Saunders-Jacobs

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Murless
Unknown:
Douglas Smith
Unknown:
Norman Bertie
Unknown:
Harry Wragg
Unknown:
Bobbie Jones
Unknown:
Geoffrey Gilbey
Unknown:
Mrs. R. Laye
Narrator:
Ronald Baddiley
Script By:
Roland Orton
Produced By:
H. Saunders-Jacobs

14 — ' The Luck of Roaring Camp'
A dramatised adaptation of the story by Bret Harte
Adapted by Derek Patmore
Music directed by Sidney Torch Produced by Harry Alan Towers

Contributors

Story By:
Bret Harte
Adapted By:
Derek Patmore
Directed By:
Sidney Torch
Produced By:
Harry Alan Towers
Narrator:
Laurence Olivier
Oakhurst:
Laurence Olivier
Sandy Tipton:
Lionel Murton
Kentuck:
Stuart Nichol
Stumpy:
Charles Irwin
Tom Ryder:
Jack Ralph
Expressman:
Arthur Hill
Relief-Boat:
Arthur Hill

Arranged and conducted by Stanford Robinson with the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Joyce Gartside (soprano)
Rowland Jones (tenor)
Joan Trimble and Valerie Trimble
(two pianos)
The programme includes a selection from ' Frederica ' by Franz Lehar

Contributors

Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Leader:
John Sharpe
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Soprano:
Joyce Gartside
Tenor:
Rowland Jones
Tenor:
Joan Trimble
Tenor:
Valerie Trimble
Unknown:
Franz Lehar

with Adele Dixon
Spike Milligan , Hattie Jacques
The Tanner Sisters
David Jacobs and the Paradise Street Kids
The Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Sykes
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Produced By:
Roy Speer

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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