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From the Midlands
Shopping Report: Dorothy Smith looks at coats and suits in Leicester and Birmingham
I Become a Model:
Charlotte Loewenthal describes her experiences as an amateur mannequin
Old Clothes: a doubtful inheritance recalled by Alice Massie
Getting it off my chest: a straight talk to women shoppers by Bill Hartley
The Elephant I'll Never Forget: Veronica Bamfield remembers an episode from her life in India
Taking Minna to the Pictures: by Winifred Barrows. (BBC recording)
Make the most of it!: some reflections on going grey prematurely by Rona Randall
Serial:
' Adam Bede ' by George Eliot
Abridged by Terry Gompertz
Read by Gladys Young
The seventh of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Mary Orchard

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Smith
Unknown:
Charlotte Loewenthal
Recalled By:
Alice Massie
Unknown:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Veronica Bamfield
Unknown:
Winifred Barrows.
Unknown:
Rona Randall
Unknown:
Adam Bede
Unknown:
George Eliot
Abridged By:
Terry Gompertz
Read By:
Gladys Young
Introduced By:
Mary Orchard

At a hearing of October 5. 1954 THE DEFENDANTS
(The Parents of The Younger Generation)
being charged with Gross Negligence
viz. Failure to Apply a Firm Hand When and Where A ppropriate were found, by postal ballot, to be GUILTY
On the receipt of new evidence an appeal against the verdict has been lodged by the defendants The case will be heard this evening at 6.15 o'clock before an Extraordinary Court of Appeal
PRESIDENT,
Mr. Claud Mullins THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION
will be conducted by Mr. John Glyn-Jones THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE
Will be conducted by Mr. Jack Longland

The original tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised for radio by John Keir Cross
[Starring] John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
John Keir Cross
Director:
Martyn C. Webster
Producer:
Harry Alan Towers
Sherlock Holmes:
John Glelgud
Dr Watson:
Ralph Richardson
Mrs Hudson:
Elizabeth Maude
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope:
Marjorie Mars
Lestrade:
John Cazabon
Lord Bellinger:
Raf de La Torre
The Rt Hon Trelawney Hope:
Guy Verney
Constable MacPherson:
Michael Finlayson

Being a chronicle of the life and misadventures of Anthony Hancock, the celebrated waif.
[Starring] Tony Hancock with Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James

Written and adapted by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
The 'Hancock Theme' and other incidental music composed by:
Wally Stott
Tony:
Tony Hancock
Moira:
Moira Lister
Bill:
Bill Kerr
Sid:
Sidney James

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