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Counting the Cost: some retired professional people talk to Barbara Crowther about their housekeeping today. (BBC recording)
The Simple Treatment of Burns and Scalds: advice from a panel of doctors and a medical research worker
(A recorded extract from ' Is There a Doctor in the House?', previously broadcast on October 16. 1956)
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listeners' point of view
Other People's Kitchens: Ray Stevens describes her free-lance work
We'll have to ask your father: Frederick Hearn , James Hender son, and Philip Mason face family situations presented by C. R. Hewitt.
Serial:
' A Game of Hide-and-Seek' by Elizabeth Taylor
Read by Jill Balcon
The seventh of ten instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Crowther
Unknown:
Ray Stevens
Unknown:
Frederick Hearn
Unknown:
James Hender
Unknown:
Philip Mason
Presented By:
C. R. Hewitt.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Read By:
Jill Balcon
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

A panel of scientists reply to listeners' questions
Guest of the week: B. J. Mason , D.SC., an expert on the weather
Panel: Robert Boyd
Harry Collier , G. P. Wells
In the chair, Sam Pollock
If you have a question you would like to put to the panel, please write it on a postcard and address it to ' Who Knows?,' BBC, Broadcasting House, London, W.i.

Contributors

Unknown:
B. J. Mason
Unknown:
Robert Boyd
Unknown:
Harry Collier
Unknown:
G. P. Wells
Unknown:
Sam Pollock

A contest between thirty-two amateur choirs from all over England
The third of eight programme* in Round I
MIXED CHOIRS
From the South
London Orpheus Choir
Conductor, James Gaddam
From the North
Sale and District Musical Society
Conductor, Alfred Higson
CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
From the West
Marjorie Corbett Choir
(from Torquay)
Conductor, Marjorie Corbett
From the Midlands
Solihull High School for Girls
Conductor, Margaret Wharam
Introduced by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Charles Beardsall
All winning choirs in Round I will be invited to take part in a 'Banner of St. George' Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on April 27.

Contributors

Conductor:
James Gaddam
Conductor:
Alfred Higson
Conductor:
Marjorie Corbett
Conductor:
Margaret Wharam
Introduced By:
Antony Hopkins
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

A series about you and your job presented by members of the Younger Generation
Once again the whole quarter of an hour is devoted to answering questions which you have sent in about the last two programmes.
Where possible the questions are answered by the experts who spoke in the programmes. They are introduced by Don Durbridge.
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Don Durbridge.

From a G.R.G. Promotion
Bill Wooding (Birmingham)
v. Derek Liversidge (Retford)
Commentary on the eight-round Welterweight contest by Raymond Glendenning , with inter-round summaries by Harry Carpenter
From the Baths Assembly Hall,
Willenhall

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wooding
Unknown:
V. Derek Liversidge
Unknown:
Raymond Glendenning
Unknown:
Harry Carpenter

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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