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The Sunday Supplement to Woman's Hour including
Open Letter ... to a dog owner, from Wendy Dewar Durie
Work, Money and Happiness: a survey of some working women in London and the way they live. 7-A Hairdresser
Talk of the Town, described by E. Arnot Robertson
'It Actually Happened to Me': a group of blind men and women exchange some light-hearted experiences Noel Johnson reads a last extract from Out of the Silent Planet ' by C. S. Lewis
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Dewar Durie
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
C. S. Lewis
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Artists from the Commonwealth gather in London to send greetings in song to their folk at home and to listeners in Britain
Robert Easton (United Kingdom ) introduces
Doreen Hume (from Canada)
Patti Lewis (from Canada)
John Hauxvell (from New Zealand)
Neville Taylor (from the West Indies) and the Bob Brown Singers with the Frank Baron Trio
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
(from South Africa)
Produced by Glyn Jones
(United Kingdom)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Easton
Introduces:
United Kingdom
Unknown:
Doreen Hume
Unknown:
Patti Lewis
Unknown:
John Hauxvell
Unknown:
Neville Taylor
Singers:
Bob Brown
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Produced By:
Glyn Jones

A contest between thirty-two amateur choirs from all over England
The sixth of eight programmes in Round I

MIXED CHOIRS
From the North
Huddersfield Vocal Union
Conductor, George E. Stead
From the West
The Lansdowne Singers
(from Torquay)
Conductor, Donald F. Hunt

CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
From the South
County Grammar School for Girls, Guildford
Conductor, Sybil Chesterfield
From the Midlands
Wyggeston Girls' School, Leicester
Conductor. Dorothy Rice

Introduced by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Charles Beardsall

Contributors

Conductor:
George E. Stead
Conductor:
Donald F. Hunt
Conductor:
Sybil Chesterfield
Conductor:
Dorothy Rice
Introduced By:
Antony Hopkins
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5, v. 17)
The Disease and the Cure
4—' The New Health '
Service from Trinity Parish Church, Renfrew, conducted by the Rev. William Barclay, D.D., Lecturer in New Testament, University of Glasgow

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. William Barclay, D.D.,

with Archie's guest, Beryl Reid and Ken Platt
Dick Emery , Ronald Chesney
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Ronald Wolfe
George Wadmore. and Pat Dunlop
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Ken Platt
Unknown:
Dick Emery
Unknown:
Ronald Chesney
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Ronald Wolfe
Script By:
George Wadmore.
Script By:
Pat Dunlop
Produced By:
Roy Speer

16— 'The Separation ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Doris Rogers , Molly Weir
Richard Bellaers , Horace Percival
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Bob Block
Ronnie Hanbury and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Lyon
Unknown:
Richard Lyon
Unknown:
Doris Rogers
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Richard Bellaers
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Written By:
Bob Block
Written By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Written By:
Bebe Daniels
Production By:
Tom Ronald

A sound approach to the cinema
Introduced by Peter Haigh and including
Music from a New Release
A theme from
Dimitri Tiomkin 's score for Giant conducted by the composer
Picturegoers' Quiz
Test your ear and your memory for familiar and once-familiar voices
Star Gazing
Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hale persuade the stars to speak for themselves
New Musical
' The Girl Can't Help It'
Julie London sings ' Cry Me a River '
Pocket Preview
John Gielgud and Jennifer Jones in ' The Barretts of Wimpole Street ' with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna
Adapted by Roy Bradford Produced by Ruth Dennis
Sound-track Memories including the voice of Doris Day
The programme edited and produced by Traffoid Whitelock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Unknown:
Dimitri Tiomkin
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Spencer Hale
Unknown:
Julie London
Unknown:
John Gielgud
Unknown:
Jennifer Jones
Unknown:
Bill Travers
Unknown:
Virginia McKenna
Adapted By:
Roy Bradford
Produced By:
Ruth Dennis
Produced By:
Traffoid Whitelock

A winter programme looking back to last summer and forward to next
Memories of sunlit days and leisure hours to come
This week you are invited to hear about:
A pony trekking holiday in Wales from Alun Williams
Under-water swimming in the Mediterranean with Alan Dixon
A day trip from London to Margate by John May
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann
Produced by Arthur Phillips and Harold Rogers

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Williams
Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Unknown:
John May
Introduced By:
Franklin Engelmann
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

[Starring] Tony Hancock
with Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Written Bv Alan Simpson
Unknown:
Ray Galton
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

by Norman Collins
The last instalment of a dramatised serial for broadcasting by Howard Agg
' The Front Line '
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Collins
Broadcasting By:
Howard Agg
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Mr Josser:
James Thomason
Mrs Josser:
Nora Nicholson
Mrs Vizzard:
Madeleine Christie
Connie Coke:
Gretchen Franklin
Doris:
Beryl Calder
Bill Davenport:
Lewis Stringer
Mr Veritter:
Martin Lewis
Miss Unsett:
Hilary Mason
Narrator:
Simon Lack

Community hymn-singing from Chasetown Methodist Church, near Walsall
Introduced by Richard Maddock
Conducted by Claude Appleby
Organist, Tom Perks
0 for a thousand tongues (Tune,
Lydia)
For the might of thine arm (Tune,
Mountain Christians)
Saviour, blessed Saviour (Tune, Norfolk Park)
And can it be (Tune, Sagina)
Come let us sing (Tune, Wonderful
Love)
Thy Kingdom come, 0 God (Tune,
St. Cecilia)
Father in high heaven (Tune, Evening
Hymn)
There's a light upon the mountains
(Tune, There's a light upon the mountains)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Maddock
Conducted By:
Claude Appleby
Organist:
Tom Perks

and introducing sixty minutes of comedy and music for your entertainment with this week's guest star,
Terry Scott and George Martin
Julia Shelley , Bruce Trent
The Hedley Ward Trio
Jack Emblow , Jock Bain
The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Ronald Wolfe with final sketch written by Sid Colin
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Scott
Unknown:
George Martin
Unknown:
Julia Shelley
Unknown:
Bruce Trent
Unknown:
Jack Emblow
Unknown:
Jock Bain
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Ronald Wolfe
Written By:
Sid Colin
Produced By:
John Simmonds

A programme of Christian opinion on human and social relationships, mainly as men see them
Chairman:
The Rev. Austen Williams
Speaker:
The Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson ,
Bishop of Birmingham
Listeners' questions and comments form the basis of these talks. Letters are welcomed and shou]d be addressed to: Mainly for Men, Broadcasting House, London, W.1

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Austen Williams
Unknown:
Rev. J. L. Wilson

Light Programme

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