Programme Index

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The New Rent Bill: a barrister deals with some urgent points as far as is possible at this stage of the Bill's progress through Parliament
(Continued in next column)
The Long and Short of it: the views of a very tall woman and a very short one on the effect their physical characteristics have had on their lives
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listeners' point of view
Children's Teeth: a dental surgeon answers some questions received from listeners after his last talk
Some Random Observations on Life in America, by Francesca Wilson
Serial: Madam, Will You Talk? ' by Mary Stewart
Abridged by Edward Blishen
Read by Mary Wimbush
The twelfth of fifteen instalment*
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesca Wilson
Talk By:
Mary Stewart
Abridged By:
Edward Blishen
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Robert Turley

Contributors

Script By:
Robert Turley
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
James Dale
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Sally Lane:
Margaret Ward
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyce
Janet Dale:
Pamela Binns
Jenny Dale:
Julia Braddock
Richard Fulton:
Norman Chidgey
Fickling:
Robert Webber
Miss Kendrick:
Judith Fellows
Ivor Mitchell:
Peter Tuddenham
Joanna Loss:
Margaret Butt
Dr Meredith:
William Fox
Elsie Freeman:
Betty Hardy
Violet Hichens:
Margot Bryant
Mr Humphries:
Edward Jewesbury
Mrs Sandiman:
Joan Sanderson

A contest between thirty-two amateur choirs from all over England
The last of four programme* in Round 2
MIXED CHOIRS
Huddersfield Vocal Union
Conductor, George E. Stead
Greenside Choir. Kendal
Conductor, Margaret Hine
CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
County Grammar School for Girls, Guildford
Conductor, Sybil Chesterfield
Blackpool Girls' Choir
Conductor, Phyllis Dunkerley
Introduced by Antony Hopkins Produced by Charles Beardsall
All choirs in Round 2 have been invited to take part in a ' Banner of St. George Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on April 27.

Contributors

Conductor:
George E. Stead
Conductor:
Margaret Hine
Conductor:
Phyllis Dunkerley
Introduced By:
Antony Hopkins
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

A series about you and your job presented by members of the Younger Generation
Pharmacy
With the never-ceasing development in medicine, the discovery of new drugs, new modes of treatment and diagnosis, there is a need for a continuous and increasing flow of trained pharmacists in the retail chemist shops, in industry, and in the hospitals. Mary Duddy tells you this evening a little about each branch of this profession.
Introduced by Don Durbridge
Queries arising from this programme can be sent to Crossroads, BBC, London, W.I. A selection will be answered in a special edition on April 23.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Duddy
Introduced By:
Don Durbridge

with Betty Huntley-Wright
Sidney Burchall
Marie Lloyd
Hugh Harden
Morris and Cowley
Chairman, Rob Currie
Palace of Varieties Chorus and the BBC Variety Orchestra
The show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffa

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Sidney Burchall
Unknown:
Marie Lloyd
Unknown:
Hugh Harden
Unknown:
Rob Currie
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffa

Written and narrated by Stanley Hyland
Produced by Marjorie Ward
The spending of every shilling by Government Departments, both military and civil, has to be approved beforehand by the Commons; the raising of every shilling of taxation has to be approved by the House before it is raised. This dramatised programme tells the story of the yearly battle for the millions of pounds which pour into, and out of, the Consolidated Fund-the Public Purse.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Hyland
Produced By:
Marjorie Ward

Music in all directions
Introduced by Harry Isaacs
Celebrity Choice: Elaine Fifield
My Big Occasion: Vanessa Lee
How Wrong They Were:
Devised by Richard Jones and Alma Jones with Frederick Harvey
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Sidney Bright and his Music
The Linden Singers
Conductor, William Llewellyn
Produced by Charles Beardsall

Contributors

Introduced By:
Harry Isaacs
Unknown:
Elaine Fifield
Unknown:
Vanessa Lee
Unknown:
Richard Jones
Unknown:
Alma Jones
Unknown:
Frederick Harvey
Leader:
William Armon
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Conductor:
Sidney Bright
Conductor:
William Llewellyn
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

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