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Golden Jubilee Year
International Tourist Trophy
Junior Race
Commentaries on the start and early stages of the race for the Junior Tourist Trophy, run over seven laps of the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man
Graham Walker and Alan Clarke at the Grandstand; George Carr at Ballacraine; Murray Walker at Ramsey and Alan Dixon at Creg-ny-Baa
Graham Walker writes on page 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Walker
Unknown:
Alan Clarke
Unknown:
George Carr
Unknown:
Alan Dixon

including
Naomi Jacob-visiting London-gives the latest news of her life in Italy
Back from Jamaica: Kevin Fitz Gerald returns to the programme
Reading Your betters: expressing the listeners' point of view
Out of the News: two speakers take up a topic of interest
Serial: The Round Voyage by John Rowan Wilson
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Richard Hurndall
The first of nine instalments
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Fitz
Unknown:
John Rowan Wilson
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Richard Hurndall
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Mitchell called at Virginia Lodge to ask Mrs. Dale where she could find Joanna. Mrs. Dale took her to the hospital. Dr. Dale met them there and told them that Joanna might lose an arm. Ivor rang up a friend working on a new drug to ask if it might be a possible means of treatment for Joanna. Bob and Jenny talked over the Russells* proposal that the four of them might share a house. Gerard Kingsley asked Sally to go to Jamaica with him on holiday.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard Kingsley

A general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title "Brain of Britain".

Featuring each week three winners from Round 1 of the contest
Mrs. Marguerite Bird (Cardiff)
Frank Wallwork (Monmouthshire)
W.J.H. Watkins (Radnorshire)
The programme also includes
"What Do You Want To Know?" in which interesting questions sent by listeners are answered by well-known experts.
This week's guest expert:
G.E.R. Deacon C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Director of the National Institute of Oceanography
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

(BBC recording)
(Tickets for What Do You Know?, which is recorded on Thursdays at 6.30 p.m., may be obtained by writing to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope).

Contributors

Contestant:
Mrs. Marguerite Bird
Contestant:
Frank Wallwork
Contestant:
W.J.H. Watkins
Guest Expert:
G.E.R. Deacon C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Writer:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Joan Clark

Bringing you the music of the BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton featuring Bill Maynard
The Stargazers, Harold Smart
Bert Weedon , Dennis Wilson
The Show Band Singers Directed by Cliff Adams and Matt Monro
Script by Eric Merriman and Lewis Schwarz
Produced by John Browell

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Bill Maynard
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Directed By:
Matt Monro
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Script By:
Lewis Schwarz
Produced By:
John Browell

A weekly preview of the latest crime and mystery fiction
The crooks, detectives, and other characters (nice and nasty) played by Richard Hurndall , Denise Bryer
Brenda Dunrich , Fred Yule
John Forde
Produced by Bill Woraley

Contributors

Played By:
Richard Hurndall
Played By:
Denise Bryer
Played By:
Brenda Dunrich
Played By:
Fred Yule
Played By:
John Forde
Produced By:
Bill Woraley

Light Programme

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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