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including
Reading Your Letters: expressing listeners' points of view
Letter from Adelaide: Eileen Sharman writes again from Australia
Running a Business: Margo Chapman talks about her general shop
You Ask For It: 12-Eleanor
Macdonald answers a listener's query about perfume and its uses
A Conversation in Ebury Street: Countess Mountbatten talks to Godfrey Winn at his London home.
Serial: 'The Shadow of Time' by Christopher Landon Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Russell Napier
The ninth of ten instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Eileen Sharman
Talks:
Margo Chapman
Unknown:
Godfrey Winn
Unknown:
Christopher Landon
Abridged By:
Neville Teller
Read By:
Russell Napier
Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe

A miscellany of music from across the Atlantic with Huddie Ledbetter and The Eddie Condon Band
Special features include:
Jazz Preview
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Opera at the ' Met '
Excerpts from ' La Boheme ' sung by Dorothy Kirsten and Richard Tucker and Turntable's Guest of the Month
Lionel Hampton who talks about the world of jazz and introduces some of his favourite recordings.
Introduced by Humphrey Burton
(Recordings made available by courtesy of 'Voice of America ')
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m. only

Contributors

Unknown:
Huddie Ledbetter
Unknown:
Eddie Condon
Sung By:
Dorothy Kirsten
Sung By:
Richard Tucker
Unknown:
Lionel Hampton
Introduced By:
Humphrey Burton

introducing music for other families
Sid Phillips and his Band
Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra with Rae Diamond and Ray Burns Introduced by Michael Brooke
Produced by John Kingdon
(Woolt Phillips and his Orchestra are appearing at the Pigalle Restaurant, London)
News Summary at 6.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Sid Phillips
Unknown:
Woolf Phillips
Unknown:
Rae Diamond
Introduced By:
Michael Brooke
Produced By:
John Kingdon
Produced By:
Woolt Phillips

John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the question-masters in this general knowledge contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
8 - Scotland
Banff Academy (Girls) v. The Academy, Galashiels (Boys)
Questions set by Tom Williams
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Unknown:
Tom Williams
Produced By:
Joan Clark

A series of adventures in the life of a public relations officer in a famous London hotel
7 — ' Alias John Smith'
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Production By:
Tom Ronald
Sally O'Brien:
Barbara Kelly
John:
Wilfred Babbage
Mary:
Patricia Field
Mr Raub:
Jack Melford
Inspector Cosgrove:
Carl Bernard
Sidney:
Hugh Morton
Taxi driver:
John Carol
Chambermaid:
Christina Horniman
Pageboy:
Rhoderick Walker

Light Programme

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About this data

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