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From Paris: Ailsa Garland reports on the dress shows
Beauty Box: Joan Thorny croft discusses different ways of treating superfluous hair
A Ghost in the Upstairs Flat: described by the person living beneath.
Dumb Insolence or Blind Rage A psychiatrist discusses the different forms anger can take.
Vacancy Column: Patricia Brent investigates some jobs that badly need filling. 2-Jobs in hospitals: radiographers and almoners
Serial:
'The Jungle Was Our Home' by Joan Gerstad
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Mary Wimbush
The ninth of twelve instalments
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Gerstad
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

A miscellany of music from across the Atlantic with ROSEMARY Cloonby and John Raitt
The memory lives on Ray McKinley tells the story of The New Glenn Miller Orchestra
Opera at the Metropolitan
Zinka Milanov
In a scene from
' Andrea Chenier '
The whole world in her hands
Marian Anderson
Cowboy in the corral
Dick Cameron
Bach comes to town
An interview with the distinguished American pianist
Rosalyn Tureck
Presented by Humphrey Burton
(Recordings made available by courtesy of ' Voice of America '>
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m. only

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Cloonby
Unknown:
John Raitt
Unknown:
Ray McKinley
Unknown:
Andrea Chenier
Unknown:
Marian Anderson
Unknown:
Dick Cameron
Pianist:
Rosalyn Tureck
Presented By:
Humphrey Burton

Devised and written by John P. Wynn
Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title ' Brain of Britain 1958 '
4-West of England
The contestants representing the West of England are:
Mrs. Margaret Quarterman
(Cornwall)
Schoolmistress
Sonia Colle (Gloucestershire)
Librarian
Noël Johnston (Gloucestershire)
Schoolmaster
Jack Baddock (Devon)
Retired Civil Servant
The programme also includes What Do You Want to Know
Listeners' questions answered by well-known authorities
This week: A skin specialist on 'Can warts be charmed away?'
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Written By:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Mrs. Margaret Quarterman
Unknown:
Sonia Colle
Unknown:
Noël Johnston
Unknown:
Jack Baddock
Produced By:
Joan Clark

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