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from a works canteen in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Bill McGuffie, Barry Took, Sheila Buxton, Ken Platt
Harry Engleman (piano) Vic Mortiboys (string-bass) Bob Mansell (drums)
Introduced by James Pestridge
Produced by Richard Maddock

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Barry Took
Unknown:
Sheila Buxton
Unknown:
Ken Platt
Piano:
Harry Engleman
Piano:
Vic Mortiboys
Unknown:
Bob Mansell
Introduced By:
James Pestrldge
Produced By:
Richard Maddock

Beauty Box: Healthy fingernails. Advice from Joan Thornyeroft
How Does a Crowd React? A psychiatrist talks about anger among groups. Reading Your Letters: expressing listeners' points of view
Sunday Evening Banquets: a brother and sister talk about their dinner club.
Other People's Lives: Kathleen Collins tells part of her story
Serial: The Hidden Face' by Victor Canning
Read by John Westbrook
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Thornyeroft
Unknown:
Kathleen Collins
Unknown:
Victor Canning
Read By:
John Westbrook
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

A miscellany of music from across the Channel featuring the life and times of Giuseppe Verdi including
' La donna e mobile ' (Rigoletto)
The ' Miserere ' (II Trovatore) and other popular operatic excerpt and the music of Beethoven, Bellini,
Gounod Glinka , and Wagner performed by Maria Menegliini Callas
Zinka Milanov and Jan Peerce and well-known orchestras from Europe and the New World
Written and presented by. Irene Prador
Produced by Humphrey Burton
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Giuseppe Verdi
Unknown:
Gounod Glinka
Unknown:
Maria Menegliini Callas
Unknown:
Zinka Milanov
Unknown:
Jan Peerce
Presented By:
Irene Prador
Produced 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 '
9—Scottand (3)
The third panel of contestants representing Scotland is:
Margaret MacGregor (Nairn)
Housewife
Albert Mackie (Edinburgh)
Journalist
Tom Sinclair (Glasgow)
Civil Servant
Henry Evans (East Kilbride)
Student
The programme also includes
What Do You Want To Know?
Listeners' questions answered by well-known authorities
This week:
Professor Tolansky, D.SC., F.R.S. on ' Signals from Space '
Programme produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Written By:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Margaret MacGregor
Unknown:
Albert MacKie
Unknown:
Tom Sinclair
Unknown:
Henry Evans
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