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The Rev. Kenneth Slack as guest of the week; the Editor recalls journeying through India, Pakistan, and Ceylon; advice on gardening; listeners' letters; word pictures of three grandmothers
Serial: 'Lost Horizon' by James Hilton
Read by John Witty
The eighth of ten instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Kenneth Slack
Unknown:
James Hilton
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Lincolnshire Handicap
A handicap race run over one mile
Commentary by Peter Montague -Evans from the Grandstand, and by Raymond Glendenning , assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader from the mobile transmitter on the course
From Carholme Racecourse, Lincoln

Contributors

Commentary By:
Peter Montague
Unknown:
Raymond Glendenning
Assisted By:
Claude Harrison

Music for everyone
News, views, and interviews
The latest and best of records
Your host tonight is
Alan Dell
This edition includes
Kenneth Home in Amiable Anecdotage
The Peggy Lee Story
Roundabout's Singer of the Week:
Gwen Bari
6.29 Weather and News Headlines followed by Tonight's Topic Dennis Wilson at the piano
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon )
Conducted by Gilbert Vinter
Produced by Trafford Whitelock
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1.500 m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Lee Story
Unknown:
Gwen Bari
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conducted By:
Gilbert Vinter
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

You too can be a detective
Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Listeners are invited to join with a panel of experts in testing their powers of crime detection
' Shock Tactics *
Written by Edward J. Mason
Actors:
Panel of Experts:
John Arlott , F. R. Buckley
Robert Fabian
Produced by Tony Shryane

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Unknown:
Robert Fabian
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Joe McCready, private investigator:
Jon Farrell
Inspector Galloway:
Hamilton Dyce
Mrs Parsons:
Kay Hudson
Ethel Parsons:
Pauline Seville
Freddie Parsons:
Arnold Peters
Dr Percy Parsons:
Max Brimmell
Bridget:
Noreen Richards

An invitation to meet the beat featuring Top Tunes from Glen Mason and Toni Eden
Jazz Corner with the Dave Shepherd Quintet
Dancing in the Dark
A quiet sequence of music featuring the world's top songs and melodies of memory
Hum Along with the Michael Sammes Singers and Jackie Brown
The Swinging Strings and the Top Ten Men
Directed by Malcolm Lockyer
Production by Johnnie Stewart and Geoffrey Owen
News Summary at 11.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Glen Mason
Unknown:
Toni Eden
Unknown:
Jazz Corner
Singers:
Michael Sammes
Singers:
Jackie Brown
Directed By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Production By:
Johnnie Stewart
Production By:
Geoffrey Owen

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