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WORKERS' PLAYTIME From an electrical engineering firm in Birmingham
The Tracy Sisters, Percy Edwards
Billie Anthony , Freddie Sales
Harry Engleman (piano)
Vie Mortiboys (string-bass)
Bob Mansell (drums)
Presented by James Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Billie Anthony
Unknown:
Freddie Sales
Piano:
Harry Engleman
Unknown:
Bob Mansell
Presented By:
James Pestridge

In Gay New York: Ailsa Garland records her impressions
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Antipodean Childhood: Fay Bateman remembers New Zealand
Reading Your Letters
Diet, Dummies, and Masturbation: discussed by Anne Cuthbert and a paediatrician
Serial: "My Brother Michael" by Mary Stewart
Read by Mary Wimbush
The eighth of fourteen instalments
Introduced by Teresa McGonagle
(The first and fifth items are recorded)
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Speaker:
Ailsa Garland
Speaker:
Fay Bateman
Speaker:
Anne Cuthbert
Author of serial:
Mary Stewart
Reader of serial:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Teresa McGonagle

News, views, and music
Thursday edition
Introduced by Ken Sykora
Going for a job
The interview
Meet a Sportsman with Brian Johnston
Crosby Cameo
Record Corner:
Stan Freeberg 's Payola Roll Blues
Science Spot
John Maddox : Light without heat
6.29 Weather and News Headlines followed by Tonight's Topic
The Galliards
Dennis Wilson at the piano Produced by Jack Singleton
Shipping; Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Stan Freeberg
Unknown:
John Maddox
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Produced By:
Jack Singleton

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 1960'
SECOND ROUND featuring each week three winners from the first round of the contest
2-Home Counties and South of England
Mrs. Sylvia Haymon (Kent)
(Journalist)
Tony Littman (Sussex)
(Accountant)
Kenneth Salmon (Hampshire)
(Civil Servant)
The programme also includes
'Hear! Hear! '
A test of memory for listeners at home and in the audience
Devised and written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark
Tickets for this programme, which it recorded on Thursday at 6.30 p.m., can be obtained on application to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Mrs. Sylvia Haymon
Unknown:
Tony Littman
Unknown:
Kenneth Salmon
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to some of the views expressed in last Friday's ' Any Questions ? ' at the British Legion Hall, Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Introduced by Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen

Contributors

Introduced By:
Freddy Grisewood
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to a team of distinguished experts
The great minds are:
Jimmy Edwards
Ted Ray
Tommy Trinder
Cyril Fletcher
In the chair, McDonald Hobley
This week's special guest:
Peter Cavanagh
From an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Peter Cavanagh
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

A session of traditional jazz with The Kenny Ball Jazzmen and featuring the great American gospel singer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Introduced by Alan Dell
Produced by Terry Henebery

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenny Ball Jazzmen
Unknown:
Rosetta Tharpe
Introduced By:
Alan Dell
Produced By:
Terry Henebery

Light Programme

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