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Summary
WORKERS' PLAYTIME from the theatre of the Stockton-Billingham Technical College
Jimmy James and Company
Barbara Law, Reg Thompson
The Gaunt Brothers
Accompanied by The Harry Hayward Trio
Introduced by Roger Moffat Produced by Geoff Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Reg Thompson
Introduced By:
Roger Moffat
Produced By:
Geoff Lawrence

Including
I think I know the snags: reflections from Nancy Spain Out of the News
Thoughts en growing old: from E. Arnot Robertson and Nancy Price, C.B.E.
Reading Your Letters
Dropping-in: recordings made at the N.U.T.G. Electrical Quiz finals
' The Flowers of Hiroshima 'by Ebita Morris
Adapted for radio by Honor Wyatt
Read by Flora Robson
The second of six parts.
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Radio By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Flora Robson
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

followed until 5.30 by FRESH AIRS
A programme of melodies by composers well known and new featuring Alan Paul (solo piano) with his Quartet and the BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Julien Gaillard )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowits Produced by Sheila Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Paul
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Produced By:
Sheila Anderson

News, views, and music
Thursday edition
Introduced by Ken Sykora
Meet a Sportsman with Brian Johnston
Crosby Cameo
Record Corner
Lately from France
Science Spot
300 years of The Royal Society by Dr. David Martin , F.R.S.
6.29 Weather and News Headline* followed by Tonight's Topic
Folk-songs and ballads by Les Dudalm
Dennis Wilson at the piano Produced by Jack Singleton
Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. at 5.58

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Dr. David Martin
Unknown:
Les Dudalm
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
6-Scotland (ii)
Mrs. Elizabeth Main
(Renfrewshire)
(Housewife)
Rev. Dr. Cameron Dinwoodle
(Dumfriesshire)
William Strain (Inverness)
(Civil Servant)
The programme also includes
'Hear! Hear! '
A test of memory for listener* at home and in the audience
Devised and written by John P. WynD
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Mrs. Elizabeth Main
Unknown:
Rev. Dr. Cameron Dinwoodle
Unknown:
William Strain
Written By:
John P.
Produced By:
Joan Clark

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to a team of distinguished experts.
The great minds are: Jimmy Edwards, Ted Ray, Cyril Fletcher, Derek Roy
In the chair, McDonald Hobley
This week's special guest: Fenella Fielding

From an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor

Contributors

Chairman:
McDonald Hobley
Panellist/From an idea by:
Jimmy Edwards
Panellist:
Ted Ray
Panellist:
Cyril Fletcher
Panellist:
Derek Roy
Guest:
Fenella Fielding
Producer:
Edward Taylor

visits the Bath Jazz Festival where
The National Jazz Federation presents
' Jazz at the Marquee
The Joe Harriott Quintet
The Tubby Hayes Quartet
The Ross-Courtley Jazztet
Introduced by Harold Pendleton
Produced by Brian Patten
From the Regency Ballroom. Bath

Contributors

Unknown:
Tubby Hayes
Introduced By:
Harold Pendleton
Produced By:
Brian Patten

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