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A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners
. compete for the title: 'Brain of Britain 1964 '
Chairman, FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
SECOND ROUND
Featuring each week three winners from the first round of the contest
6: Scotland (2)
HENRY BALLANTYNE , Peebles Deputy Personnel Manager IAN STEWART , Edinburgh Agricultural Economist JAMES MELVILLE, Fife
Customs and Excise Officer
The programme also includes Hear! Hear! a test of memory
Devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Produced by JOAN CLARK
Repeated Thursday, 7.31 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Henry Ballantyne
Unknown:
Ian Stewart
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

From a bakery in Smethwick. Staffordshire
ALAN RANDALL , THE RAINDROPS
Denis GOODWIN , DENNIS Lotis
Harry Engleman (piano) Vie Cook (string-bass) Bob Mansell (drums)
Produced by RICHARD MADDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Randall
Unknown:
Denis Goodwin
Unknown:
Dennis Lotis
Piano:
Harry Engleman
Unknown:
Bob Mansell
Produced By:
Richard Maddock

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Words, Jargon, Journalese: daily definitions for event followers

Looking At: curtains with Elizabeth Benn

New Zealand Castaways: Kaye Webb visiting the Blanchard family on their island bird sanctuary

Who Qualifies for Legal Aid?: Pamela Deedes explains

Reading Your Letters

About Colour Shampoos and Face Creams: Joan Pyper questions two cosmetic chemists

John Baddeley reads "Nerve" by Dick Francis
Third of eleven instalments

Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Speaker:
Elizabeth Benn
Reporter:
Kaye Webb
Speaker:
Pamela Deedes
Reporter:
Joan Pyper
Author (Nerve):
Dick Francis
Reader (Nerve):
John Baddeley

Introduced by COLIN HAMILTON Today's record stars include THE JOHNNY MANN SINGERS
Vic DAMONE
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER THE RONNIE ALDRICH QUARTET
Script by Tony Marriott
Produced by PETER DUNCAN and TONY LUKE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Colin Hamilton
Singers:
Johnny Mann
Singers:
Vic Damone
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Ronnie Aldrich
Script By:
Tony Marriott
Produced By:
Peter Duncan

'twixt
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield and Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
with some tune twisters from Steve Race
In the chair, Roy Plomley
Devised and written by Ian C. Messiter

(Repeated on Wednesday at 1.10 p.m. - Home Services, not West)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Lance Percival
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Producer:
Charles Maxwell

Arthur Haynes
NICHOLAS PARSONS , GRAHAM STARK, PATRICIA HAYES , LESLIE Noyes in sketches by GEORGE EVANS and DEREK COLLYER, ALASTAIR FOOT and ERIC DAVIDSON
Songs by MIKE MACKENZIE and music by the BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer
Produced by RICHARD DINGLEY

Contributors

Comedian:
Arthur Haynes
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Leslie Noyes
Unknown:
George Evans
Unknown:
Derek Collyer
Songs By:
Mike MacKenzie
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Produced By:
Richard Dingley

played by the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, VILEM TAUSKY with PATRICIA KERN (mezzo-soprano)
DENIS DOWLING (baritone)
EDWARD RUBACH and ROBERT DOCKER (two pianos)
THE SERENADE CHOIR
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY
Produced by GARETH WALTERS BBC General Overseas Service production
Patricia Kern and Denis Dowling broadcast by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company

Contributors

Baritone:
Denis Dowling
Baritone:
Edward Rubach
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Produced By:
Gareth Walters
Unknown:
Patricia Kern
Unknown:
Denis Dowling

DAVID GELL introduces
FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS
CRAIG DOUGLAS
BRIAN FAHEY AND HIS Orchestra
ROY LANSFORD, BERYL WAYNE
THE DAVE DAVANI FIVE and some choice L.P.s
Produced by BRIAN WILLEY
Racing Results at 10.31 p.m.

Contributors

Introduces:
David Gell
Unknown:
Craig Douglas
Unknown:
Brian Fahey
Unknown:
Beryl Wayne
Unknown:
The Dave Davani
Produced By:
Brian Willey

Light Programme

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