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With JOHN ROBERTS featuring the music of NORRIE PARAMOR AND his ORCHESTRA
THE NIGEL BROOKS SINGERS
THE JACK JORDAN EIGHT
ZACK LAURENCE AND HIS PIANO
THE BETTY SMITH QUINTET
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conductor, JACK COLES and a star choice of records
Produced by PAUL WILLIAMS and CYRIL DRAKE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Roberts
Unknown:
Norrie Paramor
Singers:
Nigel Brooks
Unknown:
Jack Jordan
Unknown:
Zack Laurence
Unknown:
Betty Smith
Conductor:
Jack Coles
Produced By:
Paul Williams
Produced By:
Cyril Drake

BOB MILLER
AND THE MlLLERMEN
VINCE HILL
DOUGIE ARTHUR
TONY CRANK
ROSANELLA and THE MILLTIONES and This week's guest, DANNY WILLIAMS
Introduced by DENNY PIERCY
Produced by Ian Scott

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Miller
Unknown:
Vince Hill
Unknown:
Dougie Arthur
Unknown:
Danny Williams
Introduced By:
Denny Piercy
Produced By:
Ian Scott

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Guest of the Week: DR. B. J. MASON. F.R.S., Director-General of the Meteorological Office
Saving Threatened Species: CAROLINE HARVIS , Editor of The International Zoo Yearbook, tells how zoos can help
Biographers Talking: THEO-
DORE SORENSEN and ARTHUR SCHLESINGER talk to JOAN YORKE about their new books on the late President Kennedy
Reading Your Letters
Your Baby's Not for Burning: JOAN PYPER enquires into the durability and treatment of flame-resistant fabrics
CONSTANCE CUMMINGS reads The Custom of The Country by EDITH WHARTON
Sixth of twelve instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Dr. B. J. Mason.
Unknown:
Caroline Harvis
Unknown:
Dore Sorensen
Unknown:
Arthur Schlesinger
Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Unknown:
Joan Pyper
Unknown:
Constance Cummings
Unknown:
Edith Wharton

Switch on the off-beat circuit with COLIN HAMILTON for news, views, comments and the best on record plus
JERRY ALLEN AND his TRIO
Script by Tony Aspler
Produced by JOHN FAWCETT WILSON and JACK Dobson

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Hamilton
Unknown:
Jerry Allen
Script By:
Tony Aspler
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson
Produced By:
Jack Dobson

this week visits
THE NORTH WEST FOLK 4 CLUB to hear
MARTIN CARTHY , THE FOUR FOLK and the concerted voices of the club members
TONY FOXWORTHY sets the scene and acts as your guide
Produced by Peter Pilbeam
Tony Foxworthy broadcasts by permission of 'rhe English Folk Dance and Song Society

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Carthy
Unknown:
Tony Foxworthy
Produced By:
Peter Pilbeam
Produced By:
Tony Foxworthy

The BBC Enquiry Desk
The Man in Charge FRANKLIN ENGELMANN who interviews the experts and presents the answers to your questions
The programme devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN who also did the research
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

The Hot Potato Boys by Alun Richards with Joss Ackland and Gabriel Woolf
Joan, daughter of Captain Culver, master of the s.s. Almareira, berthed in Brussels, is marrying into the Royal Navy, and her father is giving a dinner party for the two families on board his ship. Captain Culver is a ' bit of a lad.' So. too, is Ollie, the mate. and the dinner can be a disaster if
- they don'take care.
Adapted for radio and produced by Herbert Davie *

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Richards
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Produced By:
Herbert Davie
Captain George Culver:
Joss Ackland
Mrs Sadie Culver, his wife:
Eva Haddon
Joan Culver, his daughter:
Penelope Lee
Mr Oliver Handy, mate:
Gabriel Woolf
Commodore Ronald Marlin:
Noel Howlett
Mrs Millicent Marlin, his wife:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Sub Lt Godfrey Marlin, son:
Nigel Anthony
Pils, German cook:
Eric Anderson
Hong Kong Anna:
Cécile Chevreau
Passenger:
Basil Jones
Donkeyman:
Frank Singulneau
Belgian Police Inspector:
Basil Jones

JOHN BENSON introduces
ROBIN HALL and JIMMIE MACGREGOR
BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HERRMANN
Clive PETERSON
THE MIDNIGHT STRINGS featuring and conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER plus a disc or two
Produced by IAN GRANT

Contributors

Introduces:
John Benson
Unknown:
Robin Hall
Unknown:
Jimmie MacGregor
Conducted By:
Bernard Herrmann
Conducted By:
Clive Peterson
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Produced By:
Ian Grant

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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