FEATURES FOR THE YOUNG
Sir,-Now that the BBC feature Winnie the Pooh has passed through the studios of the NZBS and the equally joyful Wind in the Willows pursues its circuit, I should like to mention other features which could delight — the young in heart, The Wind in the Willows lator, Mole, spoken by Richard Gdulden, an old favourite of English children "listeners, recalls to my. mind two series of plays by L, du Garde Peach. written for the Children’s Hour of ‘the North Regional programmes and_ broadcast during the late nineteen-thirties, « The Famous Men and Women seti@s are short biographical plays of such "eminent personages as Florence Nightingale, Clive and Cook. Another series,» Hilltops of Britain, present by a narrative to children and dramatic action the events which gave historical significance to the hills throughout Bri -The names of these hills, little ‘known perhaps to New Zealand children, Would in no way decrease the enjoyment afforded by the presentation, and if they should persuade the children to peruse’ the phvsical atlas. so much the better.
R. A.
BRADBURY
(Auckland)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 660, 29 February 1952, Page 5
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180FEATURES FOR THE YOUNG New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 660, 29 February 1952, Page 5
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