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CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Children of Most Ages
' Said the Cat to the Dog'
A series of plays about Mompty and Peckham and the Jackson family
Written for Children's Hour by Martin Armstrong
2-' Visitors '
Production by Eve Burgess
For once Peckham and Mompty are allies not rivals, and, as the Jackson family know, nothing can stop those two when they put their minds to something. This time Mompty declares they must do ' something really drastic,' and today you can hear how cunning they can be.
5.30 For Older Children
' Tarn, Short for Tamburlaine '
A new series of true stories by Mary E. Patchett
2--'The Conqueror '
Tam and the black brumby wild horse fight for the leadership of the herd
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Production By:
Eve Burgess
Stories By:
Mary E. Patchett
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
Robert Scroggins
Aunt Minnie:
Billie Sinclair
Potts:
Ernest Sefton
San the Peke:
Marjorie Westbury
Mompty the Cat:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham the Dog ::
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

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