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The Town That Refused to Die

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

by Ralph Peterson with Kenneth J. Warren and Bill Kerr
On New Year's Day the small town of Wollendale in South Australia was threatened by a fire in the surrounding hills. How it escaped and resumed its normal life is told in this programme. The story and its characters are fictitious but are based on actual and recent events in South Australia.
Others taking part: Beverley Dunn, Gwenda Wilson, Ray Barrett, Walter Brown, Lloyd Lamble, Reg Lye, J. Mark Roberts, Ralph Peterson
Music for solo cornet arranged by Alan Paul played by Jack Mackintosh
Recorded broadcast of April 3

Contributors

Writer:
Ralph Peterson
Music arranged by:
Alan Paul
Cornet played by:
Jack MacKintosh
Production by:
Joe Burroughs
George Harris:
Bill Kerr
Constable Vince Maddock:
Kenneth J. Warren
Ted Schultz:
Russell Napier
Grubber Giles:
Ken Wayne
Sister Patton:
Bettina Dickson
Mrs Reilly:
Mary O'Farrell
Narrator:
Wilfrid Thomas
Other parts:
Beverley Dunn.
Other parts:
Gwenda Wilson
Other parts:
Ray Barrett.
Other parts:
Walter Brown
Other parts:
Lloyd Lamble
Other parts:
Reg Lye
Other parts:
J. Mark Roberts.
Other parts:
Ralph Peterson
Source: Radio Times

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