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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of Most Ages
' The Story of Joseph from
' Stories from the Bible ' by Walter de la Mare told by David 6
—'Jacob comes down into Egypt'
'And the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, and came into Egypt; Jacob, and all his seed with him.'
' The Boy and the Seven Wonders ' A serial play about the travels and adventures of Toto, a little Egyptian boy who was born a few years before the birth of Christ
Written in seven parts by Norman Painting
6—'The Colossus of Rhodes '
(Continued in next column)
Produced by Graham Gauld
(A new production of the serial play previously broadcast in the Midland Home Service in 1954)

Contributors

Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Toto:
Robin Willett
Manak:
Geoffrey Lewis
Amikyan:
Alan Wheatley
Daphne:
Ysanne Churchman
Woman:
Gwen Berryman
Demetrius:
Christopher Banks
Innkeeper:
Arnold Peters

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