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Children's Hour

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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'The Magic Ear of Corn'
A dramatic entertainment with music composed by Kenneth Pakeman and played by the BBC Northern Orchestra Conductor, Charles Groves
Script and production by Joe Burroughs

Contributors

Composed By:
Kenneth Pakeman
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Production By:
Joe Burroughs
Storyteller:
Noel Johnson
The King:
Ralph Truman
His Chamberlain:
Eric Phillips
Master of the King's Harvests:
Fred Fairclough
Master of the King's Storehouses:
John Sharp
The Dwarf:
John Slater
Princess Irina:
Margaret Young
The old nurse:
Violet Carson
The Blue-Bird Fairy:
Judith Bradshaw
The Dwarf Prince:
Geoffrey Lewis
Michael (the hero):
Derek Hart
Blacksmith:
Tom Harrison
The Master Shipwright:
Philip Wade
The Enchanter:
Felix Felton
An Ordinary Prince:
Jimmy Miller
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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