Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,903 playable programmes from the BBC

A radio version of the new film 'THE WIZARD OF OZ'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

View in Radio Times

(6y permission of Metro-Goldiuyn-Mayer)
Screen play by Noel Langley and others from the original story by L. Frank Baum. Music by Harold Arlen. Radio score by Jack Beaver
Dedication read by John Watt
Taking part :
The Cavendish Three
Munchkins, Winkies, Winged Monkeys, and Wicked Witch's Guards played by members of the BBC Revue Chorus
The Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Production by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Play By:
Noel Langley
Story By:
L. Frank Baum.
Music By:
Harold Arlen.
Unknown:
Jack Beaver
Read By:
John Watt
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Production By:
Douglas Moodie
The storyteller:
Doris Arnold
Dorothy:
Celia
Hunk and the Scarecrow:
Peter Madden
Hickory and Tin Woodman:
Alan Keith
Zeke and the Cowardly Lion:
Sidney Keith
Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West:
Joan Young
Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz........................:
MacDonald Parke
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North:
Wynne Ajello
Aunt Em:
Deirdre Doyle
Uncle Henry:
Sydney Benson
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.

Appears in

View magazine

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More