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For Younger Listeners
'The New Treasure Seekers'
Six stories from the book by E. Nesbit told by 'David'
2 - 'Archibald the Unpleasant'

5.15 For Older Children
'The Secret of the Lost Planet'
A new serial play in six parts by Angus MacVicar
2 - 'Switch to Jets!'
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
Asa, the girl from the Lost Planet, has been kidnapped. In return for her safety Otto Schenk demands possession of the Electronome, a mysterious machine by which the people of Hesikos send their thoughts through space. Jeremv and his uncle rescue Asa in time. Schenk now decides to fly to Hesikos to capture the Electronome by force.

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Bishop of Croydon the Rt. Rev. C. K. N. Bardsley

Contributors

Book By:
E. Nesbit
Unknown:
Angus MacVicar
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Unknown:
Rt. Rev. C.K.N. Bardsley
Jeremy:
Lesley Fraser
Dr Lachlan MacKinnon:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Janet:
Celia Struthers
Asa:
Patricia Leckie
Madge Smith:
Hilda Case
Spike:
Bryden Murdoch
Jock Ferguson:
James Sutherland
Kukelheimer:
James Butler

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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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