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CHILDREN'S HOUR

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Older Listeners
* Dangerous Waters *
A story in six parts by Jack Cox
1—' Death of a Yacht'
Reader, Basil Jones
Jack Cox writes on page 21
5.15 Musical Interlude followed by 'The Adventures of Deadline Donovan '
A serial play by W. B. Macmillan and Harold Ballantyne
1-' The Mystery of the Missing
Orchid '
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Cox
Play By:
W. B. MacMillan
Play By:
Harold Ballantyne
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Charlie Currie, liftman in the Mercury office:
Leonard Maguire
Visitors to the newspaper office: Girl:
Effie Morrison
Visitors to the newspaper office: Boy:
Gordon MacDonald
J B Tweed, the Editor:
Douglas Robin
Steve Murray, a reporter:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Deadline Donovan, the Mercury copy-boy:
John Carlin
ColonelLeatherby-Brand:
Leonard Maguire
Mrs Leatherby-Brand (Hortense):
Rita Black
Children of Drumtorlie village: Pat:
Margaret Love
Children of Drumtorlie village: Moira:
Lesley Fraser
Children of Drumtorlie village: Billy:
Effie Morrison
Telephone operator:
Lesley Fraser
Police-Sergeant Duncan McGrath:
David Webster
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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