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' THE SHIP'S COMPANY '

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Written by Roland Blackburn
Music by Geoffrey Wright
Radio adaptation by Vernon Harris
Cast :
Officers and men of the ship's company
Male Chorus and augmented BBC
Revue Orchestra
Leader, Boris Pecker
Conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Produced by Reginald Smith
This is a light-hearted picture of life as it is lived today in the ships of His Majesty's Navy. The author and composer are both members of the Senior Service, and therefore the story they offer you tonight is told in the authentic language of the Royal Navy.

Contributors

Written By:
Roland Blackburn
Music By:
Geoffrey Wright
Unknown:
Vernon Harris
Leader:
Boris Pecker
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Produced By:
Reginald Smith
Young Tommy:
William Eldridge
His mother:
Kitty de Legh
Stokers : Tom, his father:
Reginald Purdell
Bill:
John Carol
Smarty:
Harold Scott
Ginger:
Foster Carlin
First Officer:
Jack Melford
Second Officer:
Clifford Bean
President of the Wardroom Mess:
Roderick Jones
Stripey:
Dick Francis
Jimmy, the lookout:
Clarence Wright
Source: Radio Times

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