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CHILDREN'S HOUR

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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'Old John '
The book by Mairin Cregan
Adapted as a serial story by Charles Witherspoon read by Cicely
6 — ' The Magic Boots '
5.10 ' The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith
Adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by Mary Cathcart Borer
6 — ' Fortune Restored and Virtue Rewarded '
Produced by Claire Chovil
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. David Steel

Contributors

Book By:
Mairin Cregan
Story By:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
Oliver Goldsmith
Unknown:
Mary Cathcart Borer
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Unknown:
Rev. David Steel
Dr Primrose:
Richard Goolden
Mrs Primrose:
Patience Collier
Their family: Olivia:
Mollie Maureen
Their family: Sophia:
Jean England
Their family: George:
Lewis Stringer
Squire Thornhill:
Leslie Heritage
Mr Burchell:
Hamilton Dyce
Arabella Wilmot:
Anne Totten
Mr Wilmot:
Humphrey Morton
Jenkinson:
Peter Claughton
Gaoler:
Trevor Martin
Source: Radio Times

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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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