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BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Winifred Holtby
A story of Yorkshire life in the 1930s adapted for radio in five episodes by Olive Shapley

The School Governors appoint a new Head Mistress

(from the North: Sunday's broadcast)

Contributors

Author:
Winifred Holtby
Adapted by:
Olive Shapley
Producer:
Trevor Hill
The Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Lovell Brown, a young journalist:
Alan Rothwell
Syd Mail, of the Kingsport Chronicle:
Graham Tennant
Alderman Mrs Beddows:
Ruth Dunning
Miss Sarah Burton, MA:
Anna Cropper
Councillor Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall:
Nigel Davenport
Lydia Holly:
Susan Moverley
Dolly Castle:
Mary Lennon
Mrs Holly:
Rosalie Williams
Barney Holly:
Tom Harrison
Councillor Joe Astell, from Glasgow:
Bryden Murdoch
Councillor Alfred Ezekiel Huggins, lay preacher and haulage contractor:
Wilfred Pickles
Alderman Anthony Snaith:
Wilfred Harrison
Miss Dolores Jameson, classics mistress:
Marah Stohl
Other parts:
Jack Carr
Other parts:
John Linstrum
Other parts:
Hope Johnstone
Madame Hubbard's pupils:
Girls of the Wirral County Grammar School
Conductor:
Doris Parkinson
Organist at the Methodist Chapel:
Trevor Holroyd
Child vocalist:
Helen Charnock
Source: Radio Times

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