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The Wonderful Year 1851: 1: The Victorian Scene

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A pageant in sound of one hundred years ago
Written by Leslie Baily
Narrator, Marius Goring

Singers: Rose Hill, John Rorke, and Harold Scott
Musical arrangements by Mark H. Lubbock
Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Writer:
Leslie Baily
Producer:
Howard Agg
Narrator:
Marius Goring
Singer:
Rose Hill
Singer:
John Rorke
Singer:
Harold Scott
Musical Arrangements/Orchestra and Chorus conducted by:
Mark H. Lubbock
Victorian father:
Ralph Truman
His daughter:
Belle Chrystall
An American visitor:
George Margo
Charles Dickens:
Deryck Guyler
Robert Stephenson:
Stephen Jack
Richard Cobden:
Carleton Hobbs
Other parts played by:
Vivienne Chatterton
Other parts played by:
Betty Hardy
Other parts played by:
Anna Churcher
Other parts played by:
Glenda Davies.
Other parts played by:
William Trent
Other parts played by:
Robert Marsden.
Other parts played by:
Willoughby Gray
Other parts played by:
Donald Bisset
Other parts played by:
Richard Bebb
Other parts played by:
Patrick Westwood
Other parts played by:
Peter Wyngarde
Source: Radio Times

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