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Children's Hour

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
The Fuss at the Bus Stop
A story in verse written and told, by Donald Bisset
5.15 THE IVORY CROCODILE
A new 'Charter Pilot' serial written by Gilbert Dalton
Part 3 Produced by Peggy Bacon
5.40 THE HOBBIT
The book by J. R. R. Tolkien abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read in thirteen instalments by David Davis
4: A Thunderstorm
Bilbo and the dwarves escaped from the trolls and reached the house of Elrond, an elf-lord. They watched the elves dancing on midsummer eve, and then they set off once more on the road to the Misty Mountains.

Contributors

Told By:
Donald Bisset
Written By:
Gilbert Dalton
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Book By:
J. R. R. Tolkien
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Unknown:
David Davis
Mike Dudley:
Robert Marsden
Billy Perkins:
Billy Thatcher
Mrs Dudley:
Elspeth Duxbury
Angela:
Ysanne Churchman
John:
John Stirling
Jim Talbot:
Bob Arnold
Tom Wickham:
Peter Tuddcnham
Walter Rosenberg:
Arnold Peters
Felix Cardosa:
Philip Garston-Jones
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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