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WEDNESDAY MATINEE

on BBC Home Service Basic

Try Anything Once by T. C. THOMAS
In this series of four radio comedies, T. C. Thomas pokes gentle fun at some of the trials and errors of his early career as a schoolmaster in a country village.
1: Pigs and Poultry
Production by John Griffiths
Recording of the broadcast of July 7 in the Welsh Home Service
3-30 A Dog's Life by DEREK HODDINOTT
Albert Farrell knew the rule : No Dogs Allowed in these Apartments'; but loneliness and the fortuitous circumstance of finding a stray dog, wooed him into disobedience. Then the authorities found out and informed the police. So did the little boy who had lost the dog!
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Production By:
John Griffiths
Unknown:
Derek Hoddinott
Unknown:
Albert Farrell
Produced By:
Norman Wright
The narrator:
Brinley Jenkins
Ann, his wife:
Margaret John
George Lewis:
Jack Walters
Mrs Jenkins:
Harriet Lewis
Dick Jenkins:
D L Davies
Moses:
A L Price
Pugh the Butcher:
Tudor Walters
Landlord of the Local:
D. C. Mills-Davies
Albert Farrell:
Charles Lamb
Mr Williams:
Peter Claughton
Mrs Williams:
Janet Burnell
Beryl Williams:
Nerys Kerfoot
Martin Conners:
Freda Dowie
Mrs Conners:
Gladys Spencer
Tom Graves:
Anthony Viccars
Sergeant:
Frank Partington
Mr Grey:
Ralph Hallett
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell

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