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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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' Hideaway Johnny.
A serial play in three parts by David Scott Daniell
2 — ' The boy is a villain '
Produced by Mollie Austin
Magnus Merrifield has been ' pressed ' into the army to fight in the war against Napoleon. His son, Johnny, left alone and penniless in Bath, has taken refuge from a hostile crowd in a great house. The son of the house, Lord Edward Bohun , has befriended him and together they conspire to catch a thief who has been active in the house.
5.35 For Children of Most Ages
The Island at the Edge of the World
' Hurricanes and Great Calms,
Ghosts and Goblins'
The last of six talks by John Merrett
Mr. Merrett, in his ten-year sojourn on Valentia Island off the West Coast of Kerry in Ireland, knew all these things. And once his colleague at the Cable Station got lost at sea in a fog. How did he find the shore? Can you guess?
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Vere Ducker

Contributors

Unknown:
David Scott Daniell
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Produced By:
Magnus Merrifield
Unknown:
Lord Edward Bohun
Unknown:
John Merrett
Unknown:
Rev. Vere Ducker
Johnny:
J Barrie
Lord Edward:
E Barry
Lord Geddington:
Dudley Rolph
Grandmama:
Ann Codrington
Aunt Amelia:
Gladys Spencer
Petit:
Preston Lockwood
Bucaldi:
John Baddeley
Montague:
Norman Tyrrell

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