by MAURICE MOISEIWITSCH
Episode No. 1—' Mr. Penny on Government Service '
Tonight is to be broadcast the first episode in a new radio play serial, which is to feature the adventures of one Mr. Penny, a sort of' Little Man '. The first episode shows him on Government service, going to collect threepence from a man who had travelled by bus and not paid his fare. One might not suppose that Mr. Penny, on so mundane a mission, was to get involved in such incredible complications.
Maurice Moiseiwitsch , who has written ' Mr. Penny ', is the nephew of the famous pianist, Benno Moisei witsch, and though he is only twenty-one, he has been a successful short-story writer and free lance journalist for six years.