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The Boy and the Bus

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A tale for broadcasting by Emile Gardaz translated by Cynthia Pughe.
[Starring] Norman Shelley and Patricia Hayes
Music composed and conducted by Alan Paul
A modern fairy story about a little boy who has various adventures in a bus.
The lullaby sung by Veronica Lucas
Ladies, raindrops, wind, stalactites and sailors sung by the BBC Chorus

Contributors

Writer:
Emile Gardaz
Translator:
Cynthia Pughe
Music composed and conducted by:
Alan Paul
Lullaby sung by:
Veronica Lucas
Ladies, raindrops, wind, stalactites and sailors sung by:
The BBC Chorus
Production:
Audrey Cameron
Antony, the bus driver:
Norman Shelley
The Boy:
Patricia Hayes
The Bus Inspector:
Jeffrey Segal
The Curé:
Edgar Norfolk
Alice:
June Tobin
Bijou, the horse:
John Graham
The Level-crossing Keeper:
David March
Loudspeaker Voice:
Philip Cunningham
The Farmer:
Harold Reese
Marcel, another bus driver:
Jon Rollason
The Woman:
Kathleen Helme
The Caretaker:
Tom Watson
The Lady Superintendent:
Janet Burnell
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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