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CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Children of Most Ages
Said the Cat to the Dog'
A series of plays about Mompty and Peckham and the Jackson Family
Written for Children's Hour by Martin Armstrong
4 — ' Foreign Languages '
Produced by Eve Burgess
Today's play might well be called' Misunderstood Again,' for the Jackson family never seem to appreciate what Mompty and Peckham do for them, Fortunately Potts, the gardener, comes to the rescue: * You've got the wrong idea of these animals,' he says. 'You seem to think they 'aven't got as much sense as what we 'ave, but the truth ia they've got more.'
5.30 For Older Children
' Going to the Pictures and the Theatre': Eric Gillett reviews some of the plays and films now showing
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Produced By:
Eve Burgess
Unknown:
Eric Gillett
Mum:
Mary O'Farrel
Dad:
Wilfred Babbag(
Diana:
Rosamond Barne;
Ronnie:
Robert Scroggini
Potts, the gardener:
Ernest Seftor
Mompty the Cat:
Vivienne Chattertor
Peckham the Dog:
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Lewis Stringei

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