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Children's Hour

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Junior Time
A programme for the fives to eights
Spin Me a Story
Records introduced by Claire Chovil

5.15 The Websters of Barrowdale: Orphans of the Storm
Written for broadcasting by Alick Hayes
Another incident in the life of a North-country veterinary surgeon and his family.
(BBC recording)

5.40 The Hobbit: 8: The Fire in the Woods
The book by J.R.R. Tolkien abridged by Barbara Henderson read in thirteen instalments by David Davis

Contributors

Presenter (Spin Me a Story):
Claire Chovil
Writer (The Websters of Barrowdale):
Alick Hayes
Producer (The Websters of Barrowdale):
Herbert Smith
Mr Webster:
Alick Hayes
Mrs Webster:
Daphne Oxenford
Helen:
Helen Fraser
Jasmine ' Bootle ':
Sian Davies
Roger:
Randolph Stubington
Jock Macdonald:
Paul Webster
Andy:
Colin Pearce
Bill Anstruther:
Graham Roberts
Author (The Hobbit):
J.R.R. Tolkien
Abridged by (The Hobbit):
Barbara Henderson
Reader (The Hobbit):
David Davis
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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