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Birds of a Feather: 5 - The Pet Kestrel
Five tales of wild bird life by H. Mortimer Batten.
told by Derek McCulloch (Uncle Mac).

5.15 The Green Sailors: 1: Learning the Ropes
A holiday serial in four instalments by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones.
'I've called the story of our sailing holiday The Green Sailors, because Green is our family name, and Uncle George, whose boat we went in, said we were the greenest sailors that had ever set foot aboard the Rag Doll'. (Mary Green)
(A new production of the programme first broadcast in September 1950; BBC recording)

Contributors

Author (Birds of a Feather:
H. Mortimer Batten
Storyteller (Birds of a Feather):
Derek McCulloch
Writer (The Green Sailors):
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Production (The Green Sailors):
Josephine Plummer
Uncle George:
Norman Shelley
The Green Family - Mark:
Harold Reese
The Green Family - Mary:
Rosamond Barnes
The Green Family - Binnie:
Verity Edmett
The Green Family - Ben:
John Hall
Auntie Lou:
Ann Codrington
Carrier:
Anthony Woodruff

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About BBC Home Service

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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