Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,849 playable programmes from the BBC

CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

JlINIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
The Happy Lion
A story by Louise Fatio told by David Lloyd James
5.15 THE IVORY CROCODILE
A new Charter Pilot serial written in six parts by Gilbert Dalton
Part 1
Produced by Peggy Bacon See page 39
5.40 THE HOBBIT
The book by J. R. R. Tolkien abridged by Barbara Henderson Read in thirteen instalments by David Davis
2: The Trolls
Poor Bilbo's Hobbit Hole was positively invaded by dwarves: thirteen of them, not counting Gandalf the Wizard. They came to tea and stayed to supper. And as darkness gathered, they sang songs about a dragon's hoard of gold under the misty mountains.

Contributors

Story By:
Louise Fatio
Told By:
David Lloyd James
Unknown:
Gilbert Dalton
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Book By:
J. R. R. Tolkien
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Unknown:
David Davis
Mike Dudley:
Robert Marsden
Billy Perkins:
Billy Thatcher
Mrs Dudley:
Elspeth Duxbury
Angela:
Ysanne Churchman
John:
John Stirling
Jim Talbot:
Bob Arnold
George Rexford:
Philip Cunningham
Julie Rexford:
Thelma Rogers
Walter Rosenberg:
Arnold Peters
Felix Cardosa:
Philip Garston-Jones
Tom Wickham:
Peter Tuddenham
Miss Crossley:
Christine Lindsay

BBC Home Service Basic

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.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More