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"Green Sailors to the Rescue!" by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
1—. "Operation Money-Grubbing"
"When you go sailing with Uncle George you can usually count on something unexpected happening. On the morning on which this story begins we couldn't make head or tail of Uncle George's behaviour. He kept walking round with a tape-measure and a notebook and talking to himself in an absent-minded sort of way..." (Mary Green)
Cmdr. Hackforth-Jones writes on p. 8

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Underwood

Contributors

Writer ("Green Sailors to the Rescue!"):
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Producer ("Green Sailors to the Rescue!"):
Josephine Plummer
Uncle George:
Norman Shelley
Mark:
Harold Reese
Mary:
Rosamond Barnes
Binnie:
Teresa Brooke
Ben:
Glyn Dearman
Herr Finkelheimer:
Malcolm Graeme
Mr Robinson:
Geoffrey Wincott
Mrs Robinson:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Francis Podsnap:
Oliver Burt
Mr Tonks:
James Thomason
Mrs Tonks:
Joan Ireland
Police Constable Jenvey:
Stephen Jack
Speaker ("Children's Hour prayers"):
Rev. Kenneth Underwood

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