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CHILDREN'S HOUR

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Children of Most Ages
' Philomena by Kate Seredy
Abridged as a serial story in six parts by Marianne Helweg and read by Jill Balcon
3-' Babushka up to her tricks again'
5.10 For Older Children
Alec Clunes in ' Ravensdaughter '
A play in six episodes by Aubrey Feist
3 — ' The Quest for the King '
'Out of the past Alfred is riding.
Hark to the clank of his cavalcade,
Drowned by the sound of our English cheering.
Voice of the England that Alfred made.' with the recorded voices of members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company and boys of Chigwell School, Essex
Horn fanfares played by Barry Tuckwell and Denzil Floyd
Production by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Seredy
Unknown:
Marianne Helweg
Read By:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Alec Clunes
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Played By:
Barry Tuckwell
Unknown:
Denzil Floyd
Production By:
David Davis
Alfred, King of Wessex:
Alec Clunes
Aelwin Aelwinsson:
Derek Blomfleld
The Lady Elfrida:
Barbara Lott
Arvan, the Priest:
Hugh David
Rowena:
Ann Totten
Gudrun, the Golden:
Mary Wimbush
Thangbrand:
Leslie Perrins
Grim of Viborg:
Geoffrey Wincott
Source: Radio Times

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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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