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Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time

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Children's Hour: Once Upon A Time

Sandy Chalmers celebrates the long-running BBC institution.

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Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time: Series 2

Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time: Series 2: Episode 2

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time, Series 2, Episode 2

Featuring The Big Pond, A Story of Bran the Cat, and Toytown: The Extraordinary Affair.

Sandy Chalmers recalls the famous BBC institution, including The Big Pond, A Story of Bran the Cat, and Toytown: The Extraordinary Affair.

Sandy Chalmers takes an affectionate look back at the much-loved BBC institution Children's Hour, which ran from 1922 to 1964 on the BBC Home Service. Sandy was first involved as a child from 1953 to close down in 1964. Her selection in this edition: 

The Big Pond: Will o' the Wisp by Bertha Lonsdale. A short play first broadcast in 1960 narrated by Trevor Hill. With Karal Gardner, Joseph Hancock and Brian Trueman. 

A Story of Bran the Cat: Bran's New Year Resolution. Don Whyte's stories were a popular feature of the BBC's Scottish Children's Hour. From 1953. 

Toytown Plays - The Extraordinary Affair of Ernest the Policeman, by SG Hulme Beaman. Dennis the Dachshund causes a "hole" lot of fun. With Derek McCulloch, Peter Claughton, Norman Shelley, Ivan Samson, John Glyn-Jones, Preston Lockwood, Felix Felton and Mary O'Farrell. From 1962. 

Produced by Peter Reed.

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