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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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Featuring The Big Pond, Smokey: A Dragon's Tale and Toytown: A Sea Voyage.

Sandy Chalmers remembers the venerable BBC institution, including The Big Pond, Smokey: A Dragon's Tale and Toytown: A Sea Voyage.

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, Mr Fizzle in Trouble, by Bertha Lonsdale. Duck eggs go missing in this short play from 1960 narrated by Trevor Hill. With Karal Gardner, Joseph Hancock and Brian Trueman. 

Smokey: A Dragon's Tale, by Margaret Potter. Amazing sound effects (for 1960) with yet more duck dramas! With Graham Roberts, Geoffrey Banks, Patricia Birch, Francis Winfield and Frederick Wilson.
   
Toytown Plays - A Sea Voyage, by SG Hulme Beaman. While the Mayor is away, Ernest the Policeman makes some changes at the town hall. With Derek McCulloch, John Glyn-Jones, Peter Claughton, Felix Felton, Norman Shelley, Ivan Samson and Preston Lockwood. From 1962. 

Produced by Peter Reed.

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