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Roll back the carpet and join in the fun with Alf Adamson and his Border Band
Elizabeth Porter
Joe Wallace
Master of Ceremonies. Bill Cain
Arranged by Richard Kelly From the Memorial Hall, Shap. Cumberland

Contributors

Unknown:
Alf Adamson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Porter
Unknown:
Joe Wallace
Unknown:
Bill Cain
Arranged By:
Richard Kelly

A light-hearted look at the advertising world with Michael Medwin
Kleanor Summerneld
Fenella Fielding, Joan Sims
Sheila Hancock , Nicholas Phipps
Warren Mitchell
Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Recorded broadcast of January 15, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Medwin
Unknown:
Kleanor Summerneld
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Nicholas Phipps
Unknown:
Warren Mitchell
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Script By:
Ronnie Wolfe
Produced By:
John Simmonds

The Portrait by ARDEN WINCH adapted for radio by the author with Cyril Shaps and George Merritt i The Portrait is a presentation portrait at an old-established firm that is being * rationalised.' Two old employees see their life-work crumble and ponder on the meaning and value of The Portrait.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Shaps
Unknown:
George Merritt
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Henry:
Cyril Shaps
Mavis:
Gudrun Ure
Charlie:
George Merritt
Fred:
Nicholas Haig
Ernest Harper:
Leslie Perrins
Richard Chambers:
Derek Blomfield
George Meadows:
Bryan Pringle
Barmaid:
Barbara Mitchell
Joe Chabbum:
Donald McKillop

front Llandaff Cathedral
Introit: Coelos ascendit hodio
(Stanford)
Preces and Responses (
William Byrd )
Psalms 147 to 150
First Lesson: Song of the Three
Children, vv. 29-37
Office Hymn: Jesu. our hope. our heart's desire (A. and M. rev. 146)
Magnificat (Stanford in C major) Second Lesson: Hebrews 1
Nunc dimittis (Stanford in C major) Creed: Lesser Litany
The Lord's Prayer (Robert Stones) Suffrages and three Collects
Anthem: God is gone up (
William Croft )
Prayers and Thanksgiving Organist and Master of the Choristers. Robert Joyce
Assistant Organist, V. Anthony Lewis

Contributors

Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
William Croft
Organist:
V. Anthony Lewis

An adventure serial in six episodes by Howard Jones

'In my nightmares that horrible bell in the prison of Lachasse still haunts me. You will recall how I had been thrown into a cell on the orders of le Corbeau - the Comte d'Estac - and how Job had managed to get admittance to my cell.'

Contributors

Writer:
Howard Jones
Producer:
Graham Gauld
Elizabeth Roach:
Carol Marsh
Job Dawkes:
Geoffrey Matthews
David Linton:
Alaric Cotter
Captain Swaine:
Bryan O'Higgins
Jeanne Rouard:
Patricia Bendall
Emile Rouard:
Charles Simon
Oliver Roach:
Fred Yule
Corporal of the Guard:
Peter Augustine
Sergeant:
James McManus

The first performance of War Requiem
Heather Harper (soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
A boys' choir with John Cooper (organ)
The Festival Choir
The Melos Ensemble: Richard Adeney (flute) Peter Graeme (oboe) Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) William Waterhouse (bassoon) Neill Sanders (horn) Osian Ellis (harp)
James Blades (percussion) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello) Adrian Beers (double-bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Meyer Stolow
Conducted by the composer
Associate conductor, Meredith Davies
From Coventry Cathedral

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Unknown:
John Cooper
Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Clarinet:
Gervase de Peyer
Horn:
Neill Sanders
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Percussion:
James Blades
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Violin:
Ivor McMahon
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Cello:
Terence Weil
Double-Bass:
Adrian Beers
Leader:
Meyer Stolow
Conductor:
Meredith Davies

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.

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