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Bob Roberts , master and owner of the Cambria, the last barge still trading under sail alone, talks to those who regard the Port of London as the centre of their lives
2: Up on the flood
Produced by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Roberts
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

played by the ORCHESTRA
Leader. Maurice Brett
Conductor. TERENCE LOVETT with Tommy REILLY (harmonica) and JAMES MOODY (piano)
Introduced by Roy WILLIAMSON

Contributors

Leader:
Maurice Brett
Conductor:
Terence Lovett
Unknown:
Tommy Reilly
Introduced By:
Roy Williamson

A series of five true stories about events in the lives of Kings and Queens
3: Elizabeth and the Armada as recounted in AGNES STRICKLAND'S Life of Queen Elizabeth
Read by NOEL HOWLETT and BETH BOYD
Produced by Nesta Pain
Broadcast on February 14

Contributors

Read By:
Noel Howlett
Produced By:
Nesta Pain

That's Enough for the Present
A Christmas comedy by John Hollis with Peter Tuddenham
Christine Finn , Sheila Grant
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Comedy By:
John Hollis
Unknown:
Peter Tuddenham
Unknown:
Christine Finn
Unknown:
Sheila Grant
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Sarah:
Christine Finn
Michael:
Peter Tuddenham
Bus conductor:
Nigel Anthony
Woman on bus:
Ella Milne
Georgina Brennington:
Sheila Grant
Traffic cop:
Ian Thompson
Shop assistant:
Carol Marsh
Mr Prentiss:
Hilda Schroder
Aunt Frazer:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Uncle Percy:
Rolf Lefebvre
Aunt Maud:
Rosalind Shanks
Miss Ritoff:
Margaret Robertson

from Ushaw College, Durham
Introduced by Fr. Lawrence Tinnion
Celebrant, Mgr. Philip Loftus
Homily, Fr. Cyril Moverley
Psalms 109-113 (Plainsong and Gregory Murray )
Readings: Isaias 2, vv. 2-5. and 7. vv. 10-15
Hark! a herald voice is sounding
(W.H.3)
Magnificat (Gelineau)
0 loving mother of our Saviour
(arr. Clifford Howell )
Carol: All the skies tonight sing o'er us (W.H. 15)
Choirmaster, Fr. David Milburn
Organist, Kevin Bolger

Contributors

Introduced by:
Fr. Lawrence Tinnion
Celebrant:
Mgr. Philip Loftus
Homily:
Fr. Cyril Moverley
Choirmaster:
Fr. David Milburn
Organist:
Kevin Bolger

A special edition from London introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
Joyce Grenfell talking about herself and giving one of her inimitable sketches from life
B. C. Hilliam (' Flotsam ') at the piano reflecting on seasonal songs
Carols with the CHOIR OF THE William ELLIS SCHOOL, COnducted by DOUGLAS Potts and a quiz with the regular comperes:
POLLY ELWES , STEVE RACE and KEN SYKORA chaired by JOHN ELLISON
Produced by Dennis Lower , Anne Catchpole and Rosemary Hart
Presented before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broad. casting House, London

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
B. C. Hilliam
Unknown:
William Ellis
Unknown:
Douglas Potts
Unknown:
Polly Elwes
Unknown:
John Ellison
Produced By:
Dennis Lower
Produced By:
Anne Catchpole
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

Watcher in the Shadows by Geoffrey Household dramatised as a five-part serial by BRIAN GEAR
4: Why You're Going To Die
Charles Dennim. trying to tempt his anonymous would-be murderer into the open. had again been in danger of his life. Then for a while staying in the West Country with Admiral Cunobel the danger seemed forgotten, until Aunt Georgina spoke of a meeting with an unknown horseman.
Produced by BRANDON ACTON-BOND from the South and West

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Gear
Unknown:
Charles Dennim.
Produced By:
Brandon Acton-Bond
Charles Dennim:
Laurence Payne
Admiral Cunobel:
David Horne
Aunt Georgina:
Daphne Heard
Benita Gillon:
Elizabeth Bell
The Rev Matthew Gillon:
George Holloway
Gen Sir Thomas Pamellor:
Hedley Goodall
Mrs Melton:
Peggy Tether
The Tiger:
Alex Scorr

A musical quiz devised by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane
DAVID FRANKLIN and FRANK MUIR challenge
IAN WALLACE and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, STEVE Race with Graham Dalley at the mellotron Repeated: Tuesday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Graham Dalley

Morning's at Seven by ERIC MALPASS abridged by Neville Teller
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK
Produced by John Cardy
First of thirteen instalments
Introducing that small boy Gaylord Pentecost. Some houses have mice. dry-rot, or skeletons in the cupboard. The Pentecost household has Gaylord.

Contributors

Abridged By:
Neville Teller
Read By:
John Westbrook
Produced By:
John Cardy

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