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'twixt ISOBEL BARNETT ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , David NIXON
Tune twisters from STEVE RACE
In the chair. Roy PLOMLEY
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by Tony Luke
† Broadcast on May 19 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Tony Luke

by J.R.R. Tolkien
An epic of high adventure adapted as a serial for radio in eight parts by Michael Kilgarriff, with music by David Cain.
Starring Paul Daneman as Bilbo Baggins, with John Justin, Heron Carvic and Anthony Jackson.

Music played by members of the Early Music Consort, directed by David Munrow, and sung by members of the cast.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Adapted by:
Michael Kilgarriff
Music/Special Sound:
David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Special Sound:
Dick Mills, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Music played by:
Members of the Early Music Consort
Director, Early Music Consort:
David Munrow
Producer:
John Powell
The Tale Bearer:
Anthony Jackson
Bilbo Baggins the hobbit:
Paul Daneman
Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of the dwarves:
John Justin
Balin:
Peter Pratt
Dwalin:
Lockwood West
Gloin:
Peter Baldwin
Trolls - Bill:
Victor Lucas
Trolls - Tom:
Francis De Wolff
Trolls - Bert:
Brian Haines
Gandalf the Grey:
Heron Carvic
Kili:
Nicholas Edmett
Fili:
David Brierley
Elrond Halfelven, Lord of Rivendell:
John Pullen
Elves and Goblins:
Alexander John
Elves and Goblins:
Duncan McIntyre
Elves and Goblins:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
Rod, Pole, or Aerial Survey:
LESLIE SMITH looks at the story of the Ordnance Survey
The Chicken-wire Booths: Addy
GVR describes her efforts to attend church in a wartime Dutch prison
† My first Musicals: B. C.
HILLIAM (Flotsam) strikes a few chords
Drop us a line: your news, views, and memories

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Leslie Smith

The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton
Reader, ROGER DELGADO
The third of eight
Stories of Crime and Detection selected and arranged for radio by Neville Teller

Contributors

Reader:
G. K. Chesterton
Reader:
Roger Delgado
Unknown:
Neville Teller

Adapted for radio in twenty parts by Val Gielgud from four of the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester
with John Westbrook as Lord Horatio Hornblower
Music composed by Johnny Pearson
Special effects prepared by David Fleming-Williams in conjunction with the Sail Training Association

Contributors

Adapted by:
Val Gielgud
Author:
C. S. Forester
Music composed by:
Johnny Pearson
Special Effects:
David Fleming
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Admiral Lord Hornblower, the storyteller:
John Westbrook
Mr Low, surgeon aboard the Indefatigable:
Graham Tennant
Hornblower, as a young midshipman:
Derrick Gilbert
Able Seaman Finch:
Geoffrey Banks
Partridge:
Ronald Scales
Mr Muggridge, the assistant Surgeon:
Ronald Harvi
Captain Sir Edward Pellew:
David Mahlowe
Mr Bracegirdle:
Peter Hill
First Lieutenant Eccles:
Roy Barraclough

Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENÉE HOUSTON, ISOBEL BARNETT SHEILA VAN DAMM BETTINE LE BEAU
In the chair, ANONA WINN
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter
Produced by John Cassels
† Pre-recorded at The Playhouse,
Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2
Repeated Thursday, 12.25 p.m.
Be Reasonable!, a mate reply: next Saturday at 7.0 p.m. and Tuesday at 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Sheila van Damm
Unknown:
Bettine Le Beau
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
John Cassels

A play by Bill Dufton and Toby Robertson adapted for radio by BILL DUFTON
' You have only two subjects of conversation.' said Johnson to Boswell. ' yourself and me.' In spite of over-quotation, their exchanges remain as lively as ever: but the recollections of the ladies-Mrs. Thrate, Fanny Burney. Anna Seward -are not so familiar.
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
Robert Eddison is in ' The Importance of Being Earnest at the Haymarket Theatre, London
See page 40

Contributors

Play By:
Bill Dufton
Play By:
Toby Robertson
Unknown:
Bill Dufton
Unknown:
Fanny Burney.
Unknown:
Anna Seward
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Produced By:
Robert Eddison
Samuel Johnson:
Norman Shelley
James Boswell:
Julian Glover
Mrs Thrale:
,margaret Robertson
Mr Thrale:
Lockwood West
David Garrick:
Robert Eddison
Dr Goldsmith:
Harry Hutchinson
Sir John Hawkins:
Ralph Truman
Anna Seward:
Hilda Schroder
Fanny Burney:
Carol Marsh
George III:
Stephen Jack

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