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The young King of Workaday goes North. South, East, and West to find his princess. He has lively adventures in each of these places, but it is Selina, the palace house-maid, who provides a happy ending to the story. by Eleanor Farjeon Adapted for radio by Sheena Clarke
Produced by Anita Hewett
Let's Join In series

Contributors

Story By:
Eleanor Farjeon
Unknown:
Sheena Clarke
Produced By:
Anita Hewett

The Lawn Tennis
Championships
Commentary by Max Robertson and Maurice Edelston from the Centre Court and Number 1 Court, with summaries and comments by FRED PERRY , ALF CHAVE , and BILL Threlfall
Results and latest news from the others courts given by BASIL CURTIS
From the All England Lawn Tennis Club

Contributors

Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Commentary By:
Maurice Edelston
Unknown:
Fred Perry
Unknown:
Alf Chave
Unknown:
Basil Curtis

A family magazine introduced from the Midlands by DAVID STEVENS and including:
Lions to Irons: Barney Bamford talks to JOYCE HENSLOW , once a lion-keeper at Dudley Zoo, now a Dudley blacksmith
A sentimental passion of a veg-et-able fashion: PERCY THROWER reviews the season's prospects
By Appointment: Dorothy Bovey is commissioned by governments to paint their national flowers: she talks to Susan Ashcroft

Contributors

Unknown:
David Stevens
Unknown:
Joyce Henslow
Unknown:
Dorothy Bovey
Unknown:
Susan Ashcroft

Some Experiences of an Irish Resident Magistrate by E. CE. Somerville and Martin Ross
Six stories from a masterpiece of humour
Read by DENYS HAWTHORNE
6: Holy Island
When a ship with a cargo of rum is wrecked on an Irish beach, the last thing to be is an officer of the law .. ,
Produced by David A. Turner

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Ross
Read By:
Denys Hawthorne
Produced By:
David A. Turner

Repeated: Monday, 1.30 p.m.

Contributors

Written By:
Bruno Milna
Daniel Archer:
Edgar Harrison
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Hugo Barnaby:
Michael McClain
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Nora Salt:
Julia Mark
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Lady Isabel Lander:
Mary Wimbush
Brig Winstanley:
Anthony Godfrey
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Zebedee Tring:
Graham Rigby
Hester Latimer:
Penelope Shaw
Vicar:
Arnold Peters
Jethro Larkin:
George Hart
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville

Mozart
String Quintet in G minor (K.516) Heutling STRING QUARTET Werner Heutling (violin)
Oswald Gattermann (violin) Erich Bohlscheid (viola) Konrad Haesler (cello) with Heinz-Otto Graf (viola) gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Oswald Gattermann
Viola:
Erich Bohlscheid
Cello:
Konrad Haesler
Viola:
Heinz-Otto Graf

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