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Express Train
Michael Henderson and Barrie Edgar visit a London railway depot to find out what happens to the great locomotives after their arrival from the North of England.

5.30-6.0 The Squirrel, the Hare, and the Little Grey Rabbit: Episode 2
Story by Alison Uttley, told by Ann Hogarth and Jan Bussell with their Glove Puppets.

Muffin the Mule
Muffin and his friends get out of a jam, helped by Annette Mills and Ann Hogarth.

Contributors

Presenter (Express Train):
Michael Henderson
Presenter (Express Train):
Barrie Edgar
Writer (The Squirrel, the Hare, and the Little Grey Rabbit):
Alison Uttley
Puppeteer/voices (The Squirrel, the Hare, and the Little Grey Rabbit)/puppeteer (Muffin the Mule):
Ann Hogarth
Puppeteer/voices (The Squirrel, the Hare, and the Little Grey Rabbit):
Jan Bussell
Presenter (Muffin the Mule):
Annette Mills

A Victorian farce by Sydney Grundy.
Adapted from 'Les Petits Oiseaux', by Labiche and Delacour.
[Starring] Denys Blakelock
Scene: Breakfast room of Benjamin Goldfinch's house late in the 1880s
(Second performance on Thursday)
(Avice Landone is appearing in 'Shooting Star'; Peter Murray appears by permission of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ltd.)

Contributors

Authors (Les Pettis Oiseaux):
Labiche and Delacour
Adapted by:
Sydney Grundy
Producer:
Stephen Harrison
Setting:
Barry Learoyd
Benjamin Goldfinch:
Denys Blakelock
Uncle Gregory, his brother:
Lyn Evans
Mrs. Goldfinch, his wife:
Avice Landone
Percy, his son:
David Peel
Dick, his nephew:
Peter Murray
Mr. Lorimer, his friend:
Willoughby Gray
Joyce, his butler:
Alban Blakelock
Bartholomew, his shoemaker:
Morris Sweden
Lucy Lorimer, Lorimer's daughter:
Honor Shepherd

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