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by E. Nesbit.
A serial in four parts.
Adapted and produced by Dorothea Brooking.
The action of the serial takes place in the year 1906.
(D.A. Clarke-Smith is appearing in 'Man and Superman' at the Princes Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
E. Nesbit
Adapted and produced by:
Dorothea Brooking
Mother:
Jean Anderson
Bobbie:
Marian Chapman
Peter:
Michael Croudson
Phyllis:
Carole Lorimer
Jim:
Michael Danvers-Walker
Doctor Forrest:
John Le Mesurier
Mrs. Viney:
Hilda Barry
The Old Gentleman:
D. A. Clarke-Smith
The Station-Master:
David Duncan
Perks:
Richard Warner
Father:
John Stuart
Two labourers:
Reginald Barratt
Two labourers:
Ronald Marriott

Second visit

Miles per Shilling
Bill Hartley discusses the causes of high petrol consumption, from the style of driving to the checks on carburettor and ignition which, if watched, can contribute to a cheaper holiday by car.

Barrie Edgar talks to motorists as they pull in for petrol at a Service Station on one of the highroads out of London.

Contributors

Presenter (Miles per Shilling):
Bill Hartley
Interviewer:
Barrie Edgar
Presented by:
Michael Henderson

Judy Breen, the 'perfect teenager' demonstrates to Margot Lovell the clothes she will display as examples of British dress on her round-the-world trip.

Judy Breen, a secretary, was chosen from hundreds of competitors as the 'perfect teen-ager'. Tomorrow she leaves London airport on a tour that includes New York, Montreal, Singapore, Sydney, Colombo, and Rome.

Contributors

Presenter:
Margot Lovell
Guest:
Judy Breen
Presented by:
Bettie Spurling
Producer:
Stephen McCormack

A play by E. G. Cousins.
Time: The Present

Lionel Hale writes:
This is a problem of conscience, told as a comedy. Hamble, the night-porter of a block of service flats, is in his own words 'a God-fearing man'. This humble Hamble is dragged into a late-night argument with the ill-tempered Mr. Moddling have always thought that night-porters have a lot to put up with - and in the ensuing brawl gives him a push that sends him out of the window. The result? One dead Moddling, one highly perplexed Hamble. Clutching the Bible in his hand, and seeking guidance from all and sundry, he wishes to confess to murder. But this honest ambition suits nobody else - not Hamble's wife, naturally; not the lady in the flat above whose impending divorce might be threatened by the disclosure of her lover in the block of flats on the fatal night; nor Mr. Hornwhistle, owner of the block, whose business deal would be jeopardised; nor Moddling's gay widow, fussed about the insurance policy; nor even the Vicar, whose Bishop emphatically disapproves of capital punishment. E. G. Cousins squeezes all the satiric implications out of the situation. And does Hamble confess?

Contributors

Writer:
E. G. Cousins
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Settings designer:
Stephen Bundy
Alfred Hamble:
Toke Townley
Ellen Hamble:
Joan Duan
Anthony Hornwhistle:
Robert Stuart
Geoffrey Treen:
Kenneth Mackintosh
Vera Gresland:
Rona Anderson
Tom Gresland:
Peter Jones
The Rev. Christopher Spoke:
Percy Herbert
Florence Moddling:
Janet Joye
Edgar Moddling:
Stanley Lemin
Other parts played by:
Frank Smith
Other parts played by:
Margaret Cotter
Other parts played by:
Margaret Hotine
Other parts played by:
Sonia Moray
Other parts played by:
William Hitchcock

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