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by G. K. Chesterton
Adapted as a radio play by Douglas Cleverdon , with Richard Goolden as Father Brown and V. C. Clinton-Baddeley as Narrator
The characters include: Colonel Bohun, the Rev. Wilfrid Bohun , a doctor, a police inspector, an innkeeper, a blacksmith, villagers, etc.
Production by W. Farquharson Small

Contributors

Unknown:
G. K. Chesterton
Play By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Unknown:
Richard Goolden
Unknown:
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Unknown:
Rev. Wilfrid Bohun
Production By:
W. Farquharson Small

Devised by Rion Voigt
Once again members of the studio audience will be given the chance of acting in a specially-written radio play. Listeners will hear the volunteers tested, the cast chosen, and finally, the play performed
Tonight a new radio star may be born!
Incidental music by the BBC Variety Orchestra, conductor,
Charles Shadwell
Presented and compered by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Rion Voigt
Conductor:
Charles Shadwell
Unknown:
Vernon Harris

Devised by Charles Shadwell and Harry S. Pepper
Revnell and West, Beryl Orde , Jack (' Tiny ') Warner, and other famous artists have promised to appear (engagements permitting) at the Garrison Theatre tonight to entertain the troops
Garrison Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Lieut. Charles Shadwell (late
West Yorkshire Regiment)
Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Shadwell
Unknown:
Harry S. Pepper
Unknown:
Beryl Orde
Conducted By:
Lieut. Charles Shadwell
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper

introduced by Charles B. Cochran with Marjorie Westbury , Jan van der Gucht , John Bentley , Charles Groves (at the piano), the BBC Theatre Chorus and the BBC Theatre Orchestra, leader Tate Gilder
The programme arranged and conducted by Reginald Burston

Contributors

Introduced By:
Charles B. Cochran
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Jan van Der Gucht
Unknown:
John Bentley
Unknown:
Charles Groves
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conducted By:
Reginald Burston

Adapted from the short story by Henry James
Cast
The story opens at Stayes, the Ashmores' country house, in the autumn of 1888, and continues at Lyon's studio in the country and at the Capadoses' London house
The play adapted and produced by M. H. Allen

Contributors

Story By:
Henry James
Produced By:
M. H. Allen
Oliver Lyon, a portrait painter:
Edgar Norfolk
Arthur Ashmore:
Leslie Perrins
Mrs Ashmore:
Hermione Hannen
Mrs Cunningham:
Barbara Couper
Colonel Capadose:
D A Clarke-Smith
Mrs Capadose:
Gladys Young
Young man:
Charles Mason
Sir David Ashmore:
Stafford Hilliard
Miss Geraldine, a model:
Vivienne Chatterton
Mrs Passmore, a housekeeper:
Gladys Young

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More