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The fourth of a new series of afternoon cabaret shows
Presented by Roy Speer featuring Adelaide Hall together with Clarence Wright ,
Robert Ashley , Bernard Miles , the Three in Harmony and the guest artist of the week,
Dick Francis
The BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
Continuity written and spoken by James Dyrenforth

Contributors

Presented By:
Roy Speer
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Robert Ashley
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Spoken By:
James Dyrenforth

5.20 'Pipe Down, Wolf'
Æsop's fable retold with words and music by Henry Reed
Cast: Mae Bamber , Violet Carson , Doris Gambell , Wilfred Pickles , James Miller , and a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
5.30 ' Safety First in the Black-Out ! '
(A programme for bad children)
During this programme you will hear a talk on safety first by the Minister of Transport, the Rt. Hon. Euan Wallace.

Contributors

Music By:
Henry Reed
Unknown:
Mae Bamber
Unknown:
Violet Carson
Unknown:
Doris Gambell
Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
James Miller
Unknown:
Euan Wallace.

An adventure in six parts by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat from the original story by John Watt and Max Kester
Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Lyrics by Max Kester
Part 4-' Chasing the Music! '
Cast
Hugo Rignold and his Orchestra
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Launder
Unknown:
Sidney Gilliat
Story By:
John Watt
Story By:
Max Kester
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Unknown:
Max Kester
Unknown:
Hugo Rignold
Production By:
Vernon Harris
Bernard Rossinger:
Oliver Burt
Head Waiter at the Montana:
Rolf Carston
La Palermo:
Greta Gynt
Charters:
Basil Radford
Caldicott:
Naunton Wayne
Attendant at St Christopher's Baths:
Frank Thornton-Bassett
Steward at the Travellers'Club:
Clifford Bean
Edith Charters:
Noel Hood

by Bernard Shaw
Cast
Scene: Night-a lady's bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass, late in November in the year 1885
Produced by Barbara Burnham
Written in 1895, Arms and the Man is one of Shaw's earliest plays. It was the first of his ' Pleasant Plays ', which include Candida, The Man of Destiny, and You Never Can Tell. Arms and the Man was broadcast in three parts in the spring of last year.
Lucie Mannheim is one of the outstanding stage personalities of today. For many years she delighted Berlin audiences by her performances in plays by Ibsen, Shakespeare. Chekhov, and other master dramatists. She made her debut in London in 1935, gaining immediately the popularity that she has since enjoyed in this country.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Raina:
Lucie Mannheim
Bluntschli:
Leslie Pcrrins
Catherine:
Barbara Couper
Louka:
Betty Astell

(6y permission of Metro-Goldiuyn-Mayer)
Screen play by Noel Langley and others from the original story by L. Frank Baum. Music by Harold Arlen. Radio score by Jack Beaver
Dedication read by John Watt
Taking part :
The Cavendish Three
Munchkins, Winkies, Winged Monkeys, and Wicked Witch's Guards played by members of the BBC Revue Chorus
The Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Production by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Play By:
Noel Langley
Story By:
L. Frank Baum.
Music By:
Harold Arlen.
Unknown:
Jack Beaver
Read By:
John Watt
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Production By:
Douglas Moodie
The storyteller:
Doris Arnold
Dorothy:
Celia
Hunk and the Scarecrow:
Peter Madden
Hickory and Tin Woodman:
Alan Keith
Zeke and the Cowardly Lion:
Sidney Keith
Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West:
Joan Young
Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz........................:
MacDonald Parke
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North:
Wynne Ajello
Aunt Em:
Deirdre Doyle
Uncle Henry:
Sydney Benson

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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