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Order of Service
Psalm xxvii: The Lord's my light and saving health (vv. 1, 3, and 4) (Tune: Jackson)
Prayer and Lord's Prayer
Lesson: St. Matthew xxii, 34-40
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (Rv. C.H. 232 ; S.P. 93)
Prayer
Paraphrase XI: 0 happy is the man who hears (Tune: Newington) (Scottish Psalter No. 92)
Address by W. Hamilton Fyfe , M.A.,
Principal of Aberdeen University
Soldiers of the Cross, arise ! (Rv.
C.H. 341 ; S.P. 642)
Blessing

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Hamilton Fyfe

An inconsequent mosaic of cats devised by Roy Rich
With the voices of Alan Howland , Bruce Belfrage , and Michael Joseph (President of the Siamese Cat Society of the British Empire)-and introducing Nathaniel Gubbins 's Sunday Express cat
' Sally '
(First broadcast in the Forces programme last Friday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Rich
Unknown:
Alan Howland
Unknown:
Bruce Belfrage
Unknown:
Michael Joseph
Unknown:
Nathaniel Gubbins

or ' The lass that loved a sailor
A nautical comic opera written by W. S. Gilbert , composed by Arthur Sullivan
Adapted for broadcasting by Geoffrey Dunn
Cast
First Lord's sisters, his cousins, his aunts, sailors, marines, etc.
BBC Theatre Chorus
(trained by Charles Groves )
Narrator, Patric Curwen
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Scene.: Quarterdeck of H.M.S.
Pinafore, off Portsmouth
Act 1: Noon ; Act II: Night

Contributors

Written By:
W. S. Gilbert
Composed By:
Arthur Sullivan
Broadcasting By:
Geoffrey Dunn
Narrator:
Charles Groves
Narrator:
Patric Curwen
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K C B (First Lord of the Admiralty):
Percy Heming
Capt Corcoran (Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore)......:
Dennis Noble
Ralph Rackstraw (Able Seaman):
Derek Oldham
Dick Deadeye (Able Seaman):
Robert Easton
Bill Bobstay (Boatswain's Mate):
Fred Yule
Josephine (The Captain's daughter):
Sylvia Cecil
Hebe (Sir Joseph's cousin):
Linda Parker
Little Buttercup (A Portsmouth boat woman)..:
.Linda Gray

An appeal on behalf of war distress among the professional classes and gentlefolk by Dame Meriel Talbot ,
D.B.E.
This appeal is shared by four societies: The Distressed Gentlefolks' Aid Association, Guild of Aid for Gentlepeople, Gentlefolks' Help Department of the Friends of the Poor, and Professional Classes Aid Council.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Meriel Talbot

from Baroness Orczy's famous romance, devised and produced by Peter Creswell , with Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Marguerite Blakeney and Frank Cellier as Sir Percy Blakeney
Other parts
Time : September, 1792

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Unknown:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Unknown:
Marguerite Blakeney
Unknown:
Frank Cellier
Unknown:
Sir Percy Blakeney
Jellyband, landlord of the ' Fisherman's Rest', Dover..:
.Bryan Powley
Sally, his daughter:
Betty Hardy
Lord Anthony Dewhurst:
Robert Eddison
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Noel Dryden
Armand St Just:
Malcolm Graeme
Comtesse de Tournay:
Gladys Young
Suzanne de Tournay:
Thea Holme
Vicomte de Tournay:
Antony Holles
Chauvelin, the accredited agent of the French Republic..:
A. E. .Filmer
George, Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV):
Milton .Rosmer
The story-teller:
Austin Trevor

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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