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2.0 TRAVEL TALKS : Russia. Each week travellers describe people and places they themselves have seen in Russia ; factory workers in Moscow, nomads in Mongolia, sailors in the Arctic, and holiday-makers in the Crimea. ' A Moscow family in peace-time : everyday life in a big city', bv Pearl Binder
2.15 interval music
2.20 USEFUL CITIZENS : Series of imaginary interviews between F. H. Grisewood and people who have worked to make the world a better place than they found it. ' Sir Christopher Wren-the . re-building of London
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES : ' Voices of the Orchestra ' : Reginald Jacques , D.Mus.

Contributors

Unknown:
Pearl Binder
Unknown:
F. H. Grisewood
Unknown:
Christopher Wren-The
Unknown:
Reginald Jacques

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[Starring] Tommy Handley, with Jack Train and Horace Percival, Sydney Keith, Clarence Wright, Fred Yule, Dorothy Summers, Kay Cavendish, Paula Green, Dino Galvani, BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Comedian:
Tommy Handley
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Svdney Keith
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Kay Cavendish
Unknown:
Paula Green
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Light opera in three acts, abridged and adapted for broadcasting. Libretto by A. P. Herbert. Music by Thomas F. Dunhill (Op. 73). Produced by Gordon McConnel , with the musical collaboration of Gwen Williams
Chelsea guests, artists, musicians, models, etc., Tantivy guests, hunting-men, County ladies, etc.
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC
Theatre Orchestra. Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Act 1 : A birthday party at
Hugh Heather 's Studio, Chelsea
Act 2 : The hall of Tantivy Towers Act 3 : A glade in Tantivy Wood

Contributors

Unknown:
A. P. Herbert.
Duced By:
Gordon McConnel
Unknown:
Gwen Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Heather
Hugh Heather:
Derek Oldham
Jenny Jay:
Billie Baker
Earl of Tantivy:
Percy Heming
Countess of Tantivy:
Gladys Parr
Lady Ann Gallop:
Gwen Catley
Charles Viscount Harkaway:
Roy Henderson
Captain Lord Bareback, M F H:
Dennis Noble

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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