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A story of the Battle of Britain, adapted by Esther Terry Wright from her novel 'Pilot's Wife's Tale'.
Air Force personnel, hospital personnel, waitress, warden, lady from fish-and-chip shop, visitors, etc., played by members of the BBC Repertory Company
(The novel is published by John Lane, the Bodley Head)

Contributors

Author/Adaptor:
Esther Terry Wright
Producer:
Mary Hope Allen
Hannah Lachasse:
Wendy Hiller
Pilot Officer David Lachasse:
Hugh Burden
Mrs Coole:
Mary O'Farrell
Mr Kershaw:
Bryan Powley
Mrs Kershaw:
Gladys Young
Murphy:
Rowan O'Casey
Hospital official:
Ivor Barnard
Hospital nurse:
Mavis Walker
Hesketh:
John Bryning
Very young officer:
Neville Gates

An Arcadian comedy by L. Allen Harker and F. R. Pryor , adapted for broadcasting and produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
Scene : A country manse near Edinburgh, and the officers' quarters in Edinburgh Castle, at the time of Queen Victoria's visit in 1842

Contributors

Comedy By:
L. Allen
Unknown:
F. R. Pryor
Produced By:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Beenie:
Nell Ballantyne
Miss Valencia Dunlop:
Maud Risdon
Miss Sarita Dunlop:
Dorothea MacKay
Mrs Pringle:
Meg Buchanan
Marigold:
Sophie Stewart
Peter Gloag:
Eric Wightman
Madame Marly:
Madeleine Christie
James Payton:
George Davies
Lieut Archie Forsyth:
Anthony Baird
Major Andrew Sellar:
Douglas Robin
Private Mordan:
Frank Eynstone
Lieut Bobbie Townsend:
Nicholas Parsons

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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