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' The Picnic' : play about the Navy in peace-time, by Gilbert Hackforth -Jones i

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Hackforth
Captain of H M S ' Arpeggio ':
Laidman Browne
Sub-Lieutenant:
Cyril Gardiner
Engineer Commander:
William Trent
First Lieutenant:
Derek Guyler
Quartermaster:
Richard Williams
Doctor:
Ralph De Rohan
Italian Captain:
Alexander Sarner
Torpedo Coxswain:
Sydney Tafler
Gunner:
Alan Howland

Every week at this time, world-wide travellers, interviewed by Norman Wooland , tell us their adventures and misadventures, and bring back songs and stories from lands overseas. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Music arranged by Alan Paul. Programme edited by Leslie Baily , and produced by Eric Fawcett.

Contributors

Interviewed By:
Norman Wooland
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.
Arranged By:
Alan Paul.
Edited By:
Leslie Baily
Produced By:
Eric Fawcett.

Translation and adaptation by Robert Speaight of the well-known play by Andre Obey , with Peggy Ashcroft and Cecil Trouncer (by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.). Music specially composed by Lennox Berkeley , and conducted by Walter Goehr. Produced by Robert Speaight

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Speaight
Play By:
Andre OBEy
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Cecil Trouncer
Composed By:
Lennox Berkeley
Conducted By:
Walter Goehr.
Produced By:
Robert Speaight

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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