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' The Little Angel' : Nativity play by D. Francis Finn
Christmas carols sung by the Choir of the Guildford County School for Girls : conductor, Sybil Chesterfield

Contributors

Play By:
D. Francis Finn
Unknown:
Sybil Chesterfield
The Archangel Gabriel:
Norman Shelley
A cherub:
Patricia Hayes
Old Shepherd:
Marcus Barron
David, a young shepherd:
Grant T*wler
Innkeepers wife:
Doris Lytton
Joseph:
Charles Maunsell
Mary:
Olive Groves

Entertainment provided by Soffi Schonning (Norway), Marian Zigmunt (Poland), Mlle. Jacqueline (France), Otakar Kraus, Kate Peress, and E. Regon (Czechoslovakia), D. Mesene (Greece), Pam Becker (Holland), Dela Lipmskaya and A. Onegin (Russia), and representatives from Belgium and Yugoslavia. Host and Hostess: Wilfred Babbage and Joan Clark. The Continental Orchestra, under the direction of Lionel Falkman. Produced by C.F. Meehan

Contributors

Provided By:
Soffi Schonning
Unknown:
Marian Zigmunt
Unknown:
Mlle. Jacqueline
Unknown:
Otakar Kraus
Unknown:
Kate Peress
Unknown:
E. Regon
Unknown:
D. Mesene
Unknown:
Pam Becker
Unknown:
Dela Lipmskaya
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Joan Clark.
Unknown:
Lionel Falkman.
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

Nativity play, specially written for broadcasting by Dorothy L. Sayers , and produced by Val Gielgud
Caspar, King of Chaldes-.Harcourt Williams
(by permission of Tom Arnold and Ivor Novella )
Harpist, Marie Goossens. Singers, Mary Hamlin , Tom Purvis , and Chorus

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Tom Arnold
Unknown:
Ivor Novella
Harpist:
Marie Goossens.
Singers:
Mary Hamlin
Singers:
Tom Purvis
Melchor, King of Pamphylis:
Henry Ainjey
Balthazar:
Robert Adam
Jewish Merchant:
Richard Williams
Roman Centurion:
Gordon McLeod
Young Greek Gentleman:
Robert Farquharson
Landlord:
Robert Rendell
Landlady:
Gladys Young
Joseph:
, Patric Curwen
Mary:
Lilian Harrison
Young Jewish Gentleman:
Alan Wheatley
The Pharisee:
Sydney Tafler
First Shepherd:
Foster Carlin
Second Shepherd:
Laidman Browne
Third Shepherd:
Basil Jones

by Charles Dickens , adapted for broadcasting by Max Kester , produced by Fred O'Donovan

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Broadcasting By:
Max Kester
Duced By:
Fred O'Donovan
Scrooge:
Philip Wade
Scrooge (as a boy):
John Dodsworth
Marley:
Alexander Sarner
Bob Cratchit:
Edgar Norfolk
Spirit of Christmas Past:
Cyril Gardiner
Spirit of Chtistmas Present:
Arthur Ridley
Spirit of Christmas to Come:
Deryck Guyler
Middlemark:
William Trent
Fezziwig:
Bryan Powley
Mrs Fezziwig:
Ann Codrington
Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs

Frances Day, John Clements , and Naunton Wayne in another late-night revue with Hubert Gregg , Noele Gordon , and Harry Jacobson at the piano. The Dance .Orchestra, under the. direction of Billy Tement. Produced by Vernon Harris. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Clements
Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Unknown:
Noele Gordon
Unknown:
Harry Jacobson
Unknown:
Billy Tement.
Duced By:
Vernon Harris.

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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