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Stephen Williams introduces gramophone records of striking first scenes in opera
BILL PREBBLE, who emigrated to Australia after the last war, and is now a London bus-driver, will be heard this evening at
8.0 in the first of the new series of ' Travellers' Tales '. Here he is talking to Norman Wooland , introducer of these programmes.

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephen Williams
Unknown:
Norman Wooland

' Vegetables on the Mixed Farm' : talk by David Lowe
Market-gardening for farmers is becoming an increasingly important subject. David Lowe is well-known in the Lothians of Scotland both as a general farmer and as a grower of vegetable crops. Listeners may remember his talk on straw last December

Contributors

Talk By:
David Lowe
Unknown:
David Lowe

Part 2
Margaret Godley (soprano); Margaret Rees (soprano); Margaret Rolfe (contralto); Brad-
bridge White (tenor); Emlyn Bebb (tenor); Stanley Riley (bass). BBC Chorus. BBC Orchestra. G. Thalben-Ball (organ). Arnold Goldsbrough (harpsichord). Conducted by Julian Herbage
Part 3 will be broadcast tomorrow at
9.35 p.m.

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Godley
Soprano:
Margaret Rees
Contralto:
Margaret Rolfe
Tenor:
Bridge White
Tenor:
Emlyn Bebb
Tenor:
Stanley Riley

Bill Prebble recalls his experiences as an emigrant. Programme introduced by Norman Wooland. Script by Leslie Baily and Henry James. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Prebble
Presenter:
Norman Wooland
Script:
Leslie Baily
Script:
Henry James
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Produced By:
Eric Fawcett

with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino GalVanl , Bill , Stephens , Diana Morrison , Jean Capra , and Jack Cooper. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Dino Galvanl
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Unknown:
Jean Capra
Unknown:
Jack Cooper.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

(Third series). Weekly half-hour of mystery and suspense, written by John Dickson Carr. Produced by Martyn C. Webster.
Story-Teller: Valentine Dyall (by permission of Robert Donat).

Contributors

Written By:
John Dickson Carr
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Story-Teller:
Valentine Dyall
Markham:
Esme Percy
Judith Ray:
Belle Chrystall
Taxi-Driver:
William Trent
Ronald Gilbert:
John Dodsworth

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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