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The First Results will be given at noon. Five-minute periods will be allotted for the announcement of election results at noon, in the one o'clock news, at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., in the six o'clock news, and at 7 p.m. Listeners will be informed of the state of the Parties, of gains and losses, and of any items of special interest such as the return or non-return of Cabinet Ministers. If it is not clear at 7 p.m. which Party has won the election, and results come in between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., the programmes may be interrupted so that listeners can be told the latest state of the poll. There will be a summing-up in the nine o'clock news when, it is expected, all the results will have been declared.

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arranged in collaboration with the Arts Council of Great Britain. 8-From School, Winchester College. Introduced by Frank Phillips. Eight voices from the Fleet Street Choir (conductor. T. B. Lawrence ). Philharmonic String -Trio: David Martin (violin). Watson Forbes (viola), James Whitehead (cello)
Ballet: Hark all ye lovely saints above

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Phillips.
Conductor:
T. B. Lawrence
Violin:
David Martin
Violin:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
James Whitehead

' The Black Arrow': story of the Wars of the Roses, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Adapted by David Close-Thomas . Produced by Nan Macdonald. Part 4-' The Battle of Shoreby '

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Adapted By:
David Close-Thomas
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald.
Dick Shelton:
Charles Mason
Sir Daniel Brackley:
Hugh Morton
Joanna Sedley:
Jenny Lovelace
Sir Oliver Oates:
John Wardle
Bennet Hatch:
Herbert Smith
John Amend-All:
John Broadbent
Will Lawless:
Fred Fairclough
Lord Foxham:
James Dale
Lord Risingham:
Laidman Browne
Lady Alicia Risingham:
Rosalie Williams
Arblaster:
J A Foster
Tom, his Man:
William Price
Jack Pirret:
Eric Naden
Richard Duke of Gloucester:
Alec Elliott
Narrator:
David Marknam

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