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(Army Edition). A Home Forces entertainment for all serving afloat or overseas. You are invited to ' Studio Stand Easy ' to meet Sergeant Cheerful Charlie Chester and the happy band of ' Other Cranks ' from Stars in Battledress. The ' Blue Rockets ' Band, conducted by Sergeant Eric Robinson. Service ' Double or Quits ' cash quiz. conducted by Will Hay . Produced by Leslie Bridgmont.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chester
Conducted By:
Sergeant Eric Robinson.
Conducted By:
Will Hay
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont.

' Scairey Gummidge goes to School,' by Barbara Euphan Todd. Produced by May Jenkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Scairey Gummidge
Unknown:
Barbara Euphan
Produced By:
May Jenkin
John:
John Clark
Susan:
Rosamond Barnes
Mrs Braithwaite:
Molly Rankin
Mildew Turmut:
Dora Gregory
Scairey::
Elaine MacNamara
Upsidaisy:
Vivienne Chatterton
Earthy Mangold:
Mabel Constanduros
Worzel Gummidge:
Philip Wade
Refined Lady:
Billie Sinclair
Ticket Collector:
Stanley Groome
Miss Hammond:
Molly Rankin

from London and Hamburg
' Tonight we stop the roar of London's traffic to bring to the microphone some of the interesting people who are In Town Tonight,' and take you over to the British Forces Network in Hamburg to hear men of the victorious British Army of the Rhine telling you about their experiences in Germany. Interviewers, Flight-Lieutenant Roy Rich and Sergeant Alan Clarke. Edited by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Lieutenant Roy Rich
Unknown:
Sergeant Alan Clarke.
Edited By:
C. F. Meehan

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra play old-time dance music, and Ivor Walters and Marion Browne entertain with old-time ballads. At the piano, Berkeley Mason. Introduced by Patric Curwen. Master of Ceremonies, A. J. Latimer. Producer, Stanton Jefferies

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivor Walters
Unknown:
Marion Browne
Introduced By:
Patric Curwen.
Unknown:
A. J. Latimer.
Producer:
Stanton Jefferies

with Eltham and Sharpe
Adelaide Hall
Ronald Frankau
Robert Wilson
Dave Morris
Harry Lester and his Hayseeds
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer, John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Adelaide Hall
Unknown:
Ronald Frankau
Unknown:
Robert Wilson
Unknown:
Dave Morris
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell.
Announcer:
Norman Wooland.
Producer:
John Sharman.

by Stanley Houghton , adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe. Produced by Howard Rose

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Houghton
Broadcasting By:
Cynthia Pughe.
Produced By:
Howard Rose
Christopher Hawthorn:
Edgar K Bruce
Mrs Hawthorn:
Marjorie Westbury
Fanny Hawthorn:
Belle Chrystall
Nathaniel Jeffcote:
Herbert Lomas
Mrs Jeffcote:
Greta Wood
Alan Jeffcote:
Frank Partington
Sir Timothy Farrar:
William Heilbronn
Beatrice Farrar:
Pamela Bruce
Ada:
Hilda Davies

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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