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Overture: Prince Igor (Borodin):
Halle Orchestra, conducted by * Leslie Heward
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra (Tchaikovsky): Danya Shafran (Laureate at the All Union Competition), with the Leningrad State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by A. V. Gauk
The Dove and the Hen (The Birds)
(Respighl): Brussels Royal Conservatoire Orchestra, conducted by Desire Defauw

Contributors

Unknown:
Danya Shafran
Conducted By:
A. V. Gauk
Conducted By:
Desire Defauw

(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Michael Ayrton ; Lieut-Commander R. T. Gould ; Mary Agnes Hamilton :Lord Samuel : Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Question-Master, John Gloag.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Lieut-Commander R. T. Gould
Unknown:
Mary Agnes Hamilton
Unknown:
Lord Samuel
Unknown:
Dr. Malcolm Sargent.
Unknown:
John Gloag.

'Said the Cat to the Dog' by Martin Armstrong. Produced by Josephine Plummer. 10—' April Fools' Day '
5.25 ' A Visit to Cowleaze Farm.' ' In Springtime '

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer.
Narrator:
Lionel Gamlin
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
David de Saram
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Cookie:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Mompty:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham:
Stephen Jack
Potts:
Preston Lockwood

An Edwardian musical comedy, with music by the late
Leslie Stuart. Story adapted for radio by Aubrey Danvers-Walker . Produced by Tom Ronald
Other parts played by John Carol , Kenneth Morgan , and Rhoderick Walker
BBC Variety Orchestra and Revue Chorus conducted by Charles Shad well. Orchestrations by Jack Beaver
Scene: Monte Carlo and London, 1905

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Stuart.
Unknown:
Aubrey Danvers-Walker
Duced By:
Tom Ronald
Played By:
John Carol
Played By:
Kenneth Morgan
Conducted By:
Charles Shad
Unknown:
Jack Beaver
Unknown:
Monte Carlo
Nina:
Patricia Burke
Tim Faulkner:
Peter Graves
Lady Alma Swan:
Marie Burke
Dudley Charteris:
Hugh Morton
Lady Undershaft:
Olivia Burleigh
Beppo:
Gordon Little
Violet:
Charmian Innes
Andy:
Bill Stephens
Raynor:
Wilfred Babbage

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Esme Percy as the March Hare.

A satirical fancy for April Fools' Day.
Written and produced by Louis MacNeice, with music specially composed by Antony Hopkins.

The theme is the search for Truth. A large cast includes various female personifications of Truth as met among journalists, scientists, Tories, Marxists, psycho-analysts, Gaelic Nationalists, Neo-Yogis and others.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Louis MacNeice
Composer:
Antony Hopkins
March Hare:
Esme Percy

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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