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In a Summer Garden (Delius): London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Toye
Elégie (Fauré): Jean Bedetti (cello) and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Kousse vitzky
Variations and Fugue on an Old
English Tune, Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (Weinberger): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert

Contributors

Cello:
Jean Bedetti
Conducted By:
Serge Kousse

Today in East Africa cars or trucks do most of the carrying. In the old days, however, everything for a journey, or safari, had to be carried by native porters. That method was still in use when Captain Keith Cald well, the well-known authority on African wild'life, first went out there, and it is the subject of his reminiscences this afternoon.

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Keith Cald

A musical entertainment given by Harriet Cohen (piano), Leon Goossens (oboe), Reginald Kell (clarinet), Archie Camden (bassoon), David Martin (violin), Max Gilbert (viola), and James Whitehead (cello). (Recording of last Thursday's broadcast in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Piano:
Harriet Cohen
Piano:
Leon Goossens
Oboe:
Reginald Kell
Bassoon:
Archie Camden
Bassoon:
David Martin
Violin:
Max Gilbert
Violin:
James Whitehead

Adapted by Charles Hatton from a short story by Patrick Brand. Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Others taking part are Graham Doody , David Kossoff , Preston Lockwood . William Trent , Charles Leno , Vivienne Chatterton , Cyril Gardiner , Williams Lloyd , John Alexander , and Keith Lloyd

Contributors

Adapted By:
Charles Hatton
Story By:
Patrick Brand.
Duced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Unknown:
Graham Doody
Unknown:
David Kossoff
Unknown:
Preston Lockwood
Unknown:
William Trent
Unknown:
Charles Leno
Unknown:
Vivienne Chatterton
Unknown:
Cyril Gardiner
Unknown:
Williams Lloyd
Unknown:
John Alexander
Unknown:
Keith Lloyd
Peter Morny:
John Bentley
Eve Morny:
Betty Cooper
Julia Drayton:
Katherine Money

'The Truth About Midge': a story for the younger ones by Edward D. Dickinson. told by W. E. Davis (' David
Songs by Dorothy Bond
' Adventures of an Infant Stoat,' by H. Mortimer Batten , told by Derek McCulloch (' Mac )
5.50 Children's Hour prayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward D. Dickinson.
Told By:
W. E. Davis
Songs By:
Dorothy Bond
Unknown:
H. Mortimer Batten
Told By:
Derek McCulloch

Radio-serial, adapted by Felix Felton from the novel by Edgar Wallace. Produced by Felix Felton. Episode 4 (conclusion)

Contributors

Adapted By:
Felix Felton
Novel By:
Edgar Wallace.
Produced By:
Felix Felton.
Raymond Poiccart:
Frederick Valk
Leon Gonsalez:
Mark Dignam
George Manfred:
Leslie Perrins
Thery, alias Saimont:
Leo de Pokorny
Sir Philip Ramon (the Foreign Secretary):
Martin Lewis
Detective Superintendent Falmouth:
John Witty
The Assistant Commissioner:
John Turnbull
Billy Marks:
Alexander Sarner
Sir Francis Katling:
Charles Maunsell
Storyteller:
Duncan Carse

for thirty mad minutes with his trained troupe of performing zombies
Including Harold Berens as Mr. Mosseltoff; Doris Nichols as Ma; Arthur Rigby as The Voice; Hamish Menzies , the Maestro of the Joanna; Marion Pola. Kenneth Blain , Patricia Hayes. and Reg. Leopold's Our Shed ' Saloon Orchestra. Scripts by Max Wall , shuffled and cut by Pat Dixon and George Inns.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Doris Nichols
Unknown:
Arthur Rigby
Unknown:
Hamish Menzies
Unknown:
Marion Pola.
Unknown:
Kenneth Blain
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes.
Unknown:
Max Wall
Unknown:
Pat Dixon
Unknown:
George Inns.

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