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A radio play by Dorothy Paterson. Produced by Mary Hope Allen
The action of the play covers the twenty years from 1856-1876

Contributors

Play By:
Dorothy Paterson.
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Hester Vernon:
Cherry Cottrell
Beatrice Vernon:
Josephine Shand
Chattie Sheridan:
Gillian Howell
Mrs Sheridan:
Gladys Spencer
Sophy Morgan:
Betty Linton
Caroline:
Muriel George
Henry Sheridan:
John Bentley
Chairman:
Arthur Ridley
Mr Perry:
Charles Maunsell

A Sing-Song for all ages, with artists and audience
Saturday-Afternoon Variety
Introduced by Hugh Morton , with ' the Three Semis (songs in harmony), Coco and Micheil (the famous clowns), Francis Walker (accordion and harmonica), Fred Lawson (songs with guitar), Derrick Whydle (impressions), and Violet Carson and Muriel Levy at two pianos

Contributors

Introduced By:
Hugh Morton
Accordion:
Francis Walker
Unknown:
Fred Lawson
Unknown:
Violet Carson
Unknown:
Muriel Levy

with Billy Kay
Morton Fraser and his Harmonica Rascals
Ernest Arnley and Gloria
Albert Modley
Delya
Collinson and Breen
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Announcer, Lionel Marson. Producer, John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Kay
Unknown:
Morton Fraser
Unknown:
Albert Modley
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins.
Announcer:
Lionel Marson.
Producer:
John Sharman.

A tragedy in four acts by Clemence Dane , adapted for broadcasting by Cyril Wood
The action passes in the living-room of a farm on Lundy Island, off the North Devon coast, early in the last century
Produced in a West of England studio by Owen Reed

Contributors

Unknown:
Clemence Dane
Broadcasting By:
Cyril Wood
Unknown:
Owen Reed
Jordan Morris:
Norman Kendall
Judith, his wife:
Pauline Letts
Prosper, his half-brother:
Hedley Goodall
Penny Holt:
Patricia Roberts
A nameless man:
Franklyn Dyall
A clergyman:
George Holloway

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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