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' The Downfall of Augustus Hare': a story by Margaret Ross told by Derek McCulloch (' Uncle Mac ')
' Bird Calls,' by Percy Edwards , the East Anglian Bird Man
Songs by John Rorke
5.40 ' I've Just Come Back from
Copenhagen,' by Benedict Ellis

Contributors

Story By:
Margaret Ross
Told By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Songs By:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Benedict Ellis

Regional Variations (3)

The Week's Films. by Cyril Rav .

BBC Home Service Welsh

' Flotsam's Follies .

BBC Home Service London

A weekly musical, lyrical, and topical programme by B. C. Hilliam ('Flotsam')
With Ivor Dennis. Helen Clare , George James , Anya Lincoln , Trefor Jones , and Clapham and Dwyer. Produced by Tom Ronald. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Programme By:
B. C. Hilliam
Unknown:
Ivor Dennis.
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
George James
Unknown:
Anya Lincoln
Unknown:
Trefor Jones
Duced By:
Tom Ronald.

Regional Variations (2)

'Songs from the Shows.'

BBC Home Service London

Sung by Rita Williams and the Ray Martin Singers , Val Merrall and the Astral Voices. Accompanied by the music of Frank Cordell
Introduced by John Watt
Presented by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Sung By:
Rita Williams
Unknown:
Ray Martin Singers
Unknown:
Val Merrall
Introduced By:
John Watt
Presented By:
Douglas Moodie

Mary Bothwell (soprano)
Janet Howe (mezzo-soprano)
Torsten Ralf (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Wagner
Excerpts from Tristan and Isolda
Prelude
Isolda's Narration Act 2, Scene 2 Prelude, Act 3
(cor anglais solo, Helen Gaskell )
Isolda's Love-Death
From the Royal Albert Hall , London

Contributors

Soprano:
Mary Bothwell
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Howe
Tenor:
Torsten Ralf
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Helen Gaskell
Unknown:
Albert Hall

Regional Variations (5)

Play by Horton Giddy: A Fleet in Being.'

BBC Home Service Scottish

' The Devil in the Summer-House : play by John Dickson Carr.

BBC Home Service London

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' Rogue Herries ': Act 1 of radio play from Hugh Walpole's story.

BBC Home Service North

A problem in detection by John Dickson Carr.

Contributors

Writer:
John Dickson Carr
Producer:
Peter Creswell
Dr Gideon Fell:
Julian Mitchell
Mr Brown:
Hugh Burden
Kitty:
Vera Lennox
Isabel Burnham:
Frances Clare
Richard Burnham:
Andrew Faulds
Paul Stanfield:
Noel Dryden
Inspector Mathers:
Edgar Norfolk
Angela Fisk:
Elizabeth Kentish
Superintendent Hadley:
Anthony Dawson

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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About this data

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