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' Bunkle Began It' by M. Pardoe
Adapted by Bertha Lonsdale
3—' Bill Benson takes a Hand '
Produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
M. Pardoe
Adapted By:
Bertha Lonsdale
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald
Major de Salis:
Robert Marsden
Mrs de Salis:
Rosemary Horstmann
Robin:
Peter Johnson
Jill:
Shirley King
Bunkle:
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs Wetherby:
Joan Littlewood
Schultz:
James Miller
Mike Flanagan:
Bill Price
Major Bill Benson:
Norman Somers
Despatch Rider Willis:
John Broadbent
Postmistress:
Joan Sharp
First Home Guard:
George Hagan
Second Home Guard:
Herbert Smith
Narrator:
George Hagan

Regional Variations (6)

Prairie Schooner.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Newyddion.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Prokofiev (records).

BBC Home Service London

Catherine Lawson (contralto).

BBC Home Service North

Magee : talk on Magee University College by Prof. Tom Finnegan

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

PROKOFIEV
Records of movements from ' Chout,' and the ' Scythian Suite ' -

Regional Variations (5)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Byd y Ffermwyr.

BBC Home Service Welsh

(on. 285.7 m.) North-Eastern Variety.

BBC Home Service North

Farming Today.

BBC Home Service London

Measuring Farm Management by Kenneth N. Russell , Vice-Principal of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth N. Russell

Regional Variations (5)

Sim Grossman and his Orchestra.

BBC Home Service West

Farm Forum.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Talk by T. C. Kemp on the Stratford Festival.

BBC Home Service Midland

Vic Oliver in ' Oliver s Twists.'

BBC Home Service London

With Vic Oliver. Pat Kirkwood , Billy Milton , Jeanette Hughes. the Song Pedlars, and a guest musician. Augmented Dance Orchestra,, conducted by Stanley Black. Script by Dick Pepper and Frank Muir. Produced by Jacques Brown.

Contributors

Unknown:
Vic Oliver.
Unknown:
Pat Kirkwood
Unknown:
Billy Milton
Unknown:
Jeanette Hughes.
Script By:
Dick Pepper
Script By:
Frank Muir.
Produced By:
Jacques Brown.

Regional Variations (7)

Gaelic Concert.

BBC Home Service Scottish

B6yd Neel Orchestra; Leon Goossens (oboe).

BBC Home Service West

Merthyr Philharmonic Society; BBC Welsh Orchestra.

BBC Home Service Welsh

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Thursday Concert.

BBC Home Service London

Sportsman's Club.

BBC Home Service North

Oda Slobodskaya (soprano)
Margaret Schofield (accompanist)
The Robert Masters
Piano Quartet:
Robert Masters (violin)
, Nannie Jamieson (viola)
Muriel Taylor (cello)
Kinloch Anderson (piano)
Given before an audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London

Contributors

Soprano:
Oda Slobodskaya
Accompanist:
Margaret Schofield
Violin:
Robert Masters
Viola:
Nannie Jamieson
Cello:
Muriel Taylor
Piano:
Kinloch Anderson

with Jack Train , Hugh Morton
Fred Yule , Lind Joyce
Diana Morrison , Deryck Guyler
Joan Harben , and Hattie Jacques
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Script by Ted Kavanagh
Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Lind Joyce
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Joan Harben
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Regional Variations (8)

Phantom Island ': play by N. C. Hunter

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

As Midland.

BBC Home Service West

' The Rivals of Rhydfach': ': comedy by E. Eynon Evans.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Dramatised story: You Bet Your Life.

BBC Home Service London

' Sterner Stuff': play by Leonard J. Hines and Frank King.

BBC Home Service North

Story of the invention of the Turbo-Jet Engine.

BBC Home Service Midland

Documentary: ‘ More Coal with Less Sweat.'

BBC Home Service Scottish

A triple story
The different accounts of what happened to a chorus girl who went to Monte Carlo to find a protector and a fortune. With May Hallett , Ceeile Chevreau , Betty Linton , Derek Birch , Esm6 Percy , and Ann Codrington
Produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
May Hallett
Unknown:
Ceeile Chevreau
Unknown:
Betty Linton
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Esm6 Percy
Unknown:
Ann Codrington
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

Regional Variations (4)

Eddie Shaw and his Band

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Melody for Late Evening.

BBC Home Service West

Music by Walford Davies.

BBC Home Service London

Six Pastorals: Morning Song, with Hymn to Pan; The Shepherd's Wife's Song; Sweet Content; A
. Dialogue of Clorinda and Damon;
A Dialogue of Dorinda and Thyrsis; Evening Song
BBC Singers
Aeolian String Quartet
Ernest Lush (piano)
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate

Contributors

Piano:
Ernest Lush
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate

Regional Variations (3)

Science Survey.

BBC Home Service London

Scottish poetry.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Progress in Weather Forecasting by E. G. Bilham , Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office
Like other branches of science, weather forecasting presents many problems upon which research workers are continually engaged. This evening, E. G. Bilham , who is in charge of forecasting, tells listeners something about the nature of the problems and the lines along which they are being attacked

Contributors

Unknown:
E. G. Bilham
Unknown:
E. G. Bilham

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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