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TRAVEL TALKS. Come and Visit Us: Allen Jackson talks about everyday life in New York.
2.20 LET'S JOIN IN-a true summer tale from Australia: ' Ruthie Pigtail and the Kookaburra Bird,' adapted from Kate Lee's story
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Escape,' by John Galsworthy. Part 2

Contributors

Talks:
Allen Jackson
Unknown:
Kate Lee
Unknown:
John Galsworthy.

Readings and dramatised extracts from modern American humorists
6—‘Allow Me, Madame ' (from Popcorn), by Cornelia Otis Skinner; and ' Th3 Evening Out' and ' Who Understands Who, Anyhow? ' (from The Face is Familiar) by Ogden Nash. Readers, Peter Madden and Honorine Catto
Production by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Unknown:
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Readers:
Ogden Nash.
Readers:
Peter Madden
Unknown:
Honorine Catto
Production By:
Mary Hope Allen

' Biffer': the story of a cocker spaniel by Elf Lewis Clarke, told by Ernest Jay. (Third series)
5-' I Have Three Strokes of Bad . Luck '
followed by 'The Seven Sapphires' by Elisabeth Kyle
Adapted as a serial play in four parts by Barbara Sleigh
Production by Derek McCulloch
4-' Ambush and Siege '

Contributors

Unknown:
Elf Lewis Clarke
Told By:
Ernest Jay.
Unknown:
Elisabeth Kyle
Unknown:
Barbara Sleigh
Production By:
Derek McCulloch
Peter:
David Spenser
Baxendale:
Keith Lloyd
Mrs Sowerbutts:
Joan Sanderson
Nancy:
Marjorie Westbury
Bert Lemmings:
David Stringer
Fieri:
Preston Lockwood
Mr Yallopy:
Carleton Hobbs
Walter:
Douglas Barr
Mrs Lemmings:
Vivienne Chatterton
Boatman:
Frank Atkinson
Inspector Jobson:
Martin Lewis
Mr Marple:
Charles Lefeaux
Chatty:
Audrey Blair
Margot:
Olive Kirby
Winkle:
Sheila Maloney

A radio parlour game with Richard Dimbleby, Anona Winn, Daphne Padel, and Jack Train asking all the questions, and Stewart MacPherson, knowing (almost) all the answers. Programme, presented by Alick Hayes

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Daphne Padel
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Stewart MacPherson
Presented By:
Alick Hayes

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.

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More