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Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by John Arlott , A. G. Street , John Betjeman , and Lewis Hastings
Travelling Question-Master ,
Freddy Grisewood
Presented by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
Lewis Hastings
Unknown:
Travelling Question-Master
Presented By:
Nicholas Crocker

' The Witch Who Couldn't Fly': a story by George Baker , told by Lionel Gamlin followed by ' The Missing Manuscript'
A new adventure of Norman and Henry Bones , the boy detectives
Written by Anthony C. Wilson
Produced by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Story By:
George Baker
Told By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Henry Bones
Written By:
Anthony C. Wilson
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Norman Bones:
Charles Hawtrey
Henry Bones:
Patricia Hayes
Paul White:
Marten Tiffen
Mrs Curtis:
Ann Codrington
Douglas Hughes:
Richard Williams
George:
Preston Lockwood
Inspector Ward:
Duncan McLntyre
Sergeant:
Lockwood West

3—' The Wild Jungle People' by Col. F. Spencer Chapman , D.s.O.
During his three and a half years spent in the jungle behind the Japanese lines Col. Spencer Chapman had a good opportunity to study the Malayan pygmies, or Sakai-a timid, elusive people who hunt with poison darts which they shoot from blow-pipes.

Contributors

Unknown:
Col. F. Spencer Chapman
Unknown:
Col. Spencer Chapman

Bob Monkhouse
Josef Dollinger Harold Berens
Tollefsen
The Western Brothers
Lizbeth Webb
Peter Cavanagh
BBC Variety Orchestra Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Master of Ceremonies, Ted Ray
Producer, Michael North

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Josef Dollinger
Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Lizbeth Webb
Unknown:
Peter Cavanagh
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Michael North

by W. Somerset Maugham
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced by Frank Hauser

Contributors

Produced By:
Frank Hauser
John Middleton, F R C S:
Sebastian Shaw
Constance, his wife:
Pamela Brown
Martha, her sister:
Betty Baskcomb
Mrs Culver, their mother:
Gladys Spencer
Mortimer Durham:
Cyril Gardiner
Marie-Louise, his wife:
Pamela Stirling
Bernard Kersal:
Richard Hurndall
Barbara Fawcett:
Elaine Montgomerie
Bentley:
Charles Mortimer

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

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