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TRAVEL TALKS. ' Round the Pacific ' : Colin Wills talks a.bout life in Sydney
2.20 LET'S JOIN IN. "The Straw Ox ': a traditional Russian tale retold for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe
2.40 LOOKING AT THINGS. ' A Strip of Garden': W. P. Matthew talks about gardens in general and his own in particular

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Jean Sutcliffe

Five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and art
Conducted by Basil Wright
3.1 Art: Colin Maclnnes
3.10 Films: Paul Rotha
3.18 Theatre: T. C. Worsley
3.27 Books: C. V . Wedgwood
3.35 Radio: M. R. Ridley

Contributors

Conducted By:
Basil Wright
Unknown:
Colin MacLnnes
Unknown:
Paul Rotha
Unknown:
T. C. Worsley
Unknown:
C. V Wedgwood
Unknown:
M. R. Ridley

'Kidnapped by Gunrunners'
The further adventures of 'Tiger' Ransome and 'Snort' Kenton by 'Sea-Lion'
3 - 'The Secret of Dinscombe Mine'
Produced by David Davis

While the Ransome family is spending a summer holiday at Saicombe in South Devon, Joan Ransome is kidnapped by crooks, Micallef and Zammit, who demand £10,000 for her safe return. Micallef and Zammit are members of the Matson gang of gunrunners whose headquarters are in the old Dinscombe tin mine near Salcombe. They are planning to raid the Dinscombe ammunition depot in order to obtain arms for illegal sale to a troublesome foreign country. But hard on their track are Superintendent Sawbridge and Inspector McBride of Scotland Yard.

'My First Turkish Bath: a story from my travel journals,' by Owen Tweedy

Contributors

Writer (Kidnapped by Gunrunners):
'Sea-Lion' [Geoffrey Bennett]
Producer (Kidnapped by Gunrunners):
David Davis
Midshipman 'Tiger' Ransome, RN:
Duncan Carse
Midshipman 'Snort' Kenton, RN:
Alec Ross
Mrs Ransome:
Mary O'Farrell
Captain Ransome, RN:
Bruce Belfrage
Joan Ransome:
Virginia Winter
Zammit:
Sydney Keith
Micallef:
Leo de Pokorny
Borg:
Deryck Guyler
Matson:
Harold Ayer
Superintendent Sawbridge CID:
Eric Anderson
Inspector McBride, CID:
Peter Claughton
Police Constable:
John Crocker
Speaker (My First Turkish Bath):
Owen Tweedy

Music for everyone played by Stanley Black and the Augmented Dance Orchestra sung by Edmund Hockridge
Harry Dawson
Josephine Crombie , Doreen Lundy and the Peter Knight Chorus
Producer, Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Played By:
Stanley Black
Sung By:
Edmund Hockridge
Sung By:
Harry Dawson
Sung By:
Josephine Crombie
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Johnnie Stewart

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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