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A serial in eight episodes by John Jowett
Episode 1
Cast for the week's episodes:
Production by Vernon Harris
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 22)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Jowett
Production By:
Vernon Harris
Woolcott:
Naunton Wayne
Spencer:
Basil Radford
Carole Bi issac:
Heather Stannard
Puffy Graham:
Geoffrey Sumner
Mr Woodall:
William Mervyn
Helder:
Oliver Burt
Malevolecci:
John Gabriel
An Arab:
Kenneth Cleveland
A porter:
Denis McCarthy
Herman Rosentoaum:
John Bentley
Harker:
John Sharp
Idrls:
Sebastian Cabot
Mimmig:
Denis McCarthy
British Consul:
Alec Finter
Sidi Yakoub:
Philip Leaver
Hotel receptionist:
Ian Sadler
Suleiman:
Stanley Lemin

Elsie Morison
Billie Baker
Dudley Rolph
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frank Thomas )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Script by Dick Richards
Introduced by Bernadette Hodgson

Contributors

Unknown:
Elsie Morison
Unknown:
Billie Baker
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Leader:
Frank Thomas
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Script By:
Dick Richards
Introduced By:
Bernadette Hodgson

Written by Leslie Baily
Produced by Howard Agg
Narrator, Marius Goring
Singers :
John Rorke and Harold Scott
Musical arrangements by Mark H. Lubbock
Chorus and Orchestra
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Baily
Produced By:
Howard Agg
Narrator:
Marius Goring
Singers:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Harold Scott
Arrangements By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Queen Victoria:
Betty Hardy
Prince Albert:
Albert Lieven
Henry Mayhew:
Heron Carvic
William Makepeace Thackeray:
Carleton Hobbs

'The Just So Stories' by Rudyard Kipling
' How the Rhinoceros got his Skin '
Told by Lionel Gamlin followed by ' The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo '
Adapted for broadcasting by Maurice Brown
Production by Josephine Plummer
5.30 ' Music at Random,' by Helen Henschel. ' The Year's
Pleasant King'
5.50 This week's programmes

Contributors

Stories By:
Rudyard Kipling
Told By:
Lionel Gamlin
Broadcasting By:
Maurice Brown
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Helen Henschel.
Kangaroo:
Noel Dryden
Yellow-Dog Dingo:
Wilfred Babbage
Big God Nqong:
Leslie French
Storyteller:
Lionel Gamlin

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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