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A play in sound by D. Ben-Shabetai with Eric Anderson. Howieson Culff
Hamilton Dyce, Joan Hart
Malcolm Hayes , David Kossoff Philip Levene , Jean McConnell and David Peel and sound technicians of the BBC Drama Department
Produced by Leonard Chase
' Usher's Notebook ' is a short experimental play consisting almost entirely of effects and music

Contributors

Unknown:
D. Ben-Shabetai
Unknown:
Eric Anderson.
Unknown:
Joan Hart
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Unknown:
David Kossoff
Unknown:
Philip Levene
Unknown:
Jean McConnell
Unknown:
David Peel
Produced By:
Leonard Chase

by ' Blair '
Other parts played by Roger Delgado and Duncan Mclntyre
Production by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Played By:
Roger Delgado
Played By:
Duncan McLntyre
Production By:
David H. Godfrey
Lord Paddupp:
Hugh Manning
Lord Plaisloe:
Malcolm Hayes
Sir Blenkinsopp Waller:
Richard Williams
General Legge-Trapp:
Bryan Powley
Chairman:
Martin Lewis
Winger:
John Turnbull
Minister of Education:
Hamilton Dyce
Bishop of Slipfield:
Howieson Culff

' Speed the. Parting Guest'
Written by Colin D. Willock Produced by Charles Maxwell
(Richard Attenborough broadcasts by arrangement with the Bouliing Brothers; Sheila Sim is appearing in ' To Dorothy, a Son' at the Garrick Theatre, London)

Contributors

Written By:
Colin D. Willock
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Unknown:
Sheila Sim
George Braithwaite:
Richard Attenborough
Joan Braithwaite:
Sheila Sim
Bill:
Roy Plomley
Mrs Rutter:
Mary Jones
Gerald:
John Stevens
Babs:
Dorothy Primrose
Mrs Cosh:
Freda Bamford
Herbert Finch:
Frank Muir
Mabel:
Olga Dickie
Tristram ffoulkes:
John Slater

A trip by launch on the Thames to view the floodlighting and illuminations along the river in celebration of the Festival of Britain, and a short visit to see the scene at the Festival Pleasure Gardens at Battersea
Commentators:
Audrey Russell on the launch and Henry Riddell in the Festival Pleasure Gardens

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Henry Riddell

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