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Symphony No. 6 (Le Matin) (Haydn):
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Franz Litschauer , with Christa Fuhrmann (harpsichord)
Concerto for left hand (Ravel):
Robert Casadcsus (piano) with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Music for Shakespeare's ' Romeo and Juliet ' (David Diamond ): Little Orchestra Society, conducted by Thomas K. Scherman on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Vienna Chamber
Unknown:
Franz Litschauer
Harpsichord:
Christa Fuhrmann
Piano:
Robert Casadcsus
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Unknown:
David Diamond
Conducted By:
Thomas K. Scherman

of Euripides
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Gilbert Murray who has recorded a short introductory talk
, and a section of the BBC Women's Chorus
Music composed and conducted by Dennis Arundell
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Gilbert Murray
Conducted By:
Dennis Arundell
Produced By:
Peter Watts
A peasant:
Stephen Jack
Electra:
Joan Hart
Orestes:
Peter Coke
An old man:
Baliol Holloway
Clytemnestra:
Catherine Salkeld
A messenger:
Allan Cuthbertson
Castor:
Valentine Dyall
The Leader of the Chorus:
Molly Rankin
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Margaret Chisholm
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Ann Codrington
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Dorothy Green
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Patricia Hilliard
Chorus of Women of Argos:
Mary Kenton

Appeal on behalf of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act 1948), by Wilfred Pickles, O.B.E .
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
A guide diog acts for its blind owner by guiding him througb crowded' streets, stopping at all curbs, avoiding all obstacles, going 'Forward,' 'Left,' or ' Right ' on the owner's command. The dogs quickly learn the way and take command of the route, whether by railway, Underground, or bus.
The possession of guide dogs gives their owners physneal independence, the ability to plan their lives as they wish, to earn their living (eighty-five per cent of the guide dog owners do so), and affords the comfort and companionship of a faithful friend. ' They walk with their dogs along the road to happiness.'
It takes, on an average, three or four months .to train a dog; when the dogs are ready oheir prospective owners work with them at the school until they become a unit and can go home together to carry on with their lives in independence and safety. It costs more than £ 200 to train each dog supplied to a blind person.

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles, O.B.E
Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
Lon Don

by Charles Dickens
Adapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux
Returning home, Arthur Gride finds that has housekeeper Peg Siiderskew has stolen a box of important papers, including the will by which he alone had learnt of Madeline's fortune. Stopping at nothing to ensure that Nicholas should not marry an heiress, Ralph uses Squeers in an attempt to regain the papers.
But unknown to him, through information received from Newman Noggs, the Cheeryble Brothers have Squeers followed and arrested with Peg. The Brothers tell Ralph of these arrests and that Snawley has confessed to the plot against Smike; they advise him to fly and escape the consequence of his crimes, but their kindness only angers him further.
(Andrew Cruickshank is now appearing in 'Dial "M" for Murder' at the Westminster Theatre; Barbara Leake in 'The Deep Blue Sea' at the Duchess Theatre; Harold Scott in 'Waters of the Moon' at the Haymarket Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:
Arthur Gride
Unknown:
Peg Siiderskew
Unknown:
Newman Noggs
Unknown:
Andrew Cruickshank
Unknown:
Barbara Leake
Unknown:
Harold Scott
Narrator:
John Gabriel
Nicholas Nickleby:
Gordon Davies
Smike:
Martin Starkie
Ralph Nickleby:
Andrew Cruickshank
Tim Linkinwater:
Frank Tickle
Charles Cheeryble:
Harold Scott
Brooker:
Richard Hurndall
Mrs Nickleby:
Barbara Leake
Kate Nickleby:
Daphne Grey
Ned Cheeryble:
Alec Finter
Madeline Bray:
Elizabeth London
Frank Cheeryble:
Derek Hart
Miss La Creevy:
Dorothy Smith
John Browdie:
Deryck Guyler
Tilda Browdie:
Denise Bryer
Mrs Squeers:
Mary O'Farrell
Boys:
Wilfrid Downing
Boys:
Richard Brooke
Boys:
Anthony Green
Boys:
Ian Hindle
Boys:
Anthony Warner,
Wackford Squeers, Junior:
Roger Gorb
Mr Vincent Crummles:
Allan Jeayes

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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