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Michael Miles introduces
The Harmonics
A Note or Two from Eugene Pini
Victor Seaforth
Something to Sing About
Victoria Kingsley
Bennett and Williams
Top of the Bill
Diana Churchill
Louis Voss and his Orchestra Producer. Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Introduces:
Michael Miles
Unknown:
Eugene Pini
Unknown:
Victor Seaforth
Unknown:
Victoria Kingsley
Unknown:
Diana Churchill
Unknown:
Louis Voss
Unknown:
Trafford Whitelock

For the Younger Ones
'The Adventures of Pinocchio
Adapted by Barbara Sleigh from the book by Carlo Collodi
5 (conclusion)
' The Land of Cockagne '
Production by Fenella Scoft
5.30 For Older Children
Going to the Pictures and the Theatre
Eric Gillett reviews some of the plays and films now showing
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Adapted By:
Barbara Sleigh
Book By:
Carlo Collodi
Production By:
Fenella Scoft
Narrator:
Charles E Stidwill
Pinocchio:
Patricia Hayes
The Coachman:
Stephen Jack
Giangio:
Geoffrey Wincott
Gepetto:
Norman Shelley
The Cricket:
Harry Hutchinson
The Snail:
Vivienne Chatterton
Candlewick:
Anthony Valentine

Pink Elephants
Talk by L. Hugh Newman , F.R.E.S.
The Great Elephant hawk moth, which is a delightful pink colour, is one of seventeen species of hawk mot'hs to be found in the British Isles which get the r name because of their ability to hover motionless in the air in the same as certain birds of prey.

Contributors

Talk By:
L. Hugh Newman , F.R.E.S.

(Cinderella)
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
Music by Rossini
(sung in Italian)
Huntsmen and Courtiers
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leo Quayle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum)
Continuo played by Bryan Balkwill
CONDUCTED BY ALFRED WALLENSTEIN
Produced by Carl Ebert
From the King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in Don Magnifico'a castle
Scene 2: A room in Don Ramiro's padace-.
Scene 3: The Grand Salon in Don Ramiro 's palace

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacopo Ferretti
Chorus-Master:
Leo Quayle
Leader:
David McCallum
Played By:
Bryan Balkwill
Conducted By:
Alfred Wallenstein
Produced By:
Carl Ebert
Unknown:
Don Ramiro

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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