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Talk by Leslie Paul
One summer when he was a boy on holiday at the seaside Leslie Paul d vided his time between swimming and watching a young performer in The pierrot troupe with whom he had fallen in love. He watched her day after day from the promenade, being unable to afford the price of a seat. But one day he heard her say ' There's that awful boy again.' So he avoided the pierrots, but he met his idol one day when the sea was really too dangerous for swimming.....

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Talk By:
Leslie Paul

A play by Eden Phillpotts
Produced by Hugh Stewart in the BBC's West of England studios

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Play By:
Eden Phillpotts
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
The Bishop of Redchester:
George Holloway
Tomlin, his butler:
Charles E Stidwill
Jordan, his chaplain:
Brian Campbell
Joseph Blackadder:
Geoffrey Matthews
Ned Brewster:
Francis Lunt
John Wilson:
Lewis Gedge
Major Warner:
A F Fairlie-Clarke
Mrs Blackadder:
Ethel Coleridge
The High Sherriff:
Keith Hamilton Price
The Town Clerk:
Norman Kendall
Turnkey:
Roy Berry
Tobias Lamb:
Wilfred Babbage

For Older. Listeners
'Adventure on Cheviot'
A new serial play written for broadcasting byWinifred Fintey
2— 'Where Druids Dwelled '
Produced by Herbert Smith
PaulNorton and Richard Norton, with their Uncle Bill, are spending part of their Christmas holidays walking along the border line from Carter Bar to Cheviot, intending to stay for a week in College Glen. On the way tlieir camp is raided and their food store disappears. When they arrive at Cheviot Cottage Uncle Bill goes out to call on the neighbouring Frazers, leaving the boys in bed. Richard, who is thirsty, wakes his brother, when suddenly they hear noises below. They go downstairs and find a man with a gun.....
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Maurice Dean

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Broadcasting By:
Winifred Fintey
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Rev. Maurice Dean
Mrs Norton:
Madeleine Vacher
Judith Norton:
Judith Chalmers
Paul Norton:
Brian Trueman
Richard Norton:
Geoffrey Seale
Uncle Bill:
Randal Herley
Joan Kerr:
Judith Daugherty
Mr Russell:
Geoffrey Banks
Mr Frazer:
Duncan McLnityire
Mrs Frazer, his wife:
Joan Littlewood

Script by Godfrey Harrison
[Starring] George Cole, Nora Swinburne and Esmond Knight
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

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Script:
Godfrey Harrison
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
David Bliss:
George Cole
Pamela Batten:
Nora Swinburne
Robert Batten:
Esmond Knight
Mrs Griffin:
Gladys Henson
Bunty Blythe:
Sheila McCormack
John Clifford:
Philip Ray
Psyche, the dog:
Percy Edwards

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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