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A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage
Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
' The Orchestral Music ' by Basil Cameron
' The Vocal and Instrumental Music ' by Scott Goddard
' Bax and the Younger Generation ' by Christ opher Whelen

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Sir Arnold Bax
Music By:
Scott Goddard
Unknown:
Christ Opher Whelen

Helen Gaskell (cor anglais)
Ralph Clarke (clarinet)
Douglas Moore (horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Rudolf Schwarz
Pant 1
Bax
Overture to Adventure
3.1 app. The tale the pine trees knew
3.18 app. Concertante for cor anglais clarinet, horn, and orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Gaskell
Clarinet:
Ralph Clarke
Horn:
Douglas Moore
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Rudolf Schwarz

For Older Children
' Men of Courage'
A new series of programmes by Howard Jones
1— ' The Tinker of Bedford '
Produced by David Davis
' As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept, I dreamed a dream ... '

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Jones
Produced By:
David Davis
John Bunyan:
Bernard Miles
Simon of Bedford:
Stephen Jack
Sir John Kelynge:
Ralph Truman
John Gifford:
Richard Goolden
Mary Bunyan:
Mollie Maureen
Elimbeth Bunyan:
Patience Collier
Sir Maithew Hale:
Laidman Browne
Sir Thomas Twisden:
Howieson Culff
Young man:
Charles Lewsen

Personalities of the radio and entertainment world introduce music of their own choice
7-Richard Dimbleby with Michael Cole (baritone)
George Thalben-Ball (organ)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by Harold Neden

Contributors

Baritone:
Michael Cole
Baritone:
George Thalben-Ball
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Harold Neden

by Anthony Trollope
Adapted for broadcasting by H. Oldfield Box
Episode 12
Characters in order of speaking;
Production by Norman Wright
Sore from his unsuccessful love affair with Violet Effingham, Phineas has been conquered by the sweetness and sitill-enduring devotion of Mary Flood Jones of Killaloe, and has become engaged to her.
But back once more in London, he is faced by a terrible temptation-the temptation to throw Mary over and marry that rioh attractive widow, Madame Goesler. The decision to associate himsdf with Mr. Monk in his parliamentary battle on behalf of the oppressed Irish smallholdersmus>t entail his resignation from the Government, and thus bereft of his income he must soon retire from Parliament and politics altogether. But with Madame Goesler's great fortune at his d sposalhe could afford to remain in Parliament, a rich independent .member.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Broadcasting By:
H. Oldfield Box
Production By:
Norman Wright
Narraitor:
Norman Claridge
Madame Goesler:
Betty Baskcomb
Phineas Finn:
Allan McClelland
Lord Cantrip:
Allan Jeayes
Mr Gresham:
Hamilton Dyce
Monk:
John Wyse
Low:
Arthur Lawrence
Speaker:
Michael O'Halloran
Lord Chiltern:
Andrew Faulds
Violet Effingham:
Elizabeth London
Lady Laura:
Janet Burnell
Mary Flood Jones:
Denise Bryer
Dr Finn:
Edward Lexy

' The Unknown Soldier ' by Clemence Dane with music by Richard Addinsell played by a section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conducted by Muir Mathieson ,,
Produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
Clemence Dane
Music By:
Richard Addinsell
Leader:
David McCallum
Conducted By:
Muir Mathieson
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Merlin:
Leon Quartermaine
Arthur:
Geoffrey Keen
Elizabeth:
Eileen Thorndike
Wace:
Trevor Martin
Husband:
Allan Jeayes
Betlhniann-Hollweg:
Carl Duering
Caxton:
Geoffrey Bond
First Clubman:
Edward Lexy
Second Clubman:
James Dale
Shakespeare:
T St John Barry
Tennyson:
Alexander Davion
Encyclopaedia Britannica:
Cyril Shaps
Wife:
Catherine Salkeld
Daughter:
Mary Wimbush
German woman:
Gladys Spencer
British Ambassador:
Michael O'Halloran
Mother:
Hariet Petworth
Girl:
Monica Grey
Voices:
William Fox
Voices:
Brian Hayes
Voices:
Hester Paton Brown
Voices:
John Pett

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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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