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Overture, The Impresario (Mozart):
Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik
Violin Concerto in G (K.216) (Mozart):
Isaac Stern (violin) and Chamber Orchestra
Over the Hills and Far Away
(Delius, arr. Beecham): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt. on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik
Violin:
Isaac Stern
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.

Bill Gates introduces
The Four in A Chord
Something to Sing About
Ereach Riley
Lionel Saxon
Your Favourite Musical Comedy with Paula Grey
Top of the Bill Gladys Morgan
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz Producer, Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Introduces:
Bill Gates
Unknown:
Ereach Riley
Unknown:
Lionel Saxon
Unknown:
Paula Grey
Unknown:
Gladys Morgan
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Unknown:
Trafford Whitelock

A radio portrait with Chesney Allen, Alan Dent, Peter Glaze, Leslie Heritage, Jack Hylton, Valerie Tandy, Jack Train and the Crazy Gang
Script by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Thurstan Holland

Contributors

Unknown:
Chesney Allen
Unknown:
Alan Dent
Unknown:
Peter Glaze
Unknown:
Leslie Heritage
Unknown:
Jack Hylton
Unknown:
Valerie Tandy
Unknown:
Jack Train
Script By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Thurstan Holland

Episode 13
Script by Godfrey Harrison
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Script By:
Godfrey Harrison
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
David Bliss:
George Cole
Phyllis Medley:
Phyllis Calvert
Christopher Medley:
James McKechnie
Susan Medley:
Carol Wolveridge
Mrs Griffin:
Gladys Henson
Psyche, the dog:
Percy Edwards
Bunty Blythe:
Sheila McCormacK

For Younger Listeners
David tells ' Woolly Bears ' a new series of Bear stories by Elizabeth Gorell
5-' Disgusterating 'followed by ' The Just So Stories' by Rudyard Kipling arranged for broadcasting by Maurice Brown
8−' The Crab that played with the Sea '
Production by Josephine Plummer
' Before the High and Far-off Times, 0 my Bes-t Beloved, came the Time of the Very Beginnings; and that was in the days when the Eldest Magician was gettting Th:ngs ready. First the got the Earth ready; tihen he got the Sea ready; and then die laid aM the Animals that they could com* ou< and play.'
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Stories By:
Elizabeth Gorell
Stories By:
Rudyard Kipling
Broadcasting By:
Maurice Brown
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Crab:
Leslie French
Eldest Magician:
Howard Rose
Man:
Preston Lockwood
Daughter:
Pat Garwood
Fisherman:
Noel Dryden
Various Animals:
Stephen Jack
The Storyteller:
Lionel Gamlin

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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