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A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

Peter and Helen Lamb are back in Marseilles and 'have returned their hired car. Before leaving by train for Paris they call at the Post Office to ask whether there are any letters for them.

Je viens d'apprendre, I have just learned; renconitrer, to meet; compter, to expect to, cour (on); remettre, to postpone; le destinataire, addressee; en majuscules, in capital letters; un arrondissement, district (in Paris); la banlieue, suburbs; recrire, to rewrite; le siecle, century; la bouillabaisse, Provencal fish-soup; le poulpe, octopus; ]a langouste, lobster; l'ail, garlic.

Contributors

Script:
Emile Harven
Script:
M.J. MacDonald
Peter Lamb:
Richard Hurndall
Man at Post Office counter:
Jean Driant
Helen Lamb:
Dorothy Smith
Girl at Post Office counter:
Cecile Chevreau
Hermes:
Peter Carr-Forster
Gaatonv restaurant proprietor:
Jacques Brunius

For Children of Most Ages
' Desert Mission '
A play by P. H. Burton
Produced by Elwyn Evans

Contributors

Play By:
P. H. Burton
Produced By:
Elwyn Evans
Narrator:
Jane Fergus
Grandad:
Charles Maunsell
Cook:
Preston Lockwood
Mildred Cable:
Olwen Brookes
Francesca French:
Gladys Spencer
Evangeline French:
Lydia Sherwood
Gwa-Gwa:
Ysanne Churchman
Woman from West Street:
Patience Collier
Messenger:
John Richmond
Lama:
Preston Lockwood
Colonel:
Paul Martin
General:
Preston Lockwood
Farmer:
Charles Maunsell
Consul:
John Richmond
Grannie:
Ann Codrington
Mandarin Lin:
Ralph Truman

England v. Scotland
Songs of the birds from a Suffolk wood in competition with those heard from a wood in the Border country
Commentators:
Douglas Fleming (England)
Henry Douglas Home (Scotland) with Percy Edwards to act as referee
Introduced by Brian Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Fleming
Unknown:
Henry Douglas Home
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Introduced By:
Brian Johnston

Appeal on behalf of the British Empire Cancer Campaign by the Chairman, Lord Horder, G.C.V.O., M.D.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
For more than a quarter of a century the British Empire Cancer Campaign has been organising intensive research into the cause and cure of the disease, and appeals for funds to continue and expand its work. The objects of the Campaign are defined as ' the attack and defeat of the disease of cancer in all its forms by research into its causes, distribution, symptoms, pathology, and treatment.' It is a voluntary organisation which links up the various cancer research groups within the Empire.

An entertainment for radio based on two hundred and eighty-seven versions of the story known in England as ' Cinderella '
Music composed and arranged by Francis Collinson and conducted by Charles Prentice
Written and produced by Francis Dillon

Contributors

Arranged By:
Francis Collinson
Conducted By:
Charles Prentice
Produced By:
Francis Dillon
Storyteller:
James Langham
Cinderella:
Marjorie Westbury
Father:
Felix Felton
William:
John Sharp
Stepmother:
Patience Collier
Petronella:
Joan Hart
Fifinella:
Janet Morrison
Bad Fairy:
John Glyn Jones
Good Fairy:
Malcolm Graeme
Prince Charming:
David King Wood
Court Shoemaker:
Wilfred Babbage
The White Bird:
Veronica Laird
Chancellor:
Ivan Samson
Usher:
Clarence Wright

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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