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The Coronets, Lionel Saxon
Something to Sing About
John Horvelle
David Hurst , Pat Goldie
Resident Top of the Bill Cardew Robinson
Compere, Michael Miles
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Saxon
Unknown:
John Horvelle
Unknown:
David Hurst
Unknown:
Bill Cardew Robinson
Unknown:
Michael Miles
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour. Story about Puddy and Bunch. ' Brogeen of the Stepping Stones ': serial—5. ' The Story of the Rabbit with Big Feet.' Fiddle music

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' Rachael's Story' by Elsie Russell
2 — ' The English Lesson '
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
Last week you heard how Rachael was sent to boarding school, and how Martha Brown almost succeeded in persuading her to run away. Rachael was saved from being expelled on condition that she would work hard in class in future.
5.35 For Older Listeners
' Talking Time '
7 — ' Two Thousand Miles in a Sardine Boat' by Arthur Oliver
Arthur Oliver and his friend set sail almost exactly a year ago from Palermo, in Sicily, for London in a boat that cost them only £ 70. It was an open rowing boat with a mast and sail, and a to-h.p. one-cylinder diesel engine, but they built a tiny cabin with two bunks in it.....
followed by Children's Hour
' Music in Miniature '

Contributors

Story By:
Elsie Russell
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Unknown:
Martha Brown
Unknown:
Arthur Oliver
Unknown:
Arthur Oliver
Rachael Murray:
Lesley Fraser
John Murray, her father:
James MacTaggart
Schoolgirl: Penny Jackson:
Joan McCubbin
Schoolgirl: Jane Ferguson:
Fiona Cumming
Schoolgirl: Martha Brown:
Carolyn Jaynes
Schoolgirl: Margaret Smith ':
Hilary Paterson
Mrs Doig, the Headmistress:
Maud Risdon
Miss Elizabeth MacPherson the English teacher:
Elsie Russell

Regional Variations (5)

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

The Ulster Garden

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

'What Goes On': Midland magazine.

BBC Home Service Midland

The Week in the West.

BBC Home Service West

presents
Strike, Music!
Passports to Fame
Invitation to the Dance
Come to the Opera!
Introduced by Stephen Williams

Contributors

Introduced By:
Stephen Williams

Regional Variations (4)

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conducted by Hugo Rignold. Overture: Semiramis (Rossini): The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2 (Elgar).

BBC Home Service North

BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.

BBC Home Service Scottish

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Five programmes on secondary education in England today
Introduced by Norman Fisher
Chief Education Officer,
City of Manchester
Education Committee
4—Is the comprehensive school
I an answer?
Speakers:
Margaret Miles
Headmistress of Putney County Secondary School
Harry Ree
Headmaster of Watford Grammar School
Alexander B. Clegg
Chief Education Officer,
West Riding of Yorkshire
W. L. Chinn
Director of Education, Coventry

Contributors

Introduced By:
Norman Fisher
Unknown:
Alexander B. Clegg

with Peter Sellers , Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan , Hattie Jacques
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Eric Sykes and Spike Milligan
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Produced By:
Roy Speer

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.

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More