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Overture, Semiramis (Bostrim): Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, conducted by Eduard van Beinum
Symphony No. 29, in A (K.201)
(Mozart): L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Peter Maag
Slow Waltz and Rondo, Midi (A John
Field Suite) (Hamilton Harty): Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Eduard Van
Conducted By:
Peter Maag
Conducted By:
Slow Waltz
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Regional Variations (3)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Saturday Sport.

BBC Home Service North

Adapted by Jon Farrell from ' The Secret Ingredient' a short story by Paul Gallico
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Adapted By:
Jon Farrell
Story By:
Paul Gallico
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Jean:
Rolf Lefebvre
Marcel Bonneval:
David Peel
Celeste:
Sulwen Morgan
Madame Bonneval:
Gladys Spencer
Monsieur Bonneval:
Cyril Shaps
Brazon:
Peter Claughton
Fat Man:
George Hagan
Monsieur Dumaire:
Malcolm Hayes

Regional Variations (2)

Welsh Lawn Tennis Championships, from Rodney Parade, Newport.

BBC Home Service Welsh

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
20,000 sovereigns added prize money. Great Britain's greatest international race for three-year-olds and upwards, over the Swinley Course of one mile and a half
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Tom E. Webster as race-reader

Contributors

Commentary By:
Raymond Glendenning
Assisted By:
Tom E. Webster

Regional Variations (3)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Children's Hour. Industry at Work. Coalmining-2. Young artists.

BBC Home Service North

by Ralph Whitlock
'At the Smithy'
Produced by Brenda Hamilton
5.25 First Attempts
Olive Shapley introduces young artists making their first broadcast
Shirley Steer (soprano)
Suzanne Salpeter (piano) Adrian Shepherd (cello) Angela Rose (soprano) Valerie Rider (piano) and Poems written by children
Accompanist, Charles Smart

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Whitlock
Produced By:
Brenda Hamilton
Introduces:
Olive Shapley
Soprano:
Shirley Steer
Piano:
Suzanne Salpeter
Cello:
Adrian Shepherd
Soprano:
Angela Rose
Piano:
Valerie Rider
Accompanist:
Charles Smart
Pat:
Thea Hanks
Mary:
Mary Harley
Mrs Whitlock:
Phyllis Smale
Farmer Whitlock:
Ralph Whitlock
Mark Hardan:
Victor Fawkes
Bill:
Norman Kendall
Harry:
Norman Kendall
Jonas:
Douglas Horner

Regional Variations (3)

Sports Miscellany.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Sport in the West.

BBC Home Service West

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with George Prangnell
Introduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies
Charles Crathorn
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
(Continued in next column)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
George Prangnell
Introduced By:
Frederick Allen
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies

Regional Variations (3)

Welsh programme of favourite songs.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Sport in the Midlands.

BBC Home Service Midland

A series of Saturday-night visits to the seaside
Tonight
Southend-on-Sea
Ben Oakley and his Orchestra with Philip Hattey
From the Pier Head
'Out of the Blue' presented by Ronald Brandon and Dickie Pounds with Vic Gordon and Joe Ritchie and Margherita Evans
From the Pier Pavilion
' Let's Go Somewhere ' at the Kursaal with Brian Johnston
Interviews with local people
Guide and interviewer,
John Ellison

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Oakley
Unknown:
Philip Hattey
Presented By:
Ronald Brandon
Unknown:
Vic Gordon
Unknown:
Joe Ritchie
Unknown:
Margherita Evans
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Interviewer:
John Ellison

with Brian Reece as host and Master of Ceremonies
Introducing
Billy Shakespeare
Tommy Reilly
Tony Fayne and David Evans
The Five Smith Brothers
Cyril Fletcher
Finale:
Julie Dawn and Edmund Hockridge
The George Mitchell Glee Club
Malcolm Lockyer and his' Concert Orchestra
Continuity by Sidney Nelson and Maurice Harrison
Produced by Bill Gates

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Reece
Unknown:
Billy Shakespeare
Unknown:
Tommy Reilly
Unknown:
Tony Fayne
Unknown:
David Evans
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Julie Dawn
Unknown:
Edmund Hockridge
Unknown:
George Mitchell Glee Club
Unknown:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Sidney Nelson
Unknown:
Maurice Harrison
Produced By:
Bill Gates

A new radio play by Cyril Wentzel based on the novel by Gil Buhet
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Play By:
Cyril Wentzel
Novel By:
Gil Buhet
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Durand, a journalist:
T. St John Barry
Pierrot:
Anthony Warner
Grillon, the schoolmaster:
Godfrey Kenton
Victorin:
Donald Hindle
Georget:
Glyn Dearman
Tatave:
Bunny May
Riquet:
Wilfrid Downing
Madame Fine, the inn-keeper Pierrot's mother:
Mary. O'Farrell
Muche, the mayor, Victorin's father:
Francis de Wolff
Servants at the Inn:Maria:
Gabrielle Blunt
Servants at the Inn:Febo:
Arthur Ridley
Cure:
Richard Hurndall
Madame Grosbelhomme, the herbalist,Tatave's mother Vivienne Chatterton Martelot, the blacksmith, Riquet's father:
George Merritt
Tistounet, the town guard:
Peter Arne
TTown Councillers:Guste:
George Hagan
Town Councillers:Belaigue:
Toke Townley
Town Councillers:Tarasse:
Launce Maraschal
Guartollera, the builder:
Wyndham Milligan
The Prefect, from Perpignan:
Richard Williams

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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