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A retrospect of my lift written as a pastime of idle hours at sea by Hilary Marquand
Anno Domini 1855
A serial in ten instalments selected and edited from the unpublished manuscript by Michael Stephens
Reader, Roger Delgado
7— 'The Seventh
Golden Candlestick '

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilary Marquand
Reader:
Michael Stephens
Reader:
Roger Delgado

from a canteen in Tonibridge, Kent
with Bert Weedon and Andrew Wolkowsky, Lionel Saxon, Diana Coupland, Benny Hill
James Moody at the piano
Eric Easton art the organ
Presented by Bill Gates

Contributors

Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Unknown:
Andrew Wolkowsky
Unknown:
Lionel Saxon
Unknown:
Diana. Coupland
Unknown:
Benny Hill
Unknown:
James Moody
Piano:
Eric Easton
Presented By:
Bill Gates

with Maurice Gendron (cello) on gramophone records
Symphony No. 38, in D (Prague) (Mozart): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra (Tchaikovsky): Maurice Gendron. (cello) and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermert
Adagio for Strings (Samuel Barber): Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Hanson
Sarabande for the Followers of Virgo; Bacchanale (Horoscope) (Constant Lambert): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the composer

Contributors

Cello:
Maurice Gendron
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Cello:
Maurice Gendron.
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermert
Unknown:
Samuel Barber
Conducted By:
Howard Hanson

First in a new series of radio portraits of famous personalities of the entertainment world with T. E. B. Clark
Robert Donat , Alec Guinness
Joan Greenwood , Jack Hulbert
Alexander Mackendrick
Harry Watt * and Sir Michael Balcon
Written by Gordon Gow
Produced by Thurstan Holland

Contributors

Unknown:
T. E. B. Clark
Unknown:
Robert Donat
Unknown:
Alec Guinness
Unknown:
Joan Greenwood
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Alexander MacKendrick
Unknown:
Harry Watt
Unknown:
Sir Michael Balcon
Written By:
Gordon Gow
Produced By:
Thurstan Holland

Regional Variations (3)

Children's Hour. Programme about hobbies. ' The Weathercock': story by Margaret Baker.

BBC Home Service Midland

Children's Hour in Welsh. Story. Musical play. Request records.

BBC Home Service Welsh

For Younger Listeners
* Once Upon a Time ... *
English fairy tales collected by Joseph Jacobs and told by ' Elizabeth '
(May E. Jenkin )
'The Story of the Three Little Pigs ' and ' Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse '
5.15 Pedlar of Songs
John Runge sings some of his favourites old and new
5.30 Rhymes and Reasons
Georgie Henschel , Sandra Chalmers , and Scot Flinch read poems of their own choice and talk about them

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Jacobs
Unknown:
E. Jenkin
Unknown:
John Runge
Unknown:
Georgie Henschel
Unknown:
Sandra Chalmers
Unknown:
Scot Flinch

Regional Variations (2)

Writers in the West. E. W. Martin discusses the work of Maurice Carpenter and Rosa)ie Glynn Grylls.

BBC Home Service West

Frankie Howerd introduces
Show Business
In this programme:
Marcia Owen
Jimmy Logan
Jack Jackson and Robert Beatty
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Script by Eric Sykes
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston
From the Royal Artillery Theatre,
Woolwich

Contributors

Introduces:
Frankie Howerd
Unknown:
Marcia Owen
Unknown:
Jimmy Logan
Unknown:
Jack Jackson
Unknown:
Robert Beatty
Unknown:
Billy Ternent
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

Regional Variations (4)

Visitors' Book: 5-Port-stewart and North Derry

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Pedwar Ban: talks by Welsh people in Canada and Australia.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Excerpts from the Summer Show Dazzle,' from Lowestoft.

BBC Home Service Midland

With Duncan Maclntyre as Dod Orsborne
A radio portrait of Captain Dod Orsborne who, in the thirties, sailed the Girl Pat across the Atlantic with only a sixpenny atlas
He has done many other things, also, in his wild and adventurous life
Written by Stephen Grenfell Produced by Tom Waldron

Contributors

Unknown:
Duncan MacLntyre
Unknown:
Dod Orsborne
Written By:
Stephen Grenfell
Produced By:
Tom Waldron

by David Climie with Eleanor Summerfleld , Kenneth Connor
Raymond Rollett , Ronnie Stevens
Gabrielle Blunt , Dawson France
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz Produced by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
David Climie
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfleld
Unknown:
Kenneth Connor
Unknown:
Raymond Rollett
Unknown:
Ronnie Stevens
Unknown:
Gabrielle Blunt
Unknown:
Dawson France
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Produced By:
Jacques Brown
Daffodil Fuller:
Elsie Randolph
Janet:
Beryl Roques
Hyacinth:
Carole Shelley

Regional Variations (4)

Concert of British music from the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol. BBC West of England Singers and Light Orchestra; Garth Benson (organ).

BBC Home Service West

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Orchestra. conducted by Vilem Tausky: Roderick Jones (baritone).

BBC Home Service North

(Leader, Donald Sturtivant )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Latin-American Music

Contributors

Leader:
Donald Sturtivant
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter

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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