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ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. The Golden Cock ': a Russian folk-tale retold by Leila Davies
2.20 HISTORY i. ' Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke ': the story of the Nor^nan invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century. Script by Joan Eley
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. The Fight Against Germs. 9—' Insects that carry germs— 1.' Script by Philip Brown.

Contributors

Unknown:
Leila Davies
Script By:
Joan Eley

A radio play by C. E. Webber adapted from the novel by Michael Gilbert
Cast in order of speaking:
The scene is London: The year 1947
Production by Frederick Bradnum

Contributors

Play By:
C. E. Webber
Novel By:
Michael Gilbert
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
Wilfred Wetherall, Headmaster of a secondary school:
Derek Birch
Alastair Todd, a journalist:
Peter Howell
Alice Wetherall, Wilfred's wife:
Susan Sylvester
Luigi a restaurateur:
Jeffrey Segal
Peggy Donovan Wilfred's secretary:
Judy Tatham
Patsy Donovan, a Police Sergeant(Peggy's brother):
John Welch
Crowdy, a railwayman:
Frank Atkinson
Prince, a one-eyed spiv:
Joe Sterne
Mrs Crowdy, Crowdy's wife:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Bert Fisher, a lorry driver:
John Gabriel
Peter Crowdy, a schoolboy:
Anthony Green
Annie, a publican:
June Monkhouse
Higgins, a busker:
Jack Shaw
Red, a thug:
Eric Anderson
A woman of the streets:
Aline Waites
Det -Inspector Clark:
John Ruddock
Superintendent Huth:
Jack Allen
Miss Toup a spinster:
Mairhi Russell
Sammy Donovan. Peggy's young:
Brother Timothy Harley
Henry Holloman, patent medicine manufacturer:
Preston Lockwood
Mrs. Cameroni, Holloman's house keeper:
Grace Allardyce
A man in a queue:
John Gabriel
Mr Roberts, an editor:
Jack Shaw
Arthur Harbart, a business man:
Eric Anderson

From the world of show business here's laughter, drama, and a song or two, with the help of: The Hedley Ward Trio
Lewis Stringer
Harry Locke
Louise Traill
Eric Portman
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Gene Crowley
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Hedley Ward Trio
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
Harry Locke
Unknown:
Louise Traill
Unknown:
Eric Portman
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

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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