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A spontaneous discussion by Jack Longland
Collin Brooks
Anthony Greenwood, M.P.
The Hon.
David Ormsby-Gore, M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Collin Brooks
Unknown:
Anthony Greenwood, M.P.
Unknown:
David Ormsby-Gore, M.P.
Unknown:
Freddy Grisewood
Unknown:
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

STORIES AND RHYMES. 'The Old Witch :an English fairy tale adapted for broadcasting by Rhoda Power , with music by John Hosier
2.20 SENIOR ENGLISH II. ' The Trumpet-Major ' by Thomas Hardy , adapted by Donaid Bancroft. Part 2
2.40 Interval Music
2.45 EARLY STAGES IN FRENCH. A programme in simple French. It is hoped that listeners will take an active part Scene: Le facteur apporte un paquet: Madame Duval and her husband receive a parcel from the country. Script by Jean-Jacques Oberlin

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Rhoda Power
Music By:
John Hosier
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Adapted By:
Donaid Bancroft.
Unknown:
Madame Duval
Script By:
Jean-Jacques OBErlin

with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan in 'Under Two Floorboards
A Story of the Legion
" Beau,' recently down from Cambridge with his fellow undergraduates Moriarty and Grytpype-thynne, attends a ball at Oxley Towers where Lady Seagoon's famous ' Blue Shower ' diamond, worth a king's ransom, is stolen. By the time the police have arrived * Beau ' has decided to join the Foreign Legion. There he meets with disaster upon disaster until finally, disguised as a Riff Raff , he is forced to join an Arab raiding party. Eventually he returns to Fort Zinderneuf, where he is decorated with the Legion d'Honneur, 3rd Class, for emptying Arab dustbins in the heat of battle.
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
Production by Peter Eton

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Riff Raff
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Production By:
Peter Eton
Beau Geste:
Harry Secombe
' Beau ' Legs:
Eccles
Beau Peep:
Bluebottle
Lady Seagoon:
Ray Ellington
Uncle Grytpype:
Peter Sellers
Nurk the Gardener:
Harry Secombe
Captain Moriarty, v c:
Spike Milligan
Legionaire Crun:
Peter Sellers
Ouiad NaVl Bannister:
Spike Milligan
Colonel Bogg:
Harry Secombe

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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