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Cyril Stapleton directs the BBC Show Band with Alfred Marks , Rikki Fulton
The Stargazers
Ray Burns , Bill McGuffie
Harold Smart , Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers
Production by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Rikki Fulton
Unknown:
Ray Burns
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Production By:
Johnnie Stewart

Dick James singing popular hit tunes
Gladys Morgan the Welsh comedienne
Tom Jenkins plays melodies by Fritz Kreisler
Joe Davis the snooker and billiards champion
Victoria Elliott sings Solveig's Song by Grieg
Vanda Vale
Vic Oliver 's ' bright' hope
The George Mitchell Choir sings ' Roses from the South '
The British Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Morley )
Conducted by Vic Oliver and Philip Martell play the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss and accompany the artists
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick James
Unknown:
Gladys Morgan
Unknown:
Tom Jenkins
Unknown:
Fritz Kreisler
Unknown:
Joe Davis
Unknown:
Victoria Elliott
Unknown:
Grieg
Unknown:
Vanda Vale
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Leader:
Reginald Morley
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Conducted By:
Philip Martell
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Production By:
Tom Ronald

A play for radio by Rex Rienits
Adapted from the novel by Robin Estridge
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Novel By:
Robin Estridge
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Captain Peter Lewis:
Hugh Burden
Crew of an armoured truck Sergeant Wheeler:
Manning Wilson
Sergeant Bourne:
Peter Claughton
Driver:
Edward Kelsey
Second Pilot:
Michael Turner
Pilot:
Edward Jewesbury
Colonel Armstrong (War Office):
Stanley van Beers
Sir Maurice Melluish (Foreign Office):
John Chandos
Maxwell Hewitson, a journalist:
Allan Jeayes
Simon Lewis, Peter's younger brother:
Kenneth Fortescue
Police Sergeant Adams:
Bryan Powley
Clare Lindsey, a young widow:
Rachel Gurney
Mrs Lewis, Peter's mother:
Ann Codrington
Colonel Lewis, his father:
Eric Maturin
First reporter:
James Thomason
Second reporter:
John Gabriel
Third reporter:
Edward Kelsey
Fourth reporter:
Bryan Powley
Fifth reporter:
Hugh David
Major Rennie:
Derek Birch

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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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