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Today's Bill
Overture: The Final Joust
Augmented
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, George Deason )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Radio: Frieda Hall (Queen of the Keys)
Theatre: Billy McCormack
Variety: Jill Manners
TV: Ann Lancaster
Late Extra
Produced by David Miller
(Frieda Hall is appearing in ' Radio Tymes ' at the New Pavilion Theatre, Redcar; Billy McCormack in ' The Talk of the Town ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London; Ann Lancaster in 'Between Ourselves ' at the Pavilion, Weslgate-on-Sea)

Contributors

Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Frieda Hall
Unknown:
Billy McCormacK
Unknown:
Jill Manners
Unknown:
Ann Lancaster
Produced By:
David Miller
Produced By:
Frieda Hall
Unknown:
Billy McCormacK
Unknown:
Ann Lancaster

Plot the Spot : Figure it Out
Two new panel games devised and compiled by John P. Wynn
The Panel:
Hubert Gregg , Charmian Innes
Fred Cooke , Audrey Russell
Chairman, Michael Miles
Programme produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Unknown:
Charmian Innes
Unknown:
Fred Cooke
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Michael Miles
Produced By:
Joan Clark

Every year a number of holiday-makers lose their lives bathing on the north coast of Cornwall. This programme enquires into some of the dangers that may be met and some of the precautions that may be taken by visitors to this coast.
Narrator, Tom Salmon
Compiled and produced by Roy Hayward
(A shortened version of the recorded broadcast of May 24 in the West of England Home Service)

Contributors

Produced By:
Roy Hayward

The Silver Jubilee
The Jubilee of King George V and Queen Macy; the story of radar; the fastest train in the world; ' Glamorous Night'; war in Abyssinia; '1066 and All That'; Hitler's first open challenge
Written and compiled by Leslie Baily
The broadcasts of His Majesty King George V
The voices of: Ramsay MacDonald , Stanley Baldwin
Sir Robert Watson-Watt
W. Macqueen-Pope
Commander Stephen King-Hall
George Allison , A. J. Taylor
Greta Garbo , Fred Astaire
Dorothy Dickson
Layton and Johnstone with John Snagge , Alvar Lidell
E. V. H. Emmett , John Slater Freda Bamford , Leslie Perrins Geoffrey Lewis. Malcolm Hayes Bobby Scroggins , Charles Lamb Eric Anderson , Seymour Green
The pages turned by Freddy Grisewood
Production by Vernon Harris
(The recorded broadcast of January 18, 1953)

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Ramsay MacDonald
Unknown:
Stanley Baldwin
Unknown:
Sir Robert Watson-Watt
Unknown:
W. MacQueen-Pope
Unknown:
Commander Stephen King-Hall
Unknown:
George Allison
Unknown:
A. J. Taylor
Unknown:
Greta Garbo
Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Dorothy Dickson
Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Alvar Lidell
Unknown:
E. V. H. Emmett
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Freda Bamford
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Geoffrey Lewis.
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Unknown:
Bobby Scroggins
Unknown:
Charles Lamb
Unknown:
Eric Anderson
Unknown:
Seymour Green
Turned By:
Freddy Grisewood
Production By:
Vernon Harris

For Older Listeners
' Dangerous Waters '
A serial story in six parts by Jack Cox 2
—' Search in the Silent World '
Reader, Basil Jones
5.15 Musical Interlude followed by 'The Adventures of Deadline Donovan
A serial play by W. B. Macmillan and Harold Ballantyne 2
—' The Lost Boy '
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Cox
Reader:
Basil Jones
Play By:
W. B. MacMillan
Play By:
Harold Ballantyne
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Charlie Currie lift-man in the Mercury office:
Leonard Maguire
Visitors to the newspaper office: Girl:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Visitors to the newspaper office: Boy:
Gordon MacDonald
J B Tweed, the Editor:
Douglas Robin
Steve Murray Chief Reporter:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Deadline Donovan copy-boy:
John Carlin
Ken Taylor, a photographer:
Douglas Murchie
A burly man:
Iain Cuthbertson
Children whose parents are abroad: Lucy:
Moira Pedersen
Children whose parents are abroad: Angus:
Pat Leckie
Ram Sangee, Nabob of Chulapore:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Mercury telephonist:
Lesley Fraser
Police Sergeant Hamish McGregor:
Douglas Murchie
A naval officer:
Leonard Maguire

Half an hour with Hermione
London's only lady witch
Also embroiled in these macabre proceedings:
Alexander Gauge Kenneth Connor
Bob Harvey David Jacobs
Peter Yorke and his Orchestra
Script by Sid Colin. Myles Rudge
Frederic Raphael andTony Becher
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Gauge
Unknown:
Kenneth Connor
Unknown:
Bob Harvey
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Unknown:
Peter Yorke
Script By:
Sid Colin.
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Unknown:
Tony Becher
Produced By:
Roy Speer

Talk by Collinson Owen
Forty-six years ago the Channel was crossed by a man in an aeroplane. It was Bleriot who was successful but he was not the only man to try. The year was 1909 and three attempts were made during the last week of July. Collinson Owen believes that he was the only newspaper correspondent to see all three of them.

Contributors

Talk By:
Collinson Owen
Unknown:
Collinson Owen

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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