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Chapter One
Peter Eton and Spike Milligan
Pat Kirkwood
Billy Mayerl
James McKechnie
Narrator:Rex Palmer
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Alfred Dunning
(A shortened version of the recorded broadcast of July 3 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Pat Kirkwood
Unknown:
Billy Mayerl
Narrator:
James McKechnie
Narrator:
Rex Palmer
Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Alfred Dunning

Escorted by John Cazabon , Alan Keith
The Londonaires
The Nicholodeons
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Sid Colin
Eddie Maguire. and Ronald Wolfe
Produced by Charles Maxwell

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cazabon
Unknown:
Alan Keith
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Sid Colin
Script By:
Eddie Maguire.
Script By:
Ronald Wolfe
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell

Songs and melodies from the world of films, compiled and introduced by Gordon Gow
Including music from ' An Alligator Named Daisy ' and ' Man of the Moment ' (J. Arthur Rank Organisation) ; French Can Can' (Miracle Films): Bambi,' 'Alice in Wonder-land.' and ' Peter Pan ' (Walt Disney -R.K.O.)
Produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gordon Gow
Unknown:
Peter Pan
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

by Sidney Nelson and Maurice Harrison
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Unknown:
Sidney Nelson
Unknown:
Maurice Harrison
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Mrs Hudson:
Cecile Chevreau
Henry Crossley:
Deryck Guyler
Aunt Ida:
Ella Milne
Michael Billing:
Denis Goacher
Jenny Drew:
Mairhi Russell
Albert Hudson:
Geoffrey Matthews
Inspector Corcoran:
Duncan McLntyre
Police Sergeant:
Gordon Davies
Police Constable:
Michael Turner
The Coroner:
Leonard Trolley
Mr Godliman:
Geoffrey Matthews
Wagstaffe:
Jeffrey Segal
Marilyn Dawn:
Annabel Maule
Rose Watson:
Marjorie Mars

Regional Variations (4)

Tennis. Finals of the Slazenger Professional Tournament.

BBC Home Service North

Cricket. Ulster Senior Cup Final: Lisburn v. Waringstown

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Cricket: Gloucestershire v. Somerset.

BBC Home Service West

(Leader, J. Mouland BegLie )
Conducted by Edgar Curtis

Contributors

Leader:
J. Mouland Beglie
Conducted By:
Edgar Curtis

Regional Variations (3)

Children's Hour. Scottish dance music. Story. Young artists. Talk. Songs.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Children. Talk. Snapshot competition. Barn Dance.

BBC Home Service North

For Younger Listeners
'Cowleaze Farm' by Ralph Whitlock
' The Moth Hunters '
Produced by Mollie Austin
5.25 For Older Children
First Attempts
Barbara Sleigh introduces young artists making their first broadcast
Margaret Copestake (piano)
Christina Smallman (soprano)
Julie Cooper (oboe)
Margaret Koch (piano)
Basil Isley (boy soprano) and 'Jenny Lawrence 's Competition Story ' by June Foulkes
Read by Gillian Andrews
Accompanist, Charles Smart

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Whitlock
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Piano:
Margaret Copestake
Soprano:
Christina Smallman
Oboe:
Julie Cooper
Piano:
Margaret Koch
Piano:
Basil Isley
Piano:
Jenny Lawrence
Story By:
June Foulkes
Read By:
Gillian Andrews
Accompanist:
Charles Smart
Pat:
Thea Hanks
Mary:
Mary Harley
Farmer Whitlock:
Ralph Whitlock
Mrs Whitlock:
Phyllis Smale
Jonas:
Douglas Horner
Dr Fitzroy:
Lewis Gedge

Regional Variations (3)

News in Welsh. News.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Sport in the West.

BBC Home Service West

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Lucille Graham
Introduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Producer, Stanton Jefferies

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
Lucille Graham
Introduced By:
Frederick Allen
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies

(Summer season) presenting
Eve Boswell
Ossie Morris
Frank Weir
Inia Te Wiata
Bill Maynard
The Ken-Tones
The Peter Knight Singers
Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Ralph Elman )
Produced by John Simmonds
(Bill Maynard is appearing at the Windmill Theatre; The Ken-Tones in Variety at the Empire Theatre, Finsbury Park, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eve Boswell
Unknown:
Ossie Morris
Unknown:
Frank Weir
Unknown:
Inia Te Wiata
Unknown:
Bill Maynard
Singers:
Ron Goodwin
Leader:
Ralph Elman
Produced By:
John Simmonds
Unknown:
Bill Maynard

A play for broadcasting by Frank Hauser
Adapted from the novel by Carl Randau and Leane Zugsmith
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Frank Hauser
Novel By:
Carl Randau
Unknown:
Leane Zugsmith
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Charlie, a tout:
Charles Irwin
Mack, a retired detective:
MacDonald Parke
A customer at the bar:
Errol MacKinnon
Bar-tender:
Bill Nagy
Walter Dawson, Judith's brother:
Nicholas Stuart
Judith Cunningham:
Bessie Love
David Cunningham, her second husband:
Stuart Nichol
Bud:
Lyndon Brook
Ellen Woods:
Lois McLean
Joe Willard:
Ronald Wilson
Mary Louise:
Helen Backlin
Butchy:
Errol MacKinnon
Les, a drugstore assistant:
Harold Ayer
Mrs Callahan, a neighbour:
Natalie Lynn
Mr Reedy, another neighbour:
Charles Irwin
Doctor:
Martin Lewis
Annette:
Blanche Zohar
Mrs Woods, Ellen's mother:
Natalie Lynn

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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