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Chapter 4
Hattie Jacques
Cavan O'Connor
Henry Oscar
Victor Silvester
Narrator, Rex Palmer
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Alfred Dunning

Contributors

Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Cavan O'Connor
Unknown:
Henry Oscar
Narrator:
Victor Silvester
Narrator:
Rex Palmer
Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Alfred Dunning

escorted by John Cazabon
Alan Keith , John Forde
The Londonaires
The Nicholodeons
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Sid Colin
Eddie Maguire , and Ronald Wolfe
Produced by Charles Maxwell

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cazabon
Unknown:
Alan Keith
Unknown:
John Forde
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Sid Colin
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Script By:
Ronald Wolfe
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell

Cyril Stapleton leads the BBC Show Band on a musical merry-go-round with Alfred Marks , Rikki Fulton
The Stargazers
Ronnie Harris , Dennis Wilson
Harold Smart , Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers
Script by Louis Schwarz
Production by Leonard Trebilco

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Rikki Fulton
Unknown:
Ronnie Harris
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Script By:
Louis Schwarz
Production By:
Leonard Trebilco

Regional Variations (3)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Children's Hour

BBC Home Service North

' The Adventures of Clara Chuff 'by Harry Harrison
The Affair of the Milkman's Horse '
Produced by Mollie Austin
5.25 For Older Children
'I want to be ...'
A second series of programmes about careers for boys and girls
11 — ' In the Aircraft Industry '
Written and produced by John Lane

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Harrison
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Produced By:
John Lane
Peter:
John Richards
Pinkie:
Susan Carey
Forty-Fifty:
Hedley Goodall
Policeman:
Hedley Goodall
Clara Chuff:
Marion Glyn Evans
Boxer:
Preston Lockwood
Mrs Drinkwater:
Georgie Henschel
Bella:
Georgie Henschel
Bessie:
Mollie Tapper
George:
Douglas Leach
Mr Owl:
Harry Carter

Regional Variations (5)

News. sport.

BBC Home Service North

News. Sport in the Midlands.

BBC Home Service Midland

News. including report on presentation of Colours by the Duchess of Gloucester to the 4/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders. at Aberdeen.

BBC Home Service Scottish

News, sport

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

including a report by Bryn Thomas from Cape Town on the second Rugby Union- Test match between South Africa and the British Isles

Regional Variations (4)

Sport in the West.

BBC Home Service West

Sport.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Cricket: Glamorgan u. Leicestershire.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Dennis Noble
Introduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies, Bill Groves
Producer, Stanton Jefferies

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
Dennis Noble
Introduced By:
Frederick Allen
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies

Regional Variations (3)

Scottish Dance Music: BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Llwybr Y Mynydd: a journey along out-of-the-way paths of Wales, with a car.

BBC Home Service Welsh

A series of three Outside Broadcasts
2-Fire
Raymond Baxter , Jean Metcalfe , Brian Johnston , and Max Robertson investigate the possibilities of escape from fire in an eight-storey building
Programme arranged with the assistance of the London Fire Brigade
From London Fire Brigade
Headquarters. Lambeth

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Max Robertson

(Summer Season) presenting
Larry Adler
Peter Sellers
Lizbeth Webb
Len Marten
Robert Earl
Chester Harriott and Vic Evans
The Peter Knight Singers
Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Ralph Elman )
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Larry Adler
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Lizbeth Webb
Unknown:
Len Marten
Unknown:
Robert Earl
Unknown:
Chester Harriott
Unknown:
Vic Evans
Singers:
Ron Goodwin
Leader:
Ralph Elman
Produced By:
John Simmonds

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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