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BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader. George Deason )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Peter Piccini
Michael Holliday
Gordon and Colville Anne Shelton , Max Miller
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Conductor:
Peter Piccini
Conductor:
Michael Holliday
Conductor:
Colville Anne Shelton
Unknown:
Max Miller
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

A weekly series of recorded programmes selected from the BBC archives to recall distinguished past broadcasters and remarkable events
1-The Sinking of the 'Titanic'by Commander C. H. Lightoller
Commander Lightoller was Second Officer- of the Titanic when she struck an iceberg and sank, with the loss of over 1,500 lives, on April 15, 1912.

Contributors

Unknown:
C. H. Lightoller
Unknown:
Commander Lightoller

' Olwen the Fair '
A play by Denis Raymond based on a Cornish legend
Produced by Mollie Austin
5.30 They Started Young
Famous composers who began writing music at an early age
First of a series of three illustrated talks by Antony Hopkins
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Play By:
Denis Raymond
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Unknown:
Antony Hopkins
Olwen:
Ysanne Churchman
Grenda, her step-sister:
Muriel Baker
Bos Wen her father:
Bernard Fishwick
The Prince:
Peter Wilde
Page:
Alan Blake
Mother Hendy, a witch:
Ethel Coleridge
Pengraddon a giant:
Ronald Baddiley
Fonsu a servant:
Denis Raymond
Narrator:
Denis Raymond

The novel by Evelyn Waugh dramatised for radio by Lance Sieveking
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Donald McWhinnie

Contributors

Novel By:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking
Production By:
Donald McWhinnie
Charles Ryder:
Hugh Burden
Lt Hooper:
Charles Hodgson
Lord Sebastian Flyte:
Robert Eddison
Anthony Blanche:
Leonard Trolley
Mr Ryder:
Arthur Ridley
Hayter, his butler:
Norman Wynne
Julia, Sebastian's elder sister:
Ursula Howells
Wilcox:
Hamilton Dyce
Cordelia, Sebastian's younger sister:
Beth Boyd
Earl of Brideshead:
David Markham
Lord Marchmain, Sebastian's father:
Basil Dignam
Cara:
Marjorie Mara
Lady Marchmain:
Hester Paton Brown
Rex Mottram:
Gordon Davies
Father Mowbray:
Norman Wynne

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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