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Cyril Stapleton directs the BBC Show Band with Alfred Marks, David Jacobs
The Stargazers
Janie Marden , Harold Smart
Bert Weedon , Dennis Wilson
The Show Band Singers
Script by Charles Hart
Bernard Botting , and Bill Kellie Production by Leonard Trebilco

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Unknown:
Janie Marden
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Script By:
Charles Hart
Script By:
Bernard Botting
Script By:
Bill Kellie
Production By:
Leonard Trebilco

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour. 'Tea-Time Theatre': two plays.

BBC Home Service Scottish

For Older Listeners
Homer Jackson Investigates
The Adventures of an Irresponsible Journalist by Margaret Potter
Production by Herbert Smith
Jimmy and Homer take a half-day off in order to visit Sixhills Vicarage where Jimmy was evacuated during the war. The Vicar has recently died and the house is for sale. Homer discovers Amos Merryweather, a noted art dealer, and is curious to know why he is interested in quite ordinary household furnishings.

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Production By:
Herbert Smith
Homer:
Bryden Murdoch
Jimmy Taylor, the cub reporter:
Brian Trueman
Mr Josiah Briggs, owner-editor of the Clarion:
Fred Fairclough
Henry, staff photographer:
Leonard Williams
Inspector Corbie, of the Liverpool C.I.D:
Ernest Hawtin
Amos Merryweather, an antique dealer:
Reginald Waithman
Jerry Diggle, a dealer:
Geoffrey Banks
Larry the Moke:
Leonard Williams
Miss Julia Heron, the housekeeper:
Madeleine Vacher

Regional Variations (4)

Sport in the West.

BBC Home Service West

Sports Medley.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Scottish Dance Music: Maurice Little and his Orchestra

BBC Home Service Scottish

Harry Davidson 's Orchestra and his Folk Dance Band
Olga Gwynne (soprano)
Introduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
Arthur Ives
Caller, Jack Hamilton
Producer, Stanton Jefferies

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Olga Gwynne
Introduced By:
Frederick Allen
Unknown:
Jack Hamilton
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies

Dick Bentley
Leslie A. Hutchinson
('Hutch')
Terry Scott
Robert Thomas
Jack Train
The George Mitchell Choir
The British Concert Orchestra
(Leader. Reginald Morley )
Conducted by Vic Oliver and Philip Martell
Continuity hy Carey Edwards
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Leslie A. Hutchinson
Unknown:
Terry Scott
Unknown:
Robert Thomas
Unknown:
George Mitchell
Leader:
Reginald Morley
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Production By:
Tom Ronald

Regional Variations (2)

' Ungathered Harvest ': play by Moultrie R. Kelsall.

BBC Home Service Scottish

by Noel Coward
Adapted and produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Coward
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Ruth:
Thelma Scott
Edith:
Mairhi Russell
Charles Condomine:
Michael Denison
Dr Bradman:
T St John Barry
Mrs Bradman:
Catherine Salkeld
Madame Arcati:
Winifred Oughton
Elvira:
Dulcie Gray

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