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' WELLINGTON WEATHER by Eric Griffin
2.50 app. ' FALSE WITNESS by Philip Levene
Plays produced by David H. Godfrey
(s)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Griffin
Unknown:
Philip Levene
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Mrs Manning:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Robert Manning (aged eight):
Denise Bryer
Mr Manning:
Eric Anderson
Housemaster:
Leonard Trolley
Johnson:
Charles Hodgson
Robert Manning (adult):
Frank Partington
Adjudicator:
James Thomason
Peter:
Geoffrey Matthews
Monica Graham:
Kathleen Helme
Helen Shipley:
Denise Bryer
John:
Derek Hart
Salvationist:
James Thomason
Fred Collins:
Charles Leno
Kitty:
Denise Bryer
Grace:
Kathleen Helme
Len:
Philip Levene
Joe Parsons:
Eric Anderson
George:
Emerton Court
Charlie:
Frank Partington
Detective Sergeant Gale:
Norman Wynne
Mrs Briggs:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mrs Parsons:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Sister Mary Jenkin:
Molly Rankin
Station Police Officer:
Leonard Trolley

Stories from the Opera
' Hugh the Drover ' by Vaughan Williams
Words by Harold Child
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Narrated and produced by David Franklin

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Harold Child
Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conducted By:
Leo Wurmser
Produced By:
David Franklin
The Constable:
Horace Wale
Mary, his daughter:
Joyce Gartside
Aunt Jane his sister:
Dora Capey
John the butcher:
Frederick Sharp
Hugh the drover:
Rowland Jones
A Sergeant:
Denis Dowiins
A showman:
Denis Dowling
The turnkey:
Robert Ellis

Regional Variations (3)

Sport in the West. Reports on Cricket: Somerset v. Gloucestershire: Kent v. Hampshire: minor county matches. Sailing: Newquay Regatta: Cowes Week. Lawn Tennis: open tournament at Bude.

BBC Home Service West

Sports Medley.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Harry Davidson 's Orchestra and his Folk Dance Band
Guest artist,
William McAlpine (tenor)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Bill Groves
Caller, Maurice Culpan
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
(Folk Dances arranged by members of the English Folk Dance and Song Society)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Tenor:
William McAlpine
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Bill Groves
Unknown:
Maurice Culpan
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies

Kenneth Horne rings up the curtain on Variety Playhouse
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Harry Dawson
Earl Vaughan
Michael Moore
Tommy Reilly
Jimmy Wheeler
Marie Benson
The Peter Knight Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Continuity by Eric Merriman and Lewis Schwartz
Production by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Unknown:
Earl Vaughan
Unknown:
Michael Moore
Unknown:
Tommy Reilly
Unknown:
Jimmy Wheeler
Unknown:
Marie Benson
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Unknown:
Eric Merriman
Unknown:
Lewis Schwartz
Production By:
Jacques Brown

by J. B. Priestley
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
J. B. Priestley
Broadcasting By:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Marlborough:
Eric Anderson
Andrew Tarlton:
Norman Wynne
Mr Gidson:
Manning Wilson
Mrs Gidson:
Nancy Nevinson
Sybil Chard:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mr Jones:
Allan McClelland
Laura Caverack:
Valerie Taylor
Catherine Treadway:
Beatrice Kane
Clare Brent:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Deborah Hindon:
Monica Grey
Lord Modley:
Laidman Browne
Jean Duroc:
John Gabriel

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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