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Children's Hour

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

'Rough Water Brown' by Henry Garnett
Adapted by the author from the book of the same name
An adventure serial set on the upper reaches of the River Severn a hundred years ago
2—' Blackstone Hermitage '
Produced by Graham Gauld
5.30 The Travellers
Four round-the-table discussions of remembered adventures by land and sea by those who took part in them
2—' Memorable
Mountain Climbs'
Brigadier Sir John Hunt, C.B.E., D.S.O.
Sir Edmund Hillary, K.B.E.
George Lowe, O.B.E.
Chairman,
F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O.

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Garnett
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Sir John Hunt, C.B.E., D.S.O.
Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary, K.B.E.
Unknown:
George Lowe, O.B.E.
Unknown:
F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O.
Benny:
Alaric Cotter
Elizabeth:
Ysanne Churchman
Cornelius:
Ivan Samson
Martha:
Katie Johnson
Luke:
Denis Folwell
Bunk:
Leslie Bowmar
Mysterious Aristocrat:
Eric Skelding
Simon:
E Barry
Smoulty:
Arnold Peters

Regional Variations (3)

Come On and Hear: records.

BBC Home Service North

Jean Woods (soprano); Garth Stacey (baritone); Albert Webb and his String Players.

BBC Home Service Midland

Olive Groves (soprano) with Frederick Stone (piano) sings some old-time ballads
Introduced by Wallace Greenslade
August 17: Ranken Bushby (baritone)

Contributors

Piano:
Frederick Stone
Introduced By:
Wallace Greenslade

Regional Variations (2)

'Crescendo': serial — 3.

BBC Home Service Scottish

A visit to the seaside to join stars from the world of show business
Introduced by Jack Watson with Reginald Dixon
The George Mitchell Singers
Augmented
BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Produced by Eric Miller
(A shortened version of Wednesday's recorded broadcast in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Reginald Dixon
Conducted By:
Alyn Ainsworth
Produced By:
Eric Miller

Regional Variations (3)

Music from the Gaumont Theatre, Bournemouth.

BBC Home Service West

Pibroch: John MacFadyen.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Remind you of what?
Roy Plomley invites a reply from
Joyce Grenfell
Gilbert Harding
Nancy Spain Alan Melville Rene Cutforth
Ivan Staff
Based on an idea by Nancy Spain
Produced by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Unknown:
Rene Cutforth
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Produced By:
Pat Dixon

Presenting the islands as described by a native islander more than 250 years ago, and by Johnson and Boswell in. their Journals seventy years later
Next week Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh will visit the Western Isles of Scotland. Earlier travellers in these islands included Martin Martin , who saw the old way of life before the Jacobite rebellions; and Johnson and Boswell, who toured the Inner Hebrides in 1773. This programme contains some' of their comments on the islands Her Majesty is about to visit.

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Martin
Samuel Johnson:
Gilbert Harding
James Boswell:
Duncan McLntyre
Martin Martin:
Robert Urquhart

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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