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Each week a challenger from one of the counties of Britain tests a panel's knowledge of his county and its customs

The panel: Paul Jennings, Ivor Machin, Guy Ramsey, John Stevens
Chairman, Victor Bonham-Carter

Contributors

Chairman:
Victor Bonham-Carter
Panellist:
Paul Jennings
Panellist:
Ivor Machin
Panellist:
Guy Ramsey
Panellist:
John Stevens
Programme devised and compiled by:
Alan White
Producer:
Joan Clark

TRAVEL TALKS. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Script by W. J. Taylor -Whitehead.
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. The People of the Gospels. 5-Life in a Village. Script by Margaret Boys.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. ' King Solomon's Mines ' by H. Rider Haggard , adapted for broadcasting by Garry Lyle. 2-' We give a sign '

Contributors

Script By:
W. J. Taylor
Script By:
Margaret Boys.
Unknown:
H. Rider Haggard
Broadcasting By:
Garry Lyle.

A review of English life as it is recorded in the songs of the Music-Hall
Colin Maclnnes takes the theme of Soldiers and Sailors as his subject for the third in a series of six programmes with Clarence Wright accompanied by Alan Paul and the recorded voices of some of the original artists

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin MacLnnes
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Accompanied By:
Alan Paul

For Children of Most Ages
' My Friend Bron '
Stories of the Great Barrier Reef written and told by Mary Elwyn Patchett
2 —' Algy, the Family Man '
5.15 'Ballet Shoes' by Noel Streatfeild
Adapted as a serial play in six parts by Felicity Douglas
2 — ' The Fossil Family Makes a Vow '
Pianist. Gwenn Knight
Production by Josephine Plummer
When an eccentric great-uncle adopts three little girls, puts them in your care, and then disappears on his travels again for several years, leaving very little money for the upkeep of a fairly large house-what is the best thing to do? The answer for Sylvia Brown was-take in boarders. Not very exciting perhaps, but as it happened they altered the whole lives of the three Fossils-Pauline, Petrova, and Posy.

Contributors

Told By:
Mary Elwyn Patchett
Unknown:
Noel Streatfeild
Pianist:
Gwenn Knight
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Pauline:
Patricia Field
Petrova:
Mollie Maureen
Posy:
Denise Bryer
Sylvia Brown (Garnie):
Betty Hardy
Nana:
Sybil Arundale
Mr Simpson:
Ivan Samson
Cook:
Hilda Davies
Theo Dane:
Freda Falconer
Dr Jakes:
Ann Codrington
Madame Fidolia:
Gladys Spencer

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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