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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
Programme devised and compiled by Alan White
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Jennings
Unknown:
Ivor MacHin
Unknown:
Guy Ramsey
Unknown:
John Stevens
Unknown:
Victor Bonham-Carter
Unknown:
Alan White
Produced By:
Joan Clark

TRAVEL TALKS. A Village in Brittany, by Vivian Rowe.
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. The People of the Gospels. 6-The Passover Festival. Script by Margaret Boys.
2.40 SENIOR English- i. ' King Solomon's Mines ' by H. Rider Haggard , adapted for broadcasting by Garry Lyle. 3—' The Battle '

Contributors

Unknown:
Vivian Rowe.
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 Work, Trades, and Professions as his subject for the fourth in a series of six programmes with Clarence Wright accompanied by Alan Paul and records of some of the original artists
(The recorded broadcast of July 15)

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
3 — ' We go kidnapping on Wyuna '
Catching some of the little kids to start a milking herd is no joke when the goats are wild as on Wyuna-Bron's magic island. It is more than two miles long and a mile broad. Surrounded by blue sea, it rises from white beaches, rocky headlands, and a mangrove swamp into steep, tree-covered hills.

Contributors

Told By:
Mary Elwyn Patchett

by Noel Streatfeild
Adapted as a serial play in six parts by Felicity Douglas
3 —' The Children's Academy of Stage Training and Dancing'
Production by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Streatfeild
Unknown:
Felicity Douglas
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
Dr Jakes:
Ann Codrington
Madame Fidolia:
Gladys Spencer
Cook:
Hilda Davies
Theo Dane:
Freda Falconer
Pupil at the Academy:
Rosamond Barnes
Mademoiselle Moulin:
Betty Hardy

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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