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with Douglas Maynard
Tom Mennard
Michael Holliday
Max Bacon and Anne Shelton
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Maynard
Unknown:
Tom Mennard
Unknown:
Michael Holliday
Unknown:
Max Bacon
Unknown:
Anne Shelton
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. North Region
Round 4
London: Professor Denis Brogan, Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
North: Professor W. Lyon Blease, Dennis Chapman
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Professor W. Lyon Blease
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

A radio portrait of William Samuel Harris by Mollie Greenhalgh based on the writings of Jerome K. Jerome
Other parts played by: Virginia Winter. Sulwen Morgan and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Pianist. Cicely Hoye
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Unknown:
William Samuel Harris
Unknown:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Jerome K. Jerome
Played By:
Virginia Winter.
Played By:
Sulwen Morgan
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Old Gentleman:
Martin Lewis
Jerome:
Hubert Gregg
Harris:
Jimmy Edwards
George:
Maurice Denham

For Younger Listeners
' The Fairy Doll'
Rumer Godden 's new story told by Josephine Plummer
followed by For Older Children
* As I before my cottage fire *
Random rural thoughts by C. Gordon Glover
Produced by Josephine Plummer
' Now in the falling of the gloom
The red fire paints the empty room: And warmly on the roof it looks, And flickers on the backs of books.'
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
' What I Like Best in the Bible' by Ormerod Greenwood
4— 'King David's Great-Grandmother '
(Ruth 4, v. 17)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rumer Godden
Told By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Ormerod Greenwood

with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Production by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Larry Stephens
Production By:
Pat Dixon

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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About this data

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