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on gramophone records
Overture, The Crown Diamonds
(Auber): Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. conducted by Albert Wolff
Elegy (Suite: Gustav Adolf II)
(Alfven): Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, conducted by John Hollingsworth
Suite, Casse-Noisette (Tchaikovsky):
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt .

Contributors

Conducted By:
Albert Wolff
Conducted By:
John Hollingsworth
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt

BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet with The Peter Crawford Trio
Monte Rey , Ann Lancaster
Kay Cavendish , Jon Pertwee
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Peter Crawford Trio
Unknown:
Monte Rey
Unknown:
Ann Lancaster
Unknown:
Kay Cavendish
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

by René Cutforth
4-Edmund, a schoolboy: the young outlook
In this series of programmes Rene Cutforth presents half-hour sketches of people he knows whose characters are typical strands in the British social fabric. Edmund, the last in this series, is aged seventeen-and-a-half, a schoolboy at Eton who hopes to go up to Oxford in about a year's time.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rene Cutforth

Thomas Hardy 's novel of the Wessex countryside adapted as a radio play in ten parts by Desmond Hawkins
2-'Grace Melbury Comes Home'
Other parts played by: Lewis Gedge and George Mattock
Music composed and conducted by Bruce Montgomery and played by the BBCWest of England Light Orchestra
Produced by Owen Reed

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Played By:
Lewis Gedge
Played By:
George Mattock
Conducted By:
Bruce Montgomery
Produced By:
Owen Reed
Grace Melbury:
Renée Asherson
Giles Winterborne:
Tony Britton
Mr Melbury:
Hedley Goodall
Mrs Melbury:
Gwen Howell
Grammer Oliver:
Ethel Coleridge
Mrs Charmond:
Pauline Letts
Robert Creedle:
Charles E Stidwill

A carefree mixture of comedy and music also featuring
Deryck Guyler , Gene Crowley
Therese Burton , Stanley Unwin and including
At the Launderette
A radio strip cartoon
A New Voice
Sylvia Drew
For the Record
A new singing discovery in search of a hit disc
Do You Know Your Music
Quiz-Master, Antony Hopkins
1-2-3-4-Five in Harmony
The Coronets
Many Questions
Topics of the day aggravated by the panel of experts
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Gene Crowley
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Gene Crowley
Unknown:
Therese Burton
Unknown:
Stanley Unwin
Unknown:
Antony Hopkins
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Produced By:
Roy Speer

A play by Giles Cooper based on the novel by William Golding
Produced by Archie Campbell Liul'uns:
A section of the Highgate School Choir
Choirmaster. Edward Chapman
Music and special effects composed and conducted by Christopher Whelen
The Place: An Island
The Period: Sometime, Never

Contributors

Play By:
Giles Cooper
Novel By:
William Golding
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Choirmaster:
Edward Chapman
Conducted By:
Christopher Whelen
Narrator:
David Laing
Ralph a preparatory schoolboy:
Anthony Valentine
Piggy, an evacuee:
Robin Willett
Twins: Sam:
Bernard Doe
Twins: Eric:
Jonathan Swift
Members of Larchfield Cathedral Choir:Jack, choir leader:
Oscar Quirak
Choristers: Maurice:
Barry Martin
Choristers: Roger:
Anthony Adams
Choristers: Simon:
Nicky Edniett
Choristers: Robert:
John Bull
Choristers: Walter:
Vincent Daniels
Tommy:
Colin Gibson
Percival:
Ngaire Thomson
Two other Littl'uns:
Viola Merrett
Two other Littl'uns:
Peter Bartlett
Voice of ' The Head ':
Cyril Shaps
Bates, a Naval Rating:
David Laing
Naval Commander:
Gerald

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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