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BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet with Douglas Maynard , Karen Greer
Kenway and Young
Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band
Eric Barker
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Douglas Maynard
Unknown:
Karen Greer
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Eric Barker
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

Regional Variations (2)

Schools: Ar Grwydr yng Nghymru.

BBC Home Service Welsh

PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS. The Story of Guy Fawkes. Script by Honor Wyatt
2.0 THE music box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. Music at Court: first of two illustrated talks by John Russell
2.30 THE JACKSONS. Mrs. Nicholls Breaks her Leg. Script by Philippa Pearce.
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. The Press Gang Visits the Mill, from ' The Trumpet-Major' by Thomas Hardy

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Unknown:
John Russell
Script By:
Philippa Pearce.
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy 's novel of the Wessex countryside adapted as a radio play in ten parts by Desmond Hawkins 5 — ' Dr. Fitzpiers Chooses a Wife '
Music composed and conducted by Bruce Montgomery and played by the BBC West of England Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )
Produced by Owen Reed

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Conducted By:
Bruce Montgomery
Leader:
Frederick Lunnon
Produced By:
Owen Reed
Grace Melbury:
Renee Asherson
Mr Melbury:
Hedley Goodall
Edred Fitzpiers:
Andrew Faulds
Marty South:
Beatrice Bevan
Robert Creedle:
Charles E Stidwill
Giles Winterborne:
Tony Britton
Felice Charmond:
Pauline Letts

Regional Variations (3)

Children. As N. Ireland.

BBC Home Service North

Children's Hour. Inishbahn Detectives: serial play-1

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame
Arranged for broadcasting in eight instalments by May Jenkin with music by H. Fraser-Simson
5-' Toad's Adventures '
Production by Josephine Plummer
When Toad found himself shut in a dark and noisome dungeon, and knew that all the grim darkness of a medieval fortress lay between him and the outer world of sunshine and well-metalled high roads where he had lately been so happy, he flung himself at full length on the floor, shed bitter tears, and abandoned himself to dark despair.....
6.30 'Write me a Letter*
The Children's Hour correspondence column of the air
Edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Unknown:
May Jenkin
Music By:
H. Fraser-Simson
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas
Mr Toad:
Norman Shelley
Gaoler's Daughter:
Rosamond Barnes
Engine Driver:
Charles Maunsell
The Storyteller:
Mary O'Farrell

Regional Variations (7)

News, sport.

BBC Home Service Midland

News. sport.

BBC Home Service Scottish

News, sport.

BBC Home Service Welsh

News. sport.

BBC Home Service West

News, sport.

BBC Home Service North

News. sport

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A programme for listeners in the South-East of England
6.15 Local news
6.25 Today's sport
6.30 Reports and comments

Regional Variations (2)

Accent on Melody

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
Eric Parkin (piano)
Before an invited audience in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Piano:
Eric Parkin

Regional Variations (3)

The Ven. Carlyle Witton-Davies. Archdeacon of Oxford, talks about Souls and Shrines.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Dear to my Heart: speaker, H. M. Tomlinson.

BBC Home Service West

by Murray Groves
The lonely island of Naura in the South Pacific consists almost entirely of phosphates, which are being shipped away. Murray Groves describes this island of his childhood, its strange past, and its uncertain future.

Contributors

Unknown:
Murray Groves
Unknown:
Murray Groves

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
The Friendly Voice of Michael Holliday
For the Record
A new singing discovery in search of a hit disc
Do You Know Your Music
Quiz-Master: Antony Hopkins
1-2-S-i-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:
Michael Holliday
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Produced By:
Roy Speer

Regional Variations (2)

Annals of Scotland: 'Once in Every Lifetime ' by Tom Hanlin.

BBC Home Service Scottish

by Samuel Butler
Adapted for radio by Barbara Bray with Hugh Manning and Jessie Evans
(Continued in next column)
Cast in order of speaking:
Harmonium player, Arthur Dulay Production by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Butler
Unknown:
Barbara Bray
Unknown:
Hugh Manning
Unknown:
Jessie Evans
Unknown:
Arthur Dulay
Production By:
Mary Hope Allen
Mr Overton, Ernest's godfather:
Hugh Manning
The Rev Theobald Pontifex:
Carleton Hobbs
Christina, his wife:
Gladys Young
Ernest as a baby:
Sheila Moloney
Joey as a child:
Sheila Moloney
Charlotte:
Kathleen Helme
Aunt Alethea Pontifex:
Catherine Lacey
Ernest, as a child:
Douglas Hankin
Ernest, as a man:
Michael Warre
Cook:
Beatrice Kane
John, the coachman:
Trevor Martin
Ellen:
Denise Bryer
Mrs Jupp:
Jessie Evans
Pryer:
Simon Lack
Mrs Baxter:
Gladys Spencer
Mr Shaw:
Malcolm Hayes
Miss Snow:
Hilda Schroder
Towneley:
Frank Partington
Magistrate:
Eric Anderson
Mrs Richards:
Kathleen Helme

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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