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'The Mayor of Casterbridge ' by Thomas Hardy adapted for broadcasting by Donald Bancroft
1-The Sale at the Fair

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Broadcasting By:
Donald Bancroft
Narrator:
David Enders
Henchard:
Stephen Jack
Mrs Henchard:
Betty Hardy
Elizabeth:
Ann Greenland
Newson:
Cameron Miller
Countrywoman:
Doris Nichols
Turnip' hoer:
Stanley MacKenzie
Man:
Peter Ducrow

A story of the colliers in the Channel convoys of the forties by Alexander McKee with Maurice Denham as the Captain and Robin Bailey , Ralph Ball
George Buchan , Peter Claughton
Vincent Goodman , Malcolm Graeme
Antony Kenway , Richard Mayes
Keith Pyott , Sheila Raynor John Sharp , Ronald Wilson
Production by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander McKee
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Robin Bailey
Unknown:
Ralph Ball
Unknown:
George Buchan
Unknown:
Peter Claughton
Unknown:
Vincent Goodman
Unknown:
Malcolm Graeme
Unknown:
Antony Kenway
Unknown:
Richard Mayes
Unknown:
Keith Pyott
Unknown:
Sheila Raynor
Unknown:
John Sharp
Unknown:
Ronald Wilson
Production By:
Maurice Brown

The sound-track of Sunday's television programme
The members:
Dr. Julian Huxley, F.R.S.
Professor A. J. Ayer, F.B.A.
Lord David Cecil, c.H.
The Very Rev. M. C. D'Arcy , S.J.
Question-Master, Norman Fisher
Produced by John Furness
Questions should he addressed to ' The Brains Trust,' BBC Television Centre, London, W. 12.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Julian Huxley, F.R.S.
Unknown:
Professor A. J. Ayer, F.B.A.
Unknown:
Lord David Cecil, C.H.
Unknown:
Very Rev. M. C. D'Arcy
Question-Master:
Norman Fisher
Produced By:
John Furness

Overture: May Night (Rimsky-
Korsakov): L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Serenade melancolique for violin and orchestra (Tchaikovsky): Jascha Heifefz (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Alfred Wallenstein
March and Scherzo (Love for Three
Oranges) (Prokofiev): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Dance of the Young Maidens
(Gayaneh) (Khachaturyan) : Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Concerto for orchestra (Bartok):
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Violin:
Jascha Heifefz
Conductor:
Alfred Wallenstein
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet

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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