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Shipmasters from
* Queen Mary' to Sailing Barge
Roy Clark leads an exchange of talk about the sea and ships between
Captain D. W. Sorrell
Captain of the Queen Mary just retired
Bob Roberts
Skipper of the Thames sailing barge
Cambria
Captain C. F. Horn in command till recently of the Trinity House Vessel Warden
Captain Arthur Reddish retired after a life at sea
From the house of Captain Reddish in Happisburgh, Norfolk
Edited by Roy Clark
Produced by David Bryson
(The recorded broadcast of April 26 in the Midland Home Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Clark
Unknown:
Captain D. W. Sorrell
Unknown:
Bob Roberts
Unknown:
Captain C. F. Horn
Unknown:
Captain Arthur Reddish
Edited By:
Roy Clark
Produced By:
David Bryson

from the canteen of a factory in Hindley Green,
Leigh Bob Monkhouse
Joan Savage and Ken Morris
Arthur Haynes
The Maple Leaf Four
Accompaniment by the Harry Hayward Trio
Introduced by Randal Herley Produced by Geoff Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Leigh Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Joan Savage
Unknown:
Ken Morris
Unknown:
Arthur Haynes
Introduced By:
Randal Herley
Produced By:
Geoff Lawrence

by Norman Collins
Dramatised as a serial for broadcasting in eight parts by Howard Agg
2—'The Finger of Fate '
Other parts played by John Graham Gladys Spencer. Joan Clement Scott
Robert Sansom and Trevor Martin
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
(The recorded broadcast of January 13 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Collins
Unknown:
Howard Agg
Played By:
John Graham
Played By:
Gladys Spencer.
Played By:
Joan Clement Scott
Played By:
Robert Sansom
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Mr Josser:
James Thomason
Mrs Josser:
Nora Nicholson
Mrs Vizzard:
Madeleine Christie
Connie Coke:
Gretchen Franklin
Percy Boon:
Frank Partington
Mrs Boon:
Vivienne Chatterton
Mr Squales:
Richard Hurndall
Lily Watson:
Denise Bryer
Jack Rufus:
Brian Haines
Narrator:
Simon Lack

For Younger Listeners
' Sir Oblong Fitz-Oblong and the Siege of Bolligrew Castle '
A dialogue story by Robert Bolt
Produced by Mollie Austin
5.30 For Older Listeners
Below the Surface
4-Freshwater Sharks
The story of Britain's fiercest freshwater fish-the pike
Anglers discuss experiences that have befallen them and others while engaged in fishing for pike, and talk about different methods of angling for the fish
Devised and told by Bill Latto with Pat Daley , Tom Stevens
Bernard Venables , Norman Mackenzie
Produced by H. Saunders-Jacobs

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Oblong Fitz-Oblong
Story By:
Robert Bolt
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Told By:
Bill Latto
Unknown:
Pat Daley
Unknown:
Tom Stevens
Unknown:
Bernard Venables
Unknown:
Norman MacKenzie
Produced By:
H. Saunders-Jacobs
Storyteller:
Douglas Leach
Sir Oblong Fitz-Oblong:
Noel Iliff
Baron Bolligrew:
Ronald Baddiley
Squire Blackheart:
Stephen Jack
The Dragon:
Ivan Brandt
Rodney Rook:
Peter Wilde
Bill Badger:
Norman Tyrrell

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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