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Ann Dowdall (soprano) Frederick Stone (piano)
Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp)
Marsyas Wind Quintet:
Clifford Seville (flute)
John Barnett (oboe)
Basil Tschaikov (clarinet) Roger Birnstingl (bassoon)
Alan Civil (horn)

Contributors

Soprano:
Ann Dowdall
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Harp:
Renata Scheffel-Stein
Flute:
Clifford Seville
Oboe:
John Barnett
Clarinet:
Basil Tschaikov
Bassoon:
Roger Birnstingl
Horn:
Alan Civil

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton and featuring
Sidney James , Bill Kerr
Hattie Jacques
Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

by Alex Borrie
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Borrie
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Mollie Mascot:
Joan Sanderson
Doctor McKinnon:
Frederick Treves
Joe Mascot:
Eric Anderson
Clive Otway-Brown:
Brewster Mason
Judith, his daughter:
Beryl Calder
Phyllis, a maid:
Ann Rye
Ellen Otway-Brown:
Frances Clare
Mrs Colborne:
Margaret Ward
Major Cross:
Owen Fellowes
Tony Mascot:
Geoffrey Matthews
Fred:
Bryan Powley

For Children of Most Ages
'Tales of a Yorkshire Postmistress'
Written and told by Hazel Chew
'Five Pound Notes are Rare'

5.15 Time Out
Alun Williams and Kenneth Wolstenholme visit the Woolwich Searchlight Tattoo, and describe some of the items
Produced by John Lane

Contributors

Writer/Reader (Tales of a Yorkshire Postmistress):
Hazel Chew
Reporter (Time Out):
Alun Williams
Reporter (Time Out):
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Produced By:
John Lane

A summer season of Variety with Eddie Calvert
Gladys Morgan
Owen Brannigan
The Gaunt Brothers
Stephanie Voss with a visitor of the week at Martin's Inn
The Adam Singers
(Directed by Cliff Adams ) BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman
George Martin and Gavin Blakeney
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Calvert
Unknown:
Gladys Morgan
Unknown:
Owen Brannigan
Unknown:
Stephanie Voss
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Script By:
George Martin
Script By:
Gavin Blakeney
Produced By:
John Simmonds

A novel by Selwyn Jepson
Adapted for radio by Felix Felton and Susan Ashman in collaboration with the author
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Production by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Novel By:
Selwyn Jepson
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Susan Ashman
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Ann Farr:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
John Farr:
John Westbrook
Mason:
Lockwood West
George Canfield:
Simon Lack
Parry Rust:
Philip Cunningham
North:
Andrew Sachs
Finch:
Frank Partington
Miss Russell:
Kathleen Helme
Miss Trim:
Rosamund Greenwood
Old Garrard:
Arthur Young
Alfred Garrard:
Godfrey Kenton
Judd:
Haydn Jones
Mrs Tamworth:
Molly Rankin
Angela Favell:
Monica Grey
Eric Patterson:
Allan McClelland
Sanger:
Malcolm Hayes
Someworth:
John Bryning
Paxton:
John Graham
Sir Richard Favell:
William Eedle
Elderly man:
Haydn Jones
Clergyman:
Frank Partington
Carson:
John Ruddock

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