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Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton and featuring
Sidney James , Bill Kerr
Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
(The recorded broadcast of January 20 in the Light Programme)

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

A play for broadcasting by Ruth Park
Others taking part:
Frank Reynolds , H. J. Blaney
Geraldine McClelland
The quayside, Port of Cork, 1850; aboard the emigrant ship Mermaid
Produced by Ronald Mason

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Ruth Park
Unknown:
Frank Reynolds
Unknown:
H. J. Blaney
Unknown:
Geraldine McClelland
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Mary Ann McBride:
Kathleen Feenan
A clerk:
John Reid
Patrick Cashel:
J G Devlin
Nancy Dillon:
Catherine Gibson
Florence Fahy:
Nita Hardie
Father Drummoyne:
Michael Duffy
Mrs Doyle:
Irene Bingham
Mrs Kennedy:
Eileen Madden
Skuli Jonssen:
James Boyce
Jamsey Flanaghan:
Maurice O'Callaghan

from the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne
Introduction
Preces (William Smith ) Psalms 12, 13, 14
First Lesson: Jeremiah 33. vv. 1-13 The sun is sinking fast (E.H. 280)
Magnificat (Hylton Stewart in A flat) Second Lesson: St. John 10, vv. 1-21
Nunc dimittis (Hylton Stewart in A flat)
Creed
Responses (William Smith ) Collects
Anthem: Blessed angel spirits
(Tchaikovsky)
Prayers
Master of the Music, Colin Ross

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
Hylton Stewart
Unknown:
Hylton Stewart
Unknown:
William Smith
Music:
Colin Ross

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Exercise Sitting Down: some more exercises from Margaret Hammond
Going to the Shops: Aileen Smiles comments on the trials and tribulations of shopping
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Hammond
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

Peter Wyngarde in ' Captain of Dragoons '
A radio play in four parts by John Keir Cross from the novel by Ronald Welch
1: ' Swords-and Pistols-for Two '
Produced by David Davis
Captain of Dragoons is a stirring tale of adventure and intrigue set in the time ofJohn Churchill , first Duke of Marlborough. The young Captain Charles Carey is called upon, against his will, to serve his country as a secret agent in French territory. He is entrusted with a perilous mission, calling for all his skill as a swordsman and his full reserves of courage and resource.
' Perhaps my hand trembles a little from my wound in the duel. The pistol swings round towards me; and, suddenly, as I touch it ...'
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Moore Wasson

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Wyngarde
Unknown:
John Keir Cross
Novel By:
Ronald Welch
Produced By:
David Davis
Unknown:
John Churchill
Unknown:
Captain Charles Carey
Unknown:
Rev. Moore Wasson
Captain Charles Carey:
Peter Wyngarde
John Carey, his cousin:
Leslie Heritage
Major Alford:
Ralph Truman
Sir Rupert Creighton:
Howieson Culff
Donald Rawle:
Malcolm Graeme
Lieutenant Storey:
Peter Howell
Sergeant Martin:
Arthur Lowe
Captain Worth:
Lionel Gamlin

The first of a series of monthly programmes in which scientists report and comment on the events of the past month in the world of science and technology
The programme also includes
The Sky in October by J. G. Porter , Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Science Survey will be broadcast weekly in Network Three, beginning on Friday, October 11

Contributors

Unknown:
J. G. Porter

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.

Appears in

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