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For Listeners of All Ages
' Tumbledown Dick ' from the book by Howard Spring adapted by Muriel Levy
3—' Invitation to the Dance '
Trombone played by Frank Dixon
Produced by Herbert Smith
5.30 ' Write me a Letter'
The Children's Hour correspondence column of the air
Edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas

Contributors

Book By:
Howard Spring
Adapted By:
Muriel Levy
Played By:
Frank Dixon
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas
Dick, as a young man, the storyteller:
Brian Trueman
Dick,a boy:
Ian Piper
Lady Mayoress:
Norma Wilson
Henry Birkenshaw Dick's uncle:
Jack Howarth
Aunt Maria:
Mildred Dyson
Oswald Tubbs:
Geoffrey Banks
Alf Eckersley:
Tom Harrison
Tom Figgis:
Grahame Pratt
Larry, the Loon:
Frank Poynter
Gentleman George:
Leonard Williams
Housekeeper:
Sybil Holroyd
Mr Ingleby:
Norman Partriege
A boy:
Lionel Coutts

Christmas Edition with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Production by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Larry Stephens
Production By:
Roy Speer

or ' I Gotta Shoe ' by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin with music arranged and conducted by Peter Knight
Main characters in order of speaking:
Other parts played by John Harrison. Dan Jackson
Don Johnson and Andrew Salkey
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
Peter Forster writes on page 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Caryl Brahms
Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Conducted By:
Peter Knight
Played By:
John Harrison.
Played By:
Dan Jackson
Played By:
Don Johnson
Played By:
Andrew Salkey
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:
Peter Forster
Mammy:
Bertice Reading
Ella:
Carmen Francis
Uncle Lazy-do-Nothin':
George Browne
Pappy:
Robert Adams
Peanuts:
Jimmy Lloyd
Cindy-Ella:
Lucille Mapp
Pigmee:
Sheila Clarke
Esmee:
Elisabeth Welch
Lovable:
Ida Shepley
Fairy Godmother:
Bertice Reading
Prince Charmin' Jones:
Cy Grant
Prince Charmin' Jones's Uncle-do-Nothin':
George Browne

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