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TRAVEL TALKS. A city child in the U.S.A. Script by Leslie Reade. (BBC recording)
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. The Story of John Mark. 2-John Mark travels to Rome. Script by Morwenna Bietby.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. 'Bevis' by Richard Jefferies , adaptedfor broadcasting by Edward Blishen. 2—' The Battle of Pharsalia '

Contributors

Script By:
Leslie Reade.
Unknown:
John Mark.
Script By:
Morwenna Bietby.
Unknown:
Richard Jefferies
Unknown:
Edward Blishen.

A play for broadcasting by Giles Cooper
Production by Donald McWhinnie
[Starring] Michael Hordern, Renee Goddard, and Peter Howell

Contributors

Writer:
Giles Cooper
Production:
Donald McWhinnie
Innes Corrie:
Peter Howell
Hazel:
Betty Baskcomb
Das:
Roger Snowdon
Driver:
Satish Bhatnagar
Major:
V.R. Krishnamurthi
Leila:
Renee Goddard
Derek:
David Enders
Suban:
Bakshi Prem
Felix:
Michael Hordern
Siri:
Geoffrey Matthews

For Children of Most Ages
' Philomena ' by Kate Seredy
Abridged as a serial story in six parts by Marianne Helweg and read by Jill Balcon
2—'Philomena Goes to Prague'
5.10 For Older Children
' Ravensdaughter *
A play for broadcasting in six episodes by Aubrey Feist
2 — ' The Blowing Stone '
'Over the hills Alfred is riding.
Hark to the sound of the Blowing Stone, Booming along the grass-green Ridgeway. Voice of a nation as yet unknown.1
Other parts played by Stephen Jack and Geoffrey Wincott with the recorded voices of members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company and boys of Chigwell School, Essex
Horn fanfares played by Barry Tuckwell and Denzil Floyd
Production by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Seredy
Unknown:
Marianne Helweg
Read By:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Played By:
Stephen Jack
Played By:
Geoffrey Wincott
Played By:
Barry Tuckwell
Production By:
David Davis
Alfred, King of Wessex:
Aiec Clunes
Asser, Bishop of Sherborne:
Laidman Browne
Gudrun:
Mary Wimbush
The Lady Alfrida:
Barbara Lott
Aelwin Aelwinsson, her son:
Derek Blomfield
Arvan the Priest:
Hugh David
Rowena:
Ann Totten

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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