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TRAVEL TALKS. Shepherds of the Transylvanian Alps. Script by A. L. Lloyd.
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. The Story of John Mark. 3-Nero persecutes the Christians. Script by Morwenna Bielby.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. ' Bevis ' by Richard Jefferies. adapted for broadcasting by Edward Blishen. 3 — ' New Formosa

Contributors

Script By:
A. L. Lloyd.
Unknown:
John Mark.
Script By:
Morwenna Bielby.
Unknown:
Richard Jefferies.
Unknown:
Edward Blishen.

A play for broadcasting adapted from the novel by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones and Margaret Hackforth-Jones

Contributors

Novel By:
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Novel By:
Margaret Hackforth-Jones
Commander Henry Gasconne D s c and Bar. R.N:
Richard Hurndall
Maggie Street:
Marjorie Westbury
Engineer Commander Ian McGafne:
Allan McClelland
Mr Bertram:
Deryck Guyler
Sir Eric Hugo, K.B.E:
Norman Shelley
Harry Trevor:
John Sharp
Mr Charmaux:
Godfrey Kenton
Commander ' Wally ' Phipps-Mangot:
Jeffrey Segal
Inspector Daniel:
Trevor Martin
Lady Alice Driver:
Una Venning
Lieutenant Johnson:
David Spenser
Wren Driver:
Beryl Calder
Captain Brown, Admiralty:
Eric Anderson
Mrs Lambe:
Joan Sanderson
French Fisherman ::
John Bryning
Mr Preston:
John Graham
Mr Jackson:
Haydn Jones
Mr Swansdown:
Andrew Sachs
Mr Barnes:
Peter Wilde
Mr Willis:
William Eedle
Mr Foster:
Peter Claughton
Mills:
Frank Partington
Chief Inspector Admiralty, Bath:
Charles Kay

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
3-' Babushka up to her tricks again'
5.10 For Older Children
Alec Clunes in ' Ravensdaughter '
A play in six episodes by Aubrey Feist
3 — ' The Quest for the King '
'Out of the past Alfred is riding.
Hark to the clank of his cavalcade,
Drowned by the sound of our English cheering.
Voice of the England that Alfred made.' 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:
Alec Clunes
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Played By:
Barry Tuckwell
Unknown:
Denzil Floyd
Production By:
David Davis
Alfred, King of Wessex:
Alec Clunes
Aelwin Aelwinsson:
Derek Blomfleld
The Lady Elfrida:
Barbara Lott
Arvan, the Priest:
Hugh David
Rowena:
Ann Totten
Gudrun, the Golden:
Mary Wimbush
Thangbrand:
Leslie Perrins
Grim of Viborg:
Geoffrey Wincott

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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