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A new radio play by Leslie Halward
Music arranged and directed by Gerry Alvarez
Musical associate, Alan Waterman
Production by Victor Menzies

Contributors

Play By:
Leslie Halward
Directed By:
Gerry Alvarez
Unknown:
Alan Waterman
Production By:
Victor Menzies
Harry King:
Lphilip Garston-Jones
Freddie Watkins:
Ronald Baddiley
Laura:
Eileen Barry
Reg Norton:
Arnold Peters
Mr Hargreaves:
Leslie Dunn
Tram conductor:
Geoffrey Lewis
Teddy Musgrove:
Geoffrey Lewis
Mrs Norton:
Elspeth Duxbury
Waitress:
Elspeth Duxbury
Light Programme announcer:
John Hobday
Pianist:
John Hannah
Drummer:
Pete Troman
Violinist:
George Gilson
Sax player:
Gerry Alvarez

For Children of Most Ages
A Message for Thinking Day from the Deputy Chief Commissioner,
Girl Guides ,
Mrs. Robert Bernays , J.P.
5.5 ' Line of Fire '
An adventure of Norman and Henry Bones the boy detectives
Written for Children's Hour by Anthony C. Wilson
Production by Josephine Plummer
(A new production of the play originally broadcast on March 25, 1954)

Contributors

Unknown:
Girl Guides
Unknown:
Mrs. Robert Bernays
Unknown:
Henry Bones
Unknown:
Anthony C. Wilson
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Norman Bones:
Charles Hawtrey
Henry Bones, his cousin:
Patricia Hayes
Mrs Bones:
Ann Codrington
Miss Norah Kingsley, her sister:
Susan Richmond
Mr Dawson Manager of Modern Products Ltd:
Richard Williams
Abinger, his secretary:
Preston Lockwood
Walter Case, signalman at Holmoor:
Charles E. Stidwill
Mr Hopper, stationmaster:
Lockwood West
Sidney Rix, blacksmith:
Malcolm Hayes
Billings, Miss Kingsley's gardener:
Frank Atkinson
Telephone operator:
Olive Kirby

presenting
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with Billy Burden , Andy Cole
Ronnie Barker , Patricia Hayes
Daphne Spottiswoode
Muriel Cooke , Arthur Haynes
The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Continuity and Ted Ray 's sketch by Terry Nation and John Junkin
' Pocket Theatre ' written by Jack Hulbert
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Billy Burden
Unknown:
Andy Cole
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Daphne Spottiswoode
Unknown:
Muriel Cooke
Unknown:
Arthur Haynes
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Terry Nation
Unknown:
John Junkin
Written By:
Jack Hulbert
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

by Lionel Shapiro adapted by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Shapiro
Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Henri Gutzmann, an innkeeper:
Eric Anderson
Gaetien, the waiter:
Ronald Sidney
Albert Bonneval, a gendarme:
Hugh Manning
Vlasta Karlene:
Joan Hart
Nason, Clayfield's secretary:
Haydn Jones
Justin Clayfield, an oil tycoon:
MacDonald Parke
Philip Channing, a foreign correspondent:
John Glen
Giselle Notta:
June Tobin
Simon Aleksandrow, an adventurer:
Frederick Treves
Gregor Karlene:
Ernest Milton
Bilotte, an employee of Aleksandrow:
Frank Windsor
Nicolai Endor:
John Scott

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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