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5.00 Request Week
'The Boy and the Seven Wonders'
Norman Painting, who wrote the serial play broadcast last year, talks about what became of the Seven Wonders of the World

5.15 For Older Children
Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley in 'The Three Students' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Sherlock Holmes adventure dramatised for radio by Felix Felton
Scene: a university town in 1895

Contributors

Stories By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised By:
Felix Felton
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Hilton Soames, tutor at St Luke College:
Felix Felton
Bannister, a college servant:
James Thomason
Gilchrist:
Gordon Gardner
McLaren:
Alan Reid

A sparkling tribute to well-known personalities, outstanding newcomers and successes in London's world of entertainment
Toastmaster,
Eamonn Andrews spotlights
Peter Sellers
A Goon at large and a highlight from the sound-track of ' The NAKED TRUTH'
Athene Seyler , Michael Shepley
Mary Merrall , Joan Sims
Elspeth Duxbury , Hazel Hughes In the Cambridge Theatre comedy hit
' BREATH OF SPRING' by Peter Coke
Colin Horsley
European concert celebrity
Joan Regan sparkling record and Variety star
Vanessa Lee celebrating the anniversary of ' BLESS THE BRIDE' and introducing the composer
Vivian Ellis with a preview from his new musical
' HALF IN EARNEST '
The Town Criers
(Directed by Cliff Adams ) who proclaim a hit parade favourite
The BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Theme music composed by Ron Goodwin
Devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Unknown:
Michael Shepley
Unknown:
Mary Merrall
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Elspeth Duxbury
Unknown:
Hazel Hughes
Unknown:
Peter Coke
Unknown:
Colin Horsley
Unknown:
Joan Regan
Unknown:
Vanessa Lee
Unknown:
Vivian Ellis
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Composed By:
Ron Goodwin
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

A novel by Cyril Hare adapted for broadcasting by Morven Cameron
Other parts played by Barbara Greenhalgh and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Novel By:
Cyril Hare
Broadcasting By:
Morven Cameron
Played By:
Barbara Greenhalgh
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Francis Pettigrew:
Carleton Hobbs
Horace Wendon:
Garard Green
Godfrey:
Wilfrid Downing
Jesse Todman:
Robert Sansom
Humphrey Rose:
Philip Leaver
Superintendent Trimble:
Arthur Young
Sergeant Broome:
Philip Cunningham
Mrs Pink:
Betty Hardy
Mrs Ransome:
Janet Burnell
Mrs Pettigrew:
Joan Matheson

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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