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THE music box, by Gordon Reynolds.
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Colin Davis
Joseph Cooper (piano)
Introduced by Joseph Cooper
2.30 THE JACKSONS. The Lost Child. Script by Charles E. Stidwill.
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' Crossing the Pyrenees' by Laurie Lee

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds.
Leader:
J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Piano:
Joseph Cooper
Introduced By:
Joseph Cooper
Script By:
Charles E. Stidwill.
Unknown:
Laurie Lee

by James Forsyth
' Produced by John Gibson
(The recorded broadcast of March 3)
This is the story of the Black King of Haiti, Henry Christophe, and the mixed band of his courtiers. Once a slave, he rose to power in the insurrection against the French, was crowned in 1812, and came to a violent end eight years later.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Forsyth
Produced By:
John Gibson
Henry Christophe, Black King of Haiti:
Robert Adams
Marie Louise, his wife:
Pauline Henriques
His two daughters: Amethyste:
Sylvia Wynter
His two daughters: Athenaire:
Nadia Cattouse
Jacques Victor, his youngest son:
Nicky Edmett
Pompee. Baron de Vastey, Personal Aide to Christophe:
Andrew Salkey
Baron Dupuy, secretary to Christophe:
Earl Cameron
Doctor Duncan Stewart, Christophe's Scots physician:
Duncan McLntyre
General Noel, brother of Marie Louise:
Don Johnson
Drum-Major Manners, attached to the Household Troops as ' drill sergeant:
Haydn Jones
Richard, Due de Marmelade, Governor of Cape Henry:
Neville Crabbe
Montorsier, mulatto agent of the French:
Robert Sansom
' Uncle Bouqui,' drummer-ex-slave, friend of Christophe:
John Harrison
A stevedore:
Gordon Woolford

For Children of Most Ages
'Winnie-the-Pooh' by A. A. Milne
Adapted for broadcasting by David Davis with music by H. Fraser-Simson
4—' Piglet Meets a Heffalump'
At the piano. Gwenn Knight Production by Claire Chovil
5.30 Play Up!
Your own magazine programme of sports and games
This month's items include:
Coaching Corner
Players in Position Careers in Sport
Tests of Endurance Keeping Fit
Introduced by Peter Cranmer
Produced by Graham Gauld
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
A. A. Milne
Broadcasting By:
David Davis
Music By:
H. Fraser-Simson
Piano:
Gwenn Knight
Production By:
Claire Chovil
Introduced By:
Peter Cranmer
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Winnie-the-Pooh:
Norman Shelley
Christopher Robin:
Leonard Monaghan
Piglet:
Wilfred Babbage
Storyteller:
Charles E. Stidwill

A radio version of the novel by James Hanley with Gillian Sterrett and Roger Gage
Script and production by Donald McWhinnie

Contributors

Novel By:
James Hanley
Unknown:
Gillian Sterrett
Unknown:
Roger Gage
Production By:
Donald McWhinnie
Curtain:
Leo McKern
Father Michaels:
Jack Maegowran
Stone:
Frank Windsor
Gaunt:
Frederick Treves
Benton:
Richard Statman
The Voice:
David March

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