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by Harold Melvin
Nowadays the new entrant to the Civil Service has welfare officers to look after him and numerous associations and societies he can join, but he will never play ' Brugby ' or range over the roof-tops from Downing Street to the Horse Guards. Harold Melvin recalls what it was like to be a very young Civil Servant in 1904.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Melvin
Unknown:
Harold Melvin

by Roger Leigh
Production by Victor Menzies

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Leigh
Production By:
Victor Menzies
Jane Aston:
Mary Law
Maisie Edge:
Thelma Rogers
Briggs:
Peter Augustine
Laurence Fitton:
Michael Shaw
Mrs Aston:
Courtney Hope
Jenny:
Caroline Denzil
Peter:
E Barry
Tom Edge:
Harry Stubbs
Granfer Edge:
Bob Arnott
Alan:
Garth Murray
Silvers:
Geoffrey Lewis
Oliver Aston:
Lewis Gedge

Toastmaster, Eamonn Andrews spotlights:
David Tomlinson, light-hearted star of the Aldwych comedy hit 'Dear Delinquent'
(assisted by Leonard Fenton) and a sound-track excerpt from his new film 'Up the Creek' with Peter Sellers and Liliane Sottane
Julie Wilson, glamorous American cabaret star, with Felix King at the piano
The author, John Mortimer who introduces a scene from his play 'What Shall We Tell Caroline?' starring Michael Hordern, Brenda Bruce, Maurice Denham
Herbert Lom introducing his latest film 'No Trees in the Street' with Sylvia Syms and Melvyn Hayes in a sound-track preview
Doreen Hume, John Cameron who toast the anniversary of Franz Lehar's 'Gypsy Love'
The Town Criers
Directed by Cliff Adams
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Theme music by Ron Goodwin
Devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
David Tomlinson
Assisted By:
Leonard Fenton
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Liliane Sottane
Unknown:
Julie Wilson
Unknown:
Felix King
Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Herbert Lorn
Unknown:
Sylvia Syms
Unknown:
Melvyn Hayes
Unknown:
Doreen Hume
Unknown:
John Cameron
Unknown:
Franz Lehar
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Music By:
Ron Goodwin
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

by Patrick Bair
Other parts played by Sheila Grant
Akoke G. Mboya , Andrew Salkey
Wole Soyinka , Tryphon Wagi
Production by Vivian A. Daniels

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Bair
Played By:
Sheila Grant
Played By:
Akoke G. Mboya
Unknown:
Andrew Salkey
Unknown:
Wole Soyinka
Production By:
Vivian A. Daniels
Anthony:
Henneck-Williams, District
Commissioner:
Noel Johnson
Josephine (Phina), his wife:
Jill Bennett
Ken Lainer District Officer (One):
John van Eyssen
Peter Guppie, District Officer (Two):
Ronald Baddiley
Susie Gray, D C 's Secretary:
Beryl Calder
Major Eddie Clarke, P R O Government House............:
Leigh Crutchley
Philip Casson, Provincial Commissioner Eastern Province:
Willoughby Goddard
H E The Governor, Sir Geoffrey:
Mandersley Robert Sansom
Ian Cameron, Medical Officer:
Duncan McLntyre
Supt Garner, Senior Police Officer:
Peter Claughton
Chief Onesmus:
John Harrison
Muli, D C 's houseboy:
Neville Crabbe
Radio commentator:
Raymond Young
Eleejah:
Earl Cameron
Father Newton:
Fred Johnson
Father Shaw:
Will Leighton

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More