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Piano music
In contrasting styles played by Joseph Cooper (concert pianist)
Alan Paul and Edna Hatzfcld
(two pianos)
Bryan Rodwell
(Latini-American music)
The David Lee Quartet
(rhythmic piano music)
Introduced by Alan Dell
Produced by Jimmy Grant

Contributors

Played By:
Joseph Cooper
Pianist:
Alan Paul
Pianist:
Edna Hatzfcld
Pianos:
Bryan Rodwell
Unknown:
David Lee
Introduced By:
Alan Dell
Produced By:
Jimmy Grant

Adapted by Val Gielgud from his stage play
Production by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Adapted By:
Val Gielgud
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Quentin Edgeworth:
Ronald Sqnire
Lady Honiton:
Avice Landon
Mario:
Scot Finch
Angela Merridew:
Monica Grey
Cesare Malaparte:
John Boddington
Antonio Giorgetti:
Philip Leaver
Nicolas Taddei:
Richard Goolden
Giacomo Brunetti:
Anthony Jacobs
K L Jonea:
Trevor Martin
A young lady:
Eva Husaar

For Children of Most Ages
'Said the Cat to the Dog'
A series of plays about Mompty and Peckham and the Jackson family
Written for Children's Hour by Martin Armstrong
7— 'A Prehistoric Beast'
Production by Claire Chovil
One afternoon, after a lesson on prehistoric monsters, Diana and Ronnie came home from school full of excitement. For days afterwards they talked about it-till one afternoon while they were playing in the garden, it occurred to them that they might do something more than just talk.
5.30 For Listeners of Most Ages
Home for the Holidays
2-Camping
The second of two programmes in which ' B.B.', Roy McCarthy, Phil
Drabble, and Bill Oakley suggest ways of spending a few days during the summer holidays
Produced by Graham Gauld
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Production By:
Claire Chovil
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
Sam Jephcott
Potts, the gardener:
Frank Atkinson
Mompty the Cat:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham the Dog:
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

in which Peter West encourages
Richard Murdoch and Brian Reece to vie with Johnny Morris and John Slater in giving fairly reasonable explanations of various noises got together by Edward J. Mason who devised this programme
Recorded before an invited audience at the Leicester Isolation Hospital
Produced by John Farrington

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter West
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Brian Reece
Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Produced By:
John Farrington

A radio script by Errol John based on his stage play
' Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
The occupants of Old Mack's backyard property:
Production by Donald McWhinnie and Robin Midgley
The play is set in Port-of-Spain.
Trinidad

Contributors

Script By:
Errol John
Production By:
Donald McWhinnie
Production By:
Robin Midgley
Ephraim, a trolley-bus driver:
Errol John
Ketch, a calypso singer:
Fitzroy Coleman
Mavis:
Sheila Clarke
Sophia Adams:
Barbara Assoon
Esther, her daughter:
Zorenah Osborne
Charlie, her husband:
Robert Adams
Rosa:
Sylvia Wynter
Old Mack a storekeeper:
John Harrison
Prince:
Gordon Woolford
Young Mr Murray:
Andrew Salkey
Carl, a trolley-bus conductor:
Lionel Ngakane
Old Lady:
Sheila Mitchell
Inspector:
George Brown
American soldier (' Joe '):
John Cazabon
Constable:
Lionel Ngakane
Taxi-driver:
George Brown

BBC Home Service Basic

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