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played by the Berlin Philharmonic Octet: Alfred Burkner (clarinet), Oskar Rothensteiner (bassoon), Gunter Kopp (horn), Hans Gieseler (violin), Rudolf Hartmann (violin), Hermann Bethmann (viola), Wilhelm Posegga (cello), Rainer Zepperitz (double-bass).
From the Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh
Maurice Lindsay writes on page 2

Contributors

Clarinetist (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Alfred Burkner
Bassoonist (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Oskar Rothensteiner
Horn (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Gunter Kopp
Violinist (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Hans Gieseler
Violinist (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Rudolf Hartmann
Viola (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Hermann Bethmann
Cellist (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet) :
Wilhelm Posegga
Double-Bass (The Berlin Philharmonic Octet):
Rainer Zepperitz

Kenneth Horne insists that nothing is Beyond Our Ken
and to prove it Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Ron Moody, Patricia Lancaster and Stanley Unwin support him in a sort of radio show.
with The Malcolm Mitchell Trio

BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert)
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
(The recorded broadcast of July 8 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Script:
Eric Merriman
Script:
Barry Took
Incidental Music:
Edwin Braden
Producer:
Jacques Brown
Comedian:
Kenneth Horne
[Actor]:
Kenneth Williams
[Actor]:
Hugh Paddick
[Actress]:
Betty Marsden
[Actor]:
Ron Moody
[Actress]:
Patricia Lancaster
Comedian:
Stanley Unwin
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Antony Gilbert
[Orchestra] conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by Hugh Ross Williamson.
Certain nursery-rhyme characters can be identified without any reasonable doubt. For instance, the little girl with a little curl right in the middle of her forehead was Edith Longfellow, the daughter of the poet Henry Longfellow; and the brave old Duke of York who had ten thousand men was King George Ill's son, Frederick. But Little Boy Blue?
(Recorded broadcast of Nov. 21, 1957)

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Ross Williamson

by Tom Espie.

(Recording of the broadcast of May 2, 1957 in the Midland Home Service)

Contributors

Writer:
Tom Espie
Producer:
Peter Dews
Harry Triffit:
Herbert Smith
The Governor:
Ralph Hallett
Other parts played by:
Jeffrey Denton
Other parts played by:
Leslie Dunn
Other parts played by:
Philip Garston-Jones
Other parts played by:
Judith Hackett
Other parts played by:
Emrys James
Other parts played by:
Arnold Peters
Other parts played by:
Graham Rigby
Other parts played by:
Peter Wilde

A comedy by Mark Bevan.

[Starring] Edward Chapman
(The recorded broadcast of February 28, 1957 in the Midland Home Service)

Contributors

Writer:
Mark Bevan
Producer:
Peter Dews
Arthur Farringdon:
Edward Chapman
Mary his wife:
Violet Carson
Phyllis his daughter:
Tilsa Page
Perry, his son:
Brian Trueman
James Garston his son-in-law:
Geoffrey Matthews
Miss Smithson:
Margaret Butt
Ronnie Burton:
Wilfrid Downing
Sir Wilfred Wortley:
Arthur Ridley
Herbert Oakroyd:
Joby Blanshard
Clem Cavendish:
Tony Church

from Edington Priory Church.
Antiphon: O bone Jesu (Philip Radcliffe)
Sentences; Exhortation: Confession; Absolution
The Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses (William Smith)
Psalms 126-131
First Lesson: 2 Kings 8, vv. 1-16
Office hymn: O blest creator of the light (Plainsong)
Magnificat: Second evening service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 24, vv. 13-53
Hymn: To thee before the close of day (Plainsong)
Nunc dimittis: Second evening service (Byrd)
Creed Suffrages, Responses (William Smith)
Collects
Anthem: My God, my God look upon me (John Blow)
Prayers
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia on 'Komm, heiliger Geist' (Bach)

The Edington Music Festival takes place annually. The Festival Choir consists mainly of lay clerks and choristers from Cathedral and College choirs.

Contributors

Director of Music:
Warren Green
Organist:
Simon Preston
Singers:
The Festival Choir

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare.

The Charm of Croquet: Dorothy Horton recommends a game, more popular nowadays than one might think.

Write It Down: George Ewart Evans puts in a plea for memories.

Presented by Douglas Smith.

Contributors

Item presenter (The Charm of Croquet):
Dorothy Horton
Item presenter (Write It Down):
George Ewart Evans
Presenter:
Douglas Smith

For Children of Most Ages
' Yarns of a Shellback'
' Treasure Ships '
Douglas V. Duff comes to the studio to spin the last of three yarns about the odd and exciting things that happen at sea,
5.15 ' A Doctor for the King'
A Scots fairy play by John B. Logan based on the fourteenth-century story, 'Fearchar the Leech,' as told in ' The Lure of the Kelpie ' by Helen Drever
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by J. Stanley Pritchard

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas V. Duff
Play By:
John B. Logan
Unknown:
Helen Drever
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Conducted By:
J. Stanley Pritchard
Fearchar, a young drover from Caithness:
Iain Cuthbertsdn
Malcolm a rich middle-aged magician from Inverness:
W. H. D Joss
Jess an old woman of Perth:
Grace McChlery
Princess Marjory, daughter of the King of Scotland:
Lesley Fraser
A Doctor, an elderly Court physician:
Leonard Maguire

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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