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Singing Together
by William Appleby
Cockles and Mussels...Irish folk song
Farewell Manchester (Charles Stuart's Farewell)...English song
Ould John Braddlum...English traditional song

11.20 The World of Work: Choosing a Career
A talk by Alec Rodger, director of the Vocational Guidance Centre, Birkbeck College, London.
(BBC recording)

11.40 Intermediate French: Programme Varie
Un programme en plusieurs parties, ou nos auditeurs pourront repondre a differentes questions. Texte de Jean-Jacques Oberlin.
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter (Singing Together):
William Appleby
Speaker (The World of Work):
Alec Rodger
Script (Intermediate French):
Jean-Jacques Oberlin

by Patrick Bair
Other parts played by Sheila Grant
Akoke G. Mboya , Andrew Salkey
Wole Soyinka , Tryphon Wagi
Production by Vivian A. Daniels
(The recorded broadcast of May 31)

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Bair
Played By:
Sheila Grant
Played By:
Akoke G. Mboya
Played By:
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 McIntyre
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

'Said the Cat to the Dog' by Martin Armstrong
12 (and last)—'Seaside Holiday!'
Production by Claire Chovil
Would you take the cat on holiday? Mompty tells Dad she would much rather stay at home, but he just doesn't understand plain Cattish, so Mompty is ' packed ' and has to go with the family to the seaside-a perfectly horrible place, she thinks-for six whole weeks.
5.30 ' Write Me a Letter '
The Children's Hour correspondence column of the air
Edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Production By:
Claire Chovil
Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
Sam Jephcott
Cookie:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Mompty the Cat:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham the Dog:
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

with Peter Sellers , Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan
Produced by Charles Chilton
(A new presentation of the programme first broadcast in 1954) See page 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

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