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A novel by Margery Sharp
Dramatised as a radio serial in eight parts by Thea Holme
2-' Marry in Haste '
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
(The recorded broadcast of February 16 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Novel By:
Margery Sharp
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Narrator:
Joan Matheson
Adelaide:
Peggy Cameron
Henry Lambert:
Denis Goacher
Mrs Orton:
Hester Paton Brown
Mrs Culver:
Janet Burnell
Alice:
Rosamund Greenwood
Freddy Baker:
Frederick Treves
Mr Culver:
Robert Sansom

LET'S JOIN IN. ' Red Umbrella and Yellow Scarf ' by Anita Hewett : a story about Monkey and his jungle friends
2.20 ADVENTURES IN music. Strings and Bows: an introduction to the strirg family by Waiter Drabble.
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Lord Allenby in Palestine. Script by John Tully

Contributors

Unknown:
Anita Hewett
Unknown:
Waiter Drabble.
Script By:
John Tully

by Wardle Boyd Croft
Adapted for radio by James R. Gregson
Production by Vivian A. Daniels

Contributors

Unknown:
Wardle Boyd Croft
Unknown:
James R. Gregson
Production By:
Vivian A. Daniels
Elizabeth Peel:
Violet Carson
Robert Peel:
Terry Sommerville
Jonathan Howarth:
Frank Poynter
William Yates:
Francis Winfield
Mary Ward:
Phyllis Hart
Phoebe:
Doris Collinge
James Hargreaves:
John Broadbent
Robert Peel, Jnr:
Ian Keill
Mr Gaukroger:
John Mineter
Lawyer Evans:
Leslie Moorhouse
Ann Peel:
Bridget Rose
Jenny Hargreaves:
Betty Alberge
Robert Peel the third:
Daphne Oxenford

from Leeds Parish Church
Confession; The Lord's Prayer Responses (William Smith ) Psalms 41, 42, 43
First Lesson: Ezekiel 36. vv. 16-33 Magnificat (Morley, Short Service) Second Lesson: Hebrews 2
Nunc dimittis (Morley, Short Service) Creed; Lesser Litany; Collects-
God is gone up (Herbert Howells ) Prayers: The Grace
Organist and Choirmaster.
Donald Hunt

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
Herbert Howells
Choirmaster:
Donald Hunt

Welsh Old PeopleV Week
The Good Neighbours at Cwmgwrach: Llewelyn Evans talks about a village where the community combines in caring for its old people
The Visitor: W. H. Boore speaks of a retired doctor of science who attained riches of the mind by occupying himself as a knife-grinder
Feet First: Mary O'Shaughnessy describes the work at a voluntary foot clinic for the older citizens of a village in Glamorganshire
Presented by Llewelyn Evans and Alun Davies

Contributors

Talks:
Llewelyn Evans
Unknown:
W. H. Boore
Unknown:
Mary O'Shaughnessy
Presented By:
Llewelyn Evans
Presented By:
Alun Davies

Tales of a Yorkshire Postmistress
Written and read by Hazel Chew
1- My Friend Hester '
5.10 For Listeners of Most Ages
' The Adventure of the Undt-r-Water Missile'
A new serial about the Derringer family written for radio by Alick Hayes
1-1 Smoke with Fire ' and Production by Herbert Smith
A lovelv summer day in the mountains of North Wales.... Far below, the surface of the- lake, ruffled by a gentle breeze, glistens in the sunshine. Suddenly the peace is shattered by a muffled roar. The water boils and erupts as the slender pencil shape of a rocket emerges from the depths and climbs incredibly swiftly into the blue sky.
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Abbot of Downside
2-Faith

Contributors

Read By:
Hazel Chew
Unknown:
Alick Hayes
Production By:
Herbert Smith
Colonel Derringer:
Noel Johnson
Mary:
Sandra Chalmers
Dick:
Alan Bradley
Charles:
Jeffrey Denton
Lieutenant Warwick:
Norman Somers
Sub -Lieut Mather:
Bryden Murdoch
Sir Malcolm:
Keith Sykes
Professor Rogoff:
Fred Fairclough
Olga Vanna:
Valerie Skardon
Two electricity men:
Tom Harrison
Two electricity men:
Bill Price

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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