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A novel by Margery Sharp
Dramatised as a radio serial in eight parts by Thea Holme
3-' Repent at Leisure '
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Novel By:
Margery Sharp
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Narrator:
Joan Matheson
Adelaide:
Peggy Cameron
Henry Lambert:
Denis Goacher
Mrs Culver:
Janet Burnell
Mrs Mounsey:
Vivienne Chatterton
The Old'un:
John Ruddock
The Blazer:
Betty Baskcomb
Publican:
Arthur Young
Bully Cockerell:
Trevor Martin
Policeman:
Frank Partington

LET'S JOIN IN. Gusty the Giant ' by Paul Cornforth : the amusing adventures of a half-sized giant
2.20 ADVENTURES IN music. Danse Macabre: an illustrated talk by Arthur Langford
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Lloyd George and the Treaty of Versailles. Script by Adrian Alington

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Cornforth
Talk By:
Arthur Langford
Unknown:
Lloyd George
Script By:
Adrian Alington

A comedy for radio by Cedric Wallis
Pianist, Arthur Dulay
Produced by Cynthia Pughe

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Wallis
Pianist:
Arthur Dulay
Produced By:
Cynthia Pughe
Fred:
Denis Goacher
Miss Treadgold:
Sylvia Coleridge
George:
David March
Shamus O'Rafferty:
William Eedle
Mavis de Mont:
June Tobin
First lady flowerseller:
Sheila Manahan
Second lady flowerseller:
Una Venning
Taxi-driver:
John Cazabon
Madame Yelovalotova:
Gladys Spencer
Topsy Chalfont:
Betty Baskcomb

For Listeners of All Ages
Tales of a Yorkshire Postmistress
A series of talks written and read by Hazel Chew
2 — ' Maggie
5.10 For Listeners of Most Ages
' The Adventure of the Under-Water Missile
A new serial about the Derringer family written for radio by Alick Hayes
2-' Trapped on the Moors'
Production by Herbert Smith
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Abbot of Downside
3-Forgiveness

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
Professor Rogoff:
Fred Fairclough
Olga Vanna:
Valerie Skardon
Mrs Williams:
Rosalie Williams
Monty:
Leonard Williams

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London:
Cedric Cliffe, Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
Wales:
T.I. Ellis, Wyn Griffith
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

(BBC recording)
(To be repeated on Thursday at 1.10)

Contributors

Contestant:
Cedric Cliffe
Contestant:
Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master (London):
Lionel Hale
Contestant:
T.I. Ellis
Contestant:
Wyn Griffith
Quiz-Master (Wales):
Gilbert Harding

A monthly programme in which scientists report and comment on events of the past weeks in the world of science and technology
The programme includes comments by R. J. Halsey, C.M.G ., m.i.e.e , Director of Research. General Post Office, on some of the changes that have taken place in intercontinental communications since the first messages were sent across the Atlantic by telegraph caole in the autumn of 1858

Contributors

Unknown:
R. J. Halsey, C.M.G

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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