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For Listeners of All Ages
' Dashing away with the Washboard'
Folk songs of the Old World and the New sung by Rosemary Redpath with The Chequers Skiffle Group
Produced by Peggy Bacon
5.15 'The Legend of Marcus Mere '
A new adventure of Norman and Henry Bones the boy detectives
Written for Children's Hour by Anthony C. Wilson
Production by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Sung By:
Rosemary Redpath
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Unknown:
Henry Bones
Unknown:
Anthony C. Wilson
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Norman Bones:
Charles Hawtrey
Henry Bones:
Patricia Hayes
Mrs Bones Norman's mother:
Ann Codrington
Miss Agnes Bromfleld:
Billie Sinclair
Miss Emily Bromfield:
Sybil Arundale
Mrs Everett:
Phoebe Hodgson
Mr Esdale:
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Stevens. Curator of the Waveland Museum of History and Crafts Norwich:
Arthur Ridley
Mr Wheeler:
Lockwood West
Police Inspector Carr:
Derek Prentice

with Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert in Five Women and Mr. Frith'
5 — 'Miss Sharp' written by Jeremy Bullmore
' Nidge of the News '
A saga of Fleet Street with Ted Ray
Ronnie Barker. Patricia Hayes
Guests:
John Blythe , Bryan Johnson
Colin Horsley , Marion Grimaldi
George Martin
The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Incidental music by Edwin Braden
Announcer, Robin Boyle
Continuity and press sketch by Terry Nation and John Junkin
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Written By:
Jeremy Bullmore
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker.
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
John Blythe
Unknown:
Bryan Johnson
Unknown:
Colin Horsley
Unknown:
Marion Grimaldi
Unknown:
George Martin
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Robin Boyle
Announcer:
John Junkin
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

presents.
Gordon Jackson , James McKechnie in by George Blake made into a radio play by John Keir Cross
Other parts: Joan Fitzpatrick Derek Howat , Effie Morrison
Ian McCaig and Eileen McCallum
Flute played by John Wiggins
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Jackson
Unknown:
James McKechnie
Unknown:
George Blake
Play By:
John Keir Cross
Unknown:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Derek Howat
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Ian McCaig
Flute:
Eileen McCallum
Played By:
John Wiggins
Produced By:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Bob Rait:
Eric Woodburn
John Dyce:
Jameson Clark
Captain Ivie Oliphant:
Andrew Keir
Grand-uncle Edward Oliphant:
Ian Stewart
Julius Oliphant:
Gordon Jackson
Mark Oliphant:
James McKechnie
Grand-uncle Walter Oliphant:
Bill Crichton
Aunt Sophie:
Lorna Tarbat
Barbara Oliphant:
Nora Laidlaw
Renten Cutler:
Tony King
Aeneas Caldwell:
Balfour Brown
Dr Walter Oliphant:
Bryden Murdoch
Phoebe Craufurd:
Toni McGettigan
George Leishman:
Douglas Robin
Hospital Orderly:
John MacRitchie
The Lady Superintendent:
Georgie Henschel

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More