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A novel by Margery Sharp dramatised as a radio serial
In eight parts by Thea Holme
7-' History repeats itself '
Other parts played by Ian Sadler and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Novel By:
Margery Sharp
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Played By:
Ian Sadler
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Narrator:
Joan Matheson
Adelaide:
Peggy Cameron
Gilbert Lauderdale:
Godfrey Kenton
Alice Baker:
Rosamund Greenwood
Freddy Baker:
Frederick Treves
Dodo Baker:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Sonia Trent:
Annabel Maule
Tommy Hitchcock:
Peter Wilde
Mr Hoffmann:
Martin Miller

LET'S JOIN IN. An autumn programme compiled by Jean Sutcliffe , to include verse, music, and Tolstoy's fable 'The Boastful Hare '
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
Concert on records
Rondo from Horn Concerto No. in E flat (Mozart)
Scherzo and Finale: King Pomade's
New Clothes (Gyorgy Ranki )
March: Crown Imperial (
William Walton )
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. World War 2 in Burma. Script by John Tully

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Gyorgy Ranki
Unknown:
William Walton
Script By:
John Tully

from Hereford Cathedral
Confession; Sentences The Lord's Prayer
Responses (Tomkins) Psaims 65, 66, and 67 First Lesson: Maccabees 2, w. 49-end Magnificat (Sumsion in G)
Second Lesson: Acts 28, w. 26-end Nunc dimittis (Sumsion in G) Creed; Lesser Litany: Collects
Anthem: Never weather-beaten sail
(Parry)
Prayers; The Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers
Melville Cook

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Rheumatism: A physician gives the first of three fortnightly talks on different types of rheumatism
Adventures at Sea: Captain G. Randell describes how he went to sea in a sailing ship.
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain G. Randell
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

For Older Children
' Masquerade '
An eighteenth-century romance in six episodes by Aubrey Feist
2—' Unmask at Midnight'
Produced by David Davis
Vauxhall on a night of masquerade; myriads of Chinese lanterns shining like fireflies among the trees; and all Society, in fancy dress, dancing to Mr. Handel's music.
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by The Provost of Coventry
' Building a Cathedral'
2-The Builders Who Make It

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Produced By:
David Davis
Julian Ashby:
David Peel
Miranda Bellamy:
Prunella Scales
Tom Bligh:
Basil Jones
Chloe Nightingale:
Klizabeth London
Faulkner Bellamy:
Simon Lack
Count Emilio Zeppi:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Sir George Wade:
Geoffrey Wincolt
David Garrick:
Malcolm Graeme

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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