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by Iain Mackenzie.
Adapted from the short story by Charles Gibbs-Smith.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Gibbs-Smith
Adapted by:
Iain Mackenzie
Group-Captain (John):
Rolf Lefebvre
Adjutant (Peter Ainslie):
John Graham
Diana Harvey:
Joan Matheson
Wing-Commander Harvey (Jack):
Frank Windsor
Adam:
Kenneth Collins
Jones:
John Graham
Grandfather:
James Thomason
Mrs. Watson:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mrs. Baynes:
Hilda Schroder
Corporal:
John Hollis
Sergeant:
Frederick Treves

Ted Ray introduces Variety Playhouse
with Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre
Written by Jeremy Bullmore.
Starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert

Nidge of the News
A saga of Fleet Street.
With Ted Ray, Ronnie Barker, Patricia Hayes.

The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert)
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz

(BBC recording)
(John Hargreaves broadcasts by permission of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ted Ray
Writer (Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre):
Jeremy Bullmore
[Actress]:
Cicely Courtneidge
[Actor]:
Jack Hulbert
[Actor] (Nidge of the News):
Ted Ray
[Actor] (Nidge of the News):
Ronnie Barker
[Actress] (Nidge of the News):
Patricia Hayes
Guest:
Nicholas Parsons
Guest:
John Hargreaves
Guest:
Alan Loveday
Guest:
Bernard Miles
Guest:
Victoria Sladen
Singers:
The George Mitchell Choir
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Incidental Music:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Robin Boyle
Continuity and press sketch:
Terry Nation
Continuity and press sketch:
John Junkin
Producer:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

A play for radio by Rex Rienits.
[Starring] Allan McClelland, James Thomason, June Tobin
(BBC recording)
To be repeated on Monday at 3.0

Contributors

Writer:
Rex Rienits
Producer:
Wilfrid Grantham
George Barrington:
Allan McClelland
Captain Malley:
Will Leighton
Governor Hunter:
John Graham
Charles:
Peter Claughton
Robert:
Ronald Baddiley
Lucy:
Sheila Manahan
Peg:
Barbara Greenhalgh
John Price:
John Bryning
Captain Hudson:
Hugh Manning
Lord Kildare:
Denis Goacher
Harry James:
James Thomason
Lady Draper:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Sir William Draper:
Denis McCarthy
Lord Mexborough:
Frederick Treves
Elizabeth West:
June Tobin
Prince Orloff:
Bernard Rebel
Other parts played by:
Owen Berry
Other parts played by:
P.G. Stephens
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

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