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For Children of Most Ages
' Tinker and Tapp, Inc.'
A general' knock-up ' with Fred Fairclough on the one side
Herbert Smith on the other and Doris Gambell in the middle
Script by Muriel Levy
Incidental music written by Ray Martin and Frank Barber and plaved by a section of the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.15 Regional Round
Comes of Age
Today Children's Hour celebrates the twenty-first birthday of this popular General Knowledge and Intelligence Quiz conducted by David concocted by Geoffrey and cheerfully contested now for twenty-one years by the Seven Regions of the United Kingdom

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Fairclough
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Doris Gambell
Script By:
Muriel Levy
Written By:
Ray Martin
Written By:
Frank Barber
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

Ted Ray introduces VVariety Playhouse
with Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre
Starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Written by Jeremy Bullmore
'Nidge of the News'
A saga of Fleet Street with Ted Ray, Ronnie Barker, Patricia Hayes
Guests: Denis Goodwin, Inia Te Wiata, Iris Loveridge, Elsie and Doris Waters, Victoria Elliott
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:
Denis Goodwin
Unknown:
Iris Loveridge
Unknown:
Doris Waters
Unknown:
Victoria Elliott
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Robin Boyle
Announcer:
John Junkin
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

Broken homes, it is generally said, are at the back of much juvenile delinquency. Brenda Fawcett does not know about generalisations; she is one young girl, forlorn and in need of real parents and their love at 9.15

Contributors

Play By:
C. E. Webber
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Brenda Fawcett
Margaret Hawthorne:
Marion Jennings
Frank Fawcett:
Noel Johnson
Brenda Fawcett:
Sonia Fraser
Cyril:
Peter Wilde
Ernest:
John Hewitt
Jessie:
Sheila Grant
Dopy:
John Bennett
Harry Hicks:
Geoffrey Taylor
Peter Potter:
Charles Hodgson
Dulcie Fawcett:
Betty Baskcomb

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