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Janet Fraser (contralto), Rene Soanies (tenor), Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Songs by Delius
From the Norwegian: Twilight Fancies; Cradle song
I-Brasil
Old English Lyrics:
Spring, the sweet spring
It was a lover and his lass (As You Like It)
So white, so soft, so sweet is she
The nightingale
Songs by Warlock
Sleep; Consider; The frostbound wood
Sigh no more, ladies (Much Ado About Nothing)
It was a lover and his lass (As You Like It)
The jolly shepherd; Thou gav'st me leave to kiss: The bayly berith the bell away
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Contralto:
Janet Fraser
Tenor:
Rene Soanies
Pianist:
Clifton Helliwell

' Dashing Away with the Washboard '
Folk Songs of the Old World and the New sung by Rosemary Redpath with The Chequers Skiffle Group
Introduced by Bernadette Hodgson
Produced by Peggy Bacon
5.15 ' Missile Mark Ten
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
Introduced By:
Bernadette Hodgson
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Unknown:
Henry Bones
Unknown:
Anthony C. Wilson
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Norman Bones:
Charles Hawtrey
Henrv Bones, his cousin:
Patricia Hayes
Colonel Ward:
Malcolm Graeme
Mrs Ward:
Judith Fellows
Simon, their son:
Sam Jephcott
Miss Cynthia Burton, Simon's aunt:
Joan Henley
Mr Crossland:
David Enders
Mrs Boyd:
Susan Richards
Julian Emery:
Preston Lockwood
Margaret Gresham:
Ann Codrington
Inspector Ross:
Alan Reid

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:
Tom Mennard , Thomas Round
Rodney Friend , Terry Scott
Julia Shelley
The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader. John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
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:
Tom Mennard
Unknown:
Thomas Round
Unknown:
Rodney Friend
Unknown:
Terry Scott
Unknown:
Julia Shelley
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Announcer:
Robin Boyle
Unknown:
Terry Nation
Unknown:
John Junkin
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

by Noel Coward adapted by Maurice Horspool
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Coward
Adapted By:
Maurice Horspool
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Myrtle Bagot, refreshment-room manageress:
Sophie Ellis
Beryl, her assistant:
Beryl Calder
Albert Godby a ticket collector:
John Cazabon
Alec Harvey:
Simon Lack
Laura Jesson:
Annabel Maule
Fred Jesson her husband:
John Bryning
Dolly Messiter:
Barbara Lott
Stephen:
Rolf Lefebvre
Mary Norton:
Judy Bailey

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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