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Five short stories by W. W. Jacobs adapted for radio by Lionel Brown
5-' Love-Letters '
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Stories By:
W. W. Jacobs
Unknown:
Lionel Brown
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Bill:
John Bryning
Bargemaster:
Trevor Martin
His wife:
Betty Baskcomb
Slinker:
Malcolm Hayes
First man:
John Graham
Second man:
David March
Mrs Bill:
Marjorie Mars
Mrs Mott:
Mairhi Russell
Mrs Watts:
Kathleen Helme
Mrs O'Brien:
Sheila Manahan

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Overture: Tannhauser (Wagner) conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Piano Concerto No. 2, in G
( Tchaikovsky) conducted by Richard Kraus
Finlandia (Sibelius) conducted by Hans Rosbaud on gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Shura Cherkassky
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Richard Kraus
Conducted By:
Hans Rosbaud

A new radio play by Christopher Maitland Main characters in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
The scene is set in a small country town. An accident leads Detective-Inspector Waite , by means of an unexpected trail, to the discovery of a year-old murder.

Contributors

Play By:
Christopher Maitland
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:
Inspector Waite
Harvey Bidford:
William Eedle
Susan Hedges:
June Tobin
George Minster:
Gabriel Woolf
Detective-Inspector Waite:
Gordon Davies
Detective-Sergeant Jenkins:
Hugh Manning
Mrs Carpenter:
Hilda Schroder
Dr Marlow:
John Boddington
James Fielding:
Denis Goacher
Mrs Burnscott:
Duncan McLntyre
Janet Butcher:
Judy Bailey

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
The Smug Family: another instalment from Kathleen Nesbitt.
Listeners' Stories: a selection from the material sent by listeners at Christmastime
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Nesbitt.
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

For the Younger Ones
'The Log of the Ark': 2: 'The Flood'
by Kenneth Walker and Geoffrey Boumphrey
Told by Norman Shelley
Rain, rain, go to... but it didn't. It went on, and on, and on...

5.15 For Older Children
'The Long Journey': 2: 'The Wagon-Train'
A historical play for children written by Constance Teear
The action of the play takes place in Wales and the Marches in the year 1535.

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. R.T. Brooks

Contributors

Writer (The Log of the Ark):
Kenneth Walker
Writer (The Log of the Ark):
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Storyteller (The Log of the Ark):
Norman Shelley
Writer (The Long Journey):
Constance Teear
Production (The Long Journey):
Ifan O. Williams
Lay-brothers at the Abbey of Dolfa - David:
Brinley Jenkins
Lay-brothers at the Abbey of Dolfa - Paul:
John Darran
Mari Williams:
Margaret Leigh
Hugo Crop-ears:
Dillwyn Owen
Morgan One-Eye Ieuan:
Rhys Williams
Blodwen, Morgan's wife:
Dilys Davies
Outlaws - Pedr:
Cynddylan Williams
Outlaws - Owain:
Dic Hughes
Outlaws - Rhys:
Charles Williams
Prayers conducted by (Children's Hour Prayers):
Rev. R.T. Brooks

Roll back the carpet and join in the fun with Jack Armstrong and his Barnstormers
Bill Robinson sings
Accompanied by Gladys Willis
Kenneth Green plays the accordion Master of Ceremonies*
Bill Cain
From the Central Hall, Gosforth
Arranged by John Musgrave

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Armstrong
Unknown:
Bill Robinson
Accompanied By:
Gladys Willis
Accompanied By:
Kenneth Green
Unknown:
Bill Cain
Arranged By:
John Musgrave

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. North Region
ROUND 5
London:
Professor Denis Brogan
Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
North:
Professor W. Lyon Blease
Dennis Chapman
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Professor W. Lyon Blease
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

A gramophone record of a twelfth-century music drama
The New York Pro Musica
Directed by Noah Greenberg
Presented by Denis Stevens
PART 1
Part 2: tomorrow at 10.30
The original manuscript of the music for this play is in the British Museum and was transcribed for this performance by Fr. Rembert Weakland , O.S.B., and scored for voices and instruments by Noah Greenberg. The music has a pulse, a rhythmic vitality that lends to basically straightforward tunes an air of freshness and fascination; it shows us that the Middle Ages, far from being dark, were light enough to create what is virtually light music, even though its subject is the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den and the final judgment on his persecutors.

Contributors

Directed By:
Noah Greenberg
Presented By:
Denis Stevens
Unknown:
Fr. Rembert Weakland
Unknown:
Noah Greenberg.

A monthly programme of report and comment on some of the events of the past month in the world of science and technology
The programme includes comments by JAMES PATON , National Correspondent for Aurora and Airglow for the International Geophysical Year, and Reader in Meteorology in the University of Edinburgh, on the suggestion that the release of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific area has caused the production of an auroral display.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Paton

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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