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For Children of Most Ages
' The Wreck of the Toytown Belle
Part 1
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production by Josephine Plummer
5.30 For Older Children
First Attempts
Young artists making their first broadcast
From Birmingham:
Peggy introduces
Dinah Levine (piano)
From Manchester:
Trevor introduces
Brian Howarth (accordion) and Constance Coupe and Dorothy Coupe
(song duets)
Accompanist, Mabel Hardy
From London:
Barbara Sleigh introduces Janet Eggleden (clarinet)
Accompanist, Winifred Davey and Margaret Flower (piano)
At the organ, Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Piano:
Dinah Levine
Accordion:
Brian Howarth
Accordion:
Constance Coupe
Accordion:
Dorothy Coupe
Accompanist:
Mabel Hardy
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Clarinet:
Janet Eggleden
Accompanist:
Winifred Davey
Piano:
Margaret Flower
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney
Cannibal Chief:
Stephen Jack

and introduces the BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader. Antony Gilbert )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Bob Andrews
June Bronhill
Jobs I Have Held'
7-' The Delivery Messenger '
Written by Johnny Speight
The George Mitchell Choir
' Vic in a Spot '
A mystery puzzle written and introduced by Ernest Dudley
Frederick Sharp
Cyril Fletcher
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Conducted By:
Bob Andrews
Written By:
Johnny Speight
Introduced By:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Frederick Sharp
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Messenger:
Vic Oliver
Taxi driver:
Ronnie Barker
First passenger:
Bob Andrews
Second passenger:
John Cazabon
Woman:
Vanda Vale
Policeman:
Jeffrey Segal
Woman:
Gwen Day Burroughs
First removal man:
Bob Andrews
Second removal man:
John Cazabon
Third removal man:
Jeffrey Segal

by Selwyn Jepson
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Selwyn Jepson
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
James Page:
David March
Althea Page:
Beryl Calder
Julian Porteus:
Peter Wilde
Grant Galvin:
Simon Lack
Polly Rogers:
Peggy Gow
Selina Harris:
June Tobin
Sergeant Drew:
Frank Partington
Captain White:
John Bennett
Le Coq:
John Hollis
Hamid Abu:
Jeffrey Segal
Giselle Lanvin:
Beatrice Ormonde
Christophe Mendoza:
Frederick Treves

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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