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LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Good-luck Horse ': adapted from the book by Chih-Yi and Plato Chan about a little Chinese boy and his magic horse. Part 1.
2.20 ADVENTURES IN music. Handel: Opera and Oratorio. Second of two talks by leuan Rees-Davies. (BBC recording)
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. The Story of Prague, 1918-1948. Script by Tony Gibson

Contributors

Unknown:
Plato Chan
Script By:
Tony Gibson

The novel by Margaret Kennedy adapted for radio by the author and Keri Lewis
Produced by R. D. Smith
Cast in order of speaking:
Dorothea Harding was a famous Victorian writer, and a successful play about her by Adelaide Lassiter is to be made into a film. Roy Collins , who is working on the film, thought it would be just another job; but when he visits Bramstock, the house where Dorothea Harding lived, he finds a good deal more than he expected.

Contributors

Novel By:
Margaret Kennedy
Novel By:
Keri Lewis
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Unknown:
Adelaide Lassiter
Unknown:
Roy Collins
Unknown:
Dorothea Harding
Roy Collins, a film scriptwriter:
Frank Windsor
Cecilia Harding:
Hilda Schroder
Mrs Harding:
Catherine Salkeld
Mr Harding:
Ronald Baddiley
Adelaide Lassiter, a writer:
Joan Matheson
Alec Mundy, a literary critic:
Hugh Manning
Basil Cope his secretary:
Harold Reese
Erne Creighton:
June Tohin
Dorothea Harding:
Helena Hughes
The Rev Arthur Winthorpe:
Richard Hurndall
Mary Harding:
Betty Linton
Philip Harding Dorothea's father:
George Merritt
Nellie:
Sheila Grant
Sir Edmund Harding:
Godfrey Kenton

From St. Anne's Cathedral,
Belfast
Introit: 0 Lord, increase my faith
(Gibbons)
Responses (Ferial) Psalms 60 and 61 First Lesson: Exodus 33, vv. 1-11 Magnificat (Walmisley in D) Second Lesson: I Timothy 3
Nunc dimittis (Walmisley in D) Creed; Responses; Collects
Anthem: Me ye have bereaved (Morales) Prayers; The Grace
Organist and Choirmaster,
C. J. Brennan
Assistant Organist, R. H. Graham

Contributors

Choirmaster:
C. J. Brennan
Organist:
R. H. Graham

For Children of Most Ages
' Old John
The book by Mairin Cregan
Adapted as a serial story by Charles Witherspoon read by Cicely
4— ' The Princess's Donkey '
5.10 For Older Children
' The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith
Adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by Mary Cathcart Borer
4—' Disaster '
Produced by Claire Chovil
6.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. David Steel

Contributors

Book By:
Mairin Cregan
Story By:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
Oliver Goldsmith
Unknown:
Mary Cathcart Borer
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Unknown:
Rev. David Steel
Dr Primrose:
Richard Goolden
Mrs Primrose:
Patience Collier
Their family: Olivia:
Mollie Maureen
Sophia:
Jean England
Moses:
Glyn Dearman
Squire Thornhill:
Leslie Heritage
Jenkinson:
Peter Claughton
Gaoler:
Trevor Martin

An enquiry into consumer protection, research, and advice as they exist in Britain today
Speakers:
Helen Shepherd
Secretary, Consumer Advisory Council
Mary Adams
Chairman,
Consumers' Association, Ltd.
Marghanita Laski
H. R. Tomalin a member of the Branded Textiles Group
E. H. Ellis
Director of a testing laboratory
Chairman, Percy Cudlipp

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Shepherd
Unknown:
Mary Adams
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
H. R. Tomalin
Unknown:
Percy Cudlipp

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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