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A farce for radio by Willis Hall
Music recorded and played by Ransome and Maries Works Band
Produced by Peter Dews

Contributors

Unknown:
Willis Hall
Produced By:
Peter Dews
Mr Migglewood:
Michael Bates
Stanley Timkins:
Philip Garston-Jones
Fred Jackson:
John Sharp
Sam Cartwright:
Roger Milner
Frank Higgins:
Frank Pettingell
Joe Thropjoy:
Frank Atkinson
Tom Walters:
Geoffrey Bayldon
Maud Higgins:
Marion Dawson
Waitress:
Sheila Johnson
Sidney:
Frank Windsor
Eddie Fossgill:
Malcolm Hayea
Deirdre:
Nancie Jackson
Evadne:
Shirley Dyer
Sally Higgins:
Molly Lawson

from York Minster
Preces
Psalms 54 and 55 First Lesson: Leviticus 16, vv. 2-24
Magnificat (Batten in the Dorian
Mode)
Second Lesson: St. John 16, vv. 16-33 Nunc dimittis: (Batten in the Dorian
Mode)
Creed: Lesser Litany; Collects Tristis est anima mea (Lassus) Prayers; The Grace
Organist, Francis A. Jackson

Contributors

Organist:
Francis A. Jackson

DAPHNE HUBBARD introduces two ' ladies in retirement' who suggest that life could be better arranged at both ends:
ISABEL ALLEN had to find her way without training for any employment.
MAUD COLLINS , trained and employed for thirty-five years, has energy enough to go on working beyond the retiring age.

Contributors

Introduces:
Daphne Hubbard
Unknown:
Isabel Allen
Unknown:
Maud Collins

'Old John '
The book by Mairin Cregan
Adapted as a serial story by Charles Witherspoon read by Cicely
6 — ' The Magic Boots '
5.10 ' The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith
Adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by Mary Cathcart Borer
6 — ' Fortune Restored and Virtue Rewarded '
Produced by Claire Chovil
5.50 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
Their family: Sophia:
Jean England
Their family: George:
Lewis Stringer
Squire Thornhill:
Leslie Heritage
Mr Burchell:
Hamilton Dyce
Arabella Wilmot:
Anne Totten
Mr Wilmot:
Humphrey Morton
Jenkinson:
Peter Claughton
Gaoler:
Trevor Martin

' L'Allegro ed il Penseroso *
(Words adapted from John Milton )
Pauline Brockless (soprano)
Elizabeth Simon (soprano)
Josephine Veasey
(mezzo-soprano)
William Herbert (tenor)
Hervey Alan (bass-baritone)
Thurston Dart
(harpsichord continuo)
Roy Massey (organ continuo)
BBC Midland Singers
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon )
Conducted by David Willeocks
PART 1

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Soprano:
Pauline Brockless
Soprano:
Elizabeth Simon
Mezzo-Soprano:
Josephine Veasey
Tenor:
William Herbert
Bass-Baritone:
Hervey Alan
Harpsichord:
Thurston Dart
Unknown:
Roy Massey
Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conducted By:
David Willeocks

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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