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For Children of All Ages
' Toytown Goes West *
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
Edinburoh Kathleen introduces
Ian Somerville (accordion)
From Bangor Evelyn introduces
Kathryn Whiteway (cello)
Ethne Bennet Jones (piano)
From London
Barbara Sleigh introduces
Masako Ono and John Blakely
(piano duets)
Dorothy Leeson-Towner
(soprano)
Accompanist, Gwenn Knight At the organ, Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Introduces:
Edinburoh Kathleen
Accordion:
Ian Somerville
Cello:
Kathryn Whiteway
Piano:
Ethne Bennet Jones
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Introduces:
John Blakely
Soprano:
Dorothy Leeson-Towner
Accompanist:
Gwenn Knight
Unknown:
Charles Smart
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Inventor:
Wilfred Babbage
Mr Noah:
Charles Maunsell

and introduces
The BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Denis Goodwin
Michael Langdon
' The Trials of Life'
2—' Plumbing Trouble '
Written by Johnny Speight
Jean Harvey
' What Would You Do ? '
A mystery drama with a problem for you to solve, written and introduced by Ernest Dudley
2-' Romeo's Brother-in-Law '
Amy Shuard
The Western Brothers
The George Mitchell Choir
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Conducted By:
Denis Goodwin
Conducted By:
Michael Langdon
Written By:
Johnny Speight
Written By:
Jean Harvey
Unknown:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Householder:
Vic Oliver
Plumber:
Ronnie Barker
Plumber's Mate:
Tenniel Evans
Sir Richard Thackeray (Romeo):
George Hagan
Rona Martin, his wife (Juliet):
Betty Baskeomb
Jim Martin, her brother:
Ronnie Barker
Dresser:
Tenniel Evans

Chamber Orchestral Concert with Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
Overture, The Temple of Peace
(Lully): L'Ensemble Orchestre de I'Oiseau-Lyre, conducted by Louis de Froment
Harp Concerto in B flat (Handel):
Nicanor Zabaleta with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
Danse sacrée: Danse profane
(Debussy): Nicanor Zabaleta with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ferenc Fricsay on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ferenc Fricsay
Conducted By:
Ferenc Fricsay

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