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THE MUSIC box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
Concert on records
Music from Oratorio
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
(Handel)
Chorus: Shepherds' Farewell and Trio of the Young Ishmaelites (The Childhood of Christ) (Berlioz)
Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble
I see (A Child of Our Time) (Michael Tippett )
Aria: With verdure clad; Chorus.
The Heavens are telling (The Creation) (Haydn)
2.30 the JACKSONS. The Wasps' Nest. Script by D. J. Saint .
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. 'Training a Hawk,' from 'The Goshawk ' by T. H. White

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Unknown:
Michael Tippett
Script By:
D. J. Saint
Unknown:
T. H. White

by Roland Pertwee
Adapted for radio by Denis Lea Produced by Martyn C. Webster
The action takes place in Brighton in the year 1880

Contributors

Unknown:
Roland Pertwee
Unknown:
Denis Lea
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Eva Strachan:
Ursula Hirst
Mrs Strachan:
Vivienne Chatterton
Albert Strachan:
Lewis Stringet
Edward Strachan:
George Hagan
Jessie Strachan:
Ann Totten
Emily Strachan:
Sulwen Morgan
Dr O'Shea:
Ronald Baddiley
Ernest O'Shea:
Michael Sharpe
Pearl Bond:
Annabel Maule

' The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame
Arranged for broadcasting in eight instalments by May Jenkin with music by H. Fraser-Simson
4 — 'Mr. Toad'
Production by Josephine Plummer
' Play Up!'
Your own magazine programme of sports and games including:
Coaching Corner; Behind the Scenes; The Way to Begin; Personal Portrait;
The Role of the Captain
Introduced by Peter Cranmer
Produced by Sheila Bailey
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Unknown:
May Jenkin
Music By:
H. Fraser-Simson
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Introduced By:
Peter Cranmer
Produced By:
Sheila Bailey
The Water Rat:
Frank Duncan
The Badger:
Richard George
Mr Toad:
Norman Shelley
The Storyteller:
Mary O'Farrell

A series of programmes, devised and introduced by Julian Budden
4-Popular Nights of the Seventies and Eighties
Dr. Ian Whyte conducts the BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader. Mr. J. Mouland Begbie ) with Miss Doreen Murray (soprano)
Mr. John Tainsh (tenor) and a section of the BBC Scottish Singers

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Budden
Unknown:
Dr. Ian Whyte
Leader:
Mr. J. Mouland Begbie
Soprano:
Miss Doreen Murray
Tenor:
Mr. John Tainsh

to meet
Lord Birkett talking cricket to
Peter May
James Drake
Short story
Rene Cutforth
Personal Comment
Walter Flesher
Country Column
J. B. Boothroyd
Mainly for Men
Edward Chapman ' Courts Day by Day '
Musical interludes chosen by Robert Irwin
Edited and produced by John Bridges

Contributors

Unknown:
Lord Birkett
Unknown:
Peter May
Unknown:
James Drake
Unknown:
Rene Cutforth
Unknown:
Walter Flesher
Unknown:
J. B. Boothroyd
Unknown:
Edward Chapman
Unknown:
Robert Irwin
Produced By:
John Bridges

' A play for broadcasting by Clemence Dane
The music based on a theme by Richard Addinsell composed and conducted by Alan Paul
Production by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Clemence Dane
Unknown:
Richard Addinsell
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Godiva:
Irene Worth
Leofric:
Norman Shelley
Thomas of Whiteland:
John Westbrook
The Dowager Countess of Mercia:
Mary O'Farrell
Nurse:
Susan Richmond
Earl Thorold:
Glynn Edwards
Prior Aeflc:
Baliol Holloway
John the Bailiff:
Arthur Young
Morgan, the clerk:
Arthur White
Town-crier:
Eric Anderson
Simon, the page:
Jean England

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