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' The Disgraceful Business at Mrs. Goose's
A Toytown play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced by Claire Chovil
5.30 First Attempts
Young artists making their first broadcast
From London
Barbara Sleigh introduces
Martino Tirimo (piano)
Sandra Sinclair (violin) accompanied by Frederick Stone
From Belfast
Cicely introduces
David Strange (cellist) accompanied by Havelock Nelson
(Continued in next column)
From Manchester
Herbert introduces
Sandra Kelly (songs)
Brenda Kay (clarinet) accompanied by Mabel Hardy
At the organ. Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Piano:
Martino Tirimo
Violin:
Sandra Sinclair
Accompanied By:
Frederick Stone
Unknown:
David Strange
Accompanied By:
Havelock Nelson
Unknown:
Sandra Kelly
Clarinet:
Brenda Kay
Accompanied By:
Mabel Hardy
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
Mrs Goose:
Mary O'Farrell
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Mr Growser:
John Glyn Jones
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney

and introduces
The BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. Antony Gilbert )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Denis Goodwin
The George Mitchell Choir
' The Trials of Life'
15—' Phoning from a Call Box '
Written by Johnny Speight
Patricia Johnson
'What Would You Do?'
A mystery drama written and introduced by Ernest Dudley
15—' The Newspaper Serial'
Charles Craig
Variety Playhouse
Pocket Theatre with Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
June Bronhill , Michael Langdon
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Production by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Conducted By:
Denis Goodwin
Written By:
Johnny Speight
Written By:
Patricia Johnson
Introduced By:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Charles Craig
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
June Bronhill
Unknown:
Michael Langdon
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Production By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Sales representative:
Vic Oliver
Telephone operator:
Liz Fraser
Maisie:
Vanda Vale
Foreign woman:
Patricia Hayes
Bert:
Tenniel Evans
Fred:
Ronnie Barker
Commissionaire:
Tenniel Evans
Editor:
Ronald Baddiley
Doctor:
Ronnie Barker

by Merlin Roberts
[Starring] Austin Trevor

(BBC recording)
(To be repeated on Monday at 3.0)

The story of a young man's struggle to prove himself as a composer in the eyes of his family and of the world of music.

Contributors

Writer:
Merlin Roberts
Pianist:
Robert Docker
Producer:
David H. Godfrey
Sir Richard Bannister:
Austin- Trevor
Martin Condon:
David Enders
Edward Condon:
Robert Perceval
Elaine:
Annabel Maule
Dr Kenway:
Kenneth Edwards
Rosemary:
Beryl Calder
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

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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