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In a series of eight programmes Alan Lomax takes a look at folk music in Britain
2-From Devon to Dover
The story of ballad-hunting in old Wessex
Ploughboy ballads, singing games, the original of ' Widdicombe Fair,' a mummer's play, the work-songs of Portland Bill, and Sussex glees
Introduced by Alan Lomax with Peter Kennedy
Recordings byPeter Kennedy
Seamus Ennis , and Merwyn Plunkett
Produced by Sasha Moorsom

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Lomax
Introduced By:
Alan Lomax
Unknown:
Peter Kennedy
Unknown:
Peter Kennedy
Unknown:
Seamus Ennis
Unknown:
Merwyn Plunkett
Produced By:
Sasha Moorsom

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Margaret Eaves (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Eric Arden
The programme includes: Le Militaire; Hesitation Waltz; Eugene Tango: Ideal Schottische; Valse Divine; Bradford Barn Dance: Caribbean Twostep: Starlight Saunter; Fifth Figure of the Lancers; Viennese Sequence Waltz

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Margaret Eaves
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Eric Arden

by Arnold Bennett adapted for radio in ten episodes by Michael Black
2—'Evelyn faces a crisis
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Martyn C. Webster and David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Storyteller:
Simon Lack
Evelyn Orcham:
Richard Hurndall
Gracie Savott:
Monica Grey
Miss MacLaren:
Eva Stuart
Miss Cass:
Joan Matheson
Mrs O'Riordan:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mr Cousin:
John Bryning
Cyril Parkin:
John Scott
Violet Powler:
Isabel Dean

For Children of Most Ages
'Swallows and Amazons * by Arthur Ransome
Read by Derek McCulloch
2—' Island Life '
6.15 For Older Children
Derek Blomfield in ' The Call of the Lapwing'
A story of escape and return from the Old World to the New
3-' Mr. Vandersyde moves swiftly '
Other parts played by Charles Leno and John Richmond
Written by Howard Jones Produced by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Ransome
Read By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Derek Blomfield
Played By:
Charles Leno
Played By:
John Richmond
Written By:
Howard Jones
Produced By:
David Davis
Jonathan Darby:
Derek Blomfield
Patronne:
Joan Hickson
Captain Gros:
Ralph Truman
Charles Trouville:
David Spenser
Eli Thakeham:
Alan Reid
Sir Bruce Holyoke:
William Fox
Jacob Vandersyde:
Peter Bull
Helene Trouville:
Dorothy Gordon
Florence Darby:
Yvonne Hills

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