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In a series of eight programmes Alan Lomax takes a look at folk music in Britain and introduces the local ballad singers, pipers, and fiddlers
5-Folk songs from the Lowlands
Child ballads, tinkers' songs, bothy ballads, fiddle tunes, and mouth music with Hamish Henderson
Recordings from the Scottish School of Studies, Edinburgh University
Produced by Sasha Moorsom

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Lomax
Unknown:
Hamish Henderson
Produced By:
Sasha Moorsom

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist,
Mary Denise (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Eric Arden
The programme includes: Military Twostep: Imperial Waltz; Bradford Barn Dance: Saunter Regalia; Progressive Waltz: Square Tango; Melody Twostep: Ideal Schottische; Polka; The Last Waltz

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Mary Denise
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Eric Arden

by Arnold Bennett adapted for radio in ten episodes by Michael Black
5-' Housekeepers'
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced bv Martyn C. Webster and David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Unknown:
Michael Black
Unknown:
Martyn C. Webster
Unknown:
David H. Godfrey
Storyteller:
Simon Lack
Beatrice Noakes:
Sylvia Coleridge
Violet Powler:
Isabel Dean
Miss MacLaren:
Eva Stuart
Sir Henry Savott:
Richard Williams
Evelyn Orcham:
Richard Hurndall
Oldham:
Alan Reid
Mr Cousin:
John Bryning
Mr Perosi:
David March
Miss Venables:
Kathleen Helme
Miss Prentiss:
Sheila Manahan
Dennis Dover:
Wilfrid Grantham
Dr Constam:
Peter Wilde

For Children of Most Ages
' Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome
Read by Derek McCulloch (Uncle Mac)
5—' In Alliance '
5.15 For Older Children
Derek Blomfield in 'The Call of the Lapwing'
A story of escape and return from the Old World to the New
6 (and last)—
' Witches Old and New'
Other parts played by Peter Bull and John Graham
Written by Howard Jones Produced by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Ransome
Read By:
Derek McCulloch (uncle Mac)
Unknown:
Derek Blomfield
Played By:
Peter Bull
Played By:
John Graham
Written By:
Howard Jones
Produced By:
David Davis
Jonathan Darby:
Derek Blomfleld
Charles Trouville:
David Spenser
Sacoma:
John Graham
Helene Trouville:
Dorothy Gordon
Captain Williams:
Leslie Perrins
Eli Thakeham:
Alan Reid
Gaston Destartes:
Robert Rietty
Jacob Vandersyde:
Peter Bull
Sir Bruce Holyoke:
William Fox
Lady Sarah Corbrass:
Mary O'Farrell

BBC Home Service Basic

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