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Alan Lomax looks at folk music
6-Songs from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Songs and fiddle tunes from Orkney and Shetland, work songs and mouth music from thp Hpbrides. and ceilidh music from Glasgow and Argyllshire with Hamish Henderson
Recordings from the School of Scottish Studies. Edinburgh University. and from the BBC Recorded Programmes Permanent Library
Produced by Sasha Moorsom ,

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Lomax
Produced By:
Sasha Moorsom

Roy Clark leads an exchange of talk about the sea and ships with Rear-Admiral
Sir William Jameson K.B.E., C.B. , writer on naval history
Bert May
Southwold, seafarer
Fred Grice old Lowestoft smacksman
Jasper Greengrass ex-flsherman and river policeman and sea songs by Nicholas Back
Arranged and introduced by Roy Clark
Produced by David Bryson

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Clark
Unknown:
Sir William Jameson K.B.E., C.B.
Unknown:
Bert May
Unknown:
Fred Grice
Unknown:
Jasper Greengrass
Songs By:
Nicholas Back
Introduced By:
Roy Clark
Produced By:
David Bryson

by Arnold Bennett
Adapted for radio in ten episodes by Michael Black 6—'Mr. Ceria's Little Scheme '
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
Mr Ceria:
David Spenser
Oliver Oxford:
Duncan McLntyre
Sir Denis Black:
Rolf Lefebvre
Sir Henry Savott:
Richard Williams
Mr Perosi:
David March
Violet Powler:
Isabel Dean
Evelyn Orcham:
Richard Hurndall
Oldham:
Alan Reid
Miss Cass:
Joan Matheson
Mr Cousin:
John Bryning
Cappone, restaurant manager:
Jeffrey Segal
Gracie Savott:
Monica Grey
Lord Watlington:
Ronald Baddiley
Nancy Penkethman:
Peggy Gow

' Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome
Read by Derek McCulloch
(Uncle Mac)
6—' The Charcoal Burners '
5.15 * The Mystery of Semerwater * by Winifred Finlay
An adventure of the Norton family set in the Yorkshire Dales
1—'The Drowned City '
Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Ransome
Read By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Winifred Finlay
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Mrs Norton:
Madeleine Vacher
Richard:
Randolph Stubington
Paul:
Alan Sykes
Judith:
Sandra Chalmers
Nicholas Drage:
Ralph Hallett
Harland Metcalfe:
Tom Harrison
Professor James:
Cyril Shaps
Mrs Thwaites:
Mildred Dyson
Mary Mowbray:
Sara Aimson

Anthony di Bonaventura (piano)
Eric Parkin (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall. London
Part 1
Beethoven
Overture: Coriolan
Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat
(Anthony di Bonaventura, piano)
Symphony No. 6, in F (Pastoral) followed by an interlude

Contributors

Piano:
Anthony Di Bonaventura
Piano:
Eric Parkin
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

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