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Artists from the Commonwealth gather in London to send greetings in song to their folks at home and to listeners in Britain
Ed Devereaux from Australia . introduces
Barbara Leigh from Australia
Sheila Clarke from the West Indies
John Hauxvell from New Zealand
Neville Taylor from the West Indies
The David Lee Quartet
The George Mitchell Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz from South Africa
Script by Trevor Peacock Produced by Glyn Jones from the United Kingdom

Contributors

Unknown:
Ed Devereaux
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh
Unknown:
Sheila Clarke
Unknown:
John Hauxvell
Unknown:
Neville Taylor
Unknown:
David Lee
Singers:
George Mitchell
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Trevor Peacock
Produced By:
Glyn Jones

by Rudyard Kipling
Arranged for broadcasting by Maurice Brown
* How the Camel got his Hump ' and 'How the Leopard got his Spots'
Production by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Broadcasting By:
Maurice Brown
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Camel:
Stephen Jack
Horse:
Frank Atkinson
Dog:
Preston Lockwood
Ox:
Peter Claughton
The Djinn:
Denys Blakelock
The Storyteller:
David Davis
Leopard:
Preston Lockwood
Baviaan:
Denys Blakelock
Ethiopian:
Peter Claughton
Zebra:
Frank Atkinson
Giraffe:
Stephen Jack
The Storyteller:
David Davis

A radio play by Harrs Baumann A after the story by , Nikolai Leskov
Translated from the German by Isabel McHugh and Florence McHugh
The story deals with the consequences and moral issues that arise when a sentry deserts his post outside the Imperial Palace in St. Petersburg to go to the assistance of a drowning man.

Contributors

Play By:
Harrs Baumann
Story By:
Nikolai Leskov
Unknown:
Isabel McHugh
Unknown:
Florence McHugh
Narrator:
James Thomason
Sergeant:
Leigh Crutchley
Lieutenant Miller:
Peter Wilde
Postnikoff:
Jeffrey Segal
Officer:
Norman Claridge
Colonel:
Keith Williams
General Kokochkin:
Richard Williams
Servant:
Harold Reese
Orderly:
Harold Reese
Police Sergeant:
George Hagan
Man:
Anthony Viccars
Archimandrite:
Malcolm Hayes

by G. W. Stonier
The action takes place during a train journey, when a traveller receives some unusual confidences.
Plays produced by William Glen-Doepet

Contributors

Unknown:
G. W. Stonier
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepet
Traveller:
John Gabriel
Chap in a Bowler Hat:
James Thomason
Bella:
Kathleen Helme
Ticket Collector!:
Anthony Viccars
Top Person:
Anthony Viccars
First Girl:
Judy Bailey
Second Girl:
Sylvia Coleridge
Fat Woman:
Sylvia Coleridge
The Warner):
Derek Smith
Attendant:
Derek Smith

from the Church of ' St. Mary the Virgin, Ashwell
Introit: 0 God of Bethel (Tye) Prayers
Responses (William Smith of Durham) Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101
First Lesson: 2 Kings 7, v. 3-end
Office Hymn : Come, let us join our cheerful songs (E.H. 376)
Magnificat (Morley Short Service) Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 13
Nunc dimittis (Morley Short Service) The Creed
Collects
Anthem: Praise the Lord of Heaven
(Milner) (composed for the Festival)
Prayers: The Grace
The Service is sung by Ashwell Festival Choir under the direction of John Russell
Organist, Derek Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Organist:
John Russell
Organist:
Derek Smith

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
In Full Bloom: F. S. Leonard meditates on the most rewarding time of life
Mystery Tour: Florence Priestley describes an expedition
Presented by Alexander Moyes

Contributors

Unknown:
F. S. Leonard
Unknown:
Florence Priestley
Presented By:
Alexander Moyes

For Children of Most Ages
'No Clues for the Conways 'by Geoffrey Morgan
An adventure serial in two parts featuring the Conways and Skipper Amos
1—' The Derelict'
Produced by Sheila Bailey
5.30 Operation Sand
The first of two programmes In which Eric Ennion , Director of Monks' House Bird Observatory and Field Research Station, explores the wild life on and in the sand of an English beach
Produced by Jeffery Boswall
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by The Rev. Keith Wedgwood
Succentor of Salisbury Cathedral
' Holidays '
3—Time to Think

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Morgan
Unknown:
Skipper Amos
Produced By:
Sheila Bailey
Unknown:
Eric Ennion
Produced By:
Jeffery Boswall
Unknown:
Rev. Keith Wedgwood
Skipper Amos:
Fred Yule
Jerry Conway:
Alaric Cotter
Jane Conway:
Ysanne Churchman
Captain Dallow:
Robert Marsden
Raymond Blake:
Arnold Peters
Brett Hallam:
Leslie Dunn
Hans:
Gerik Schjelderup
Lucas:
Philip Garston-Jones
Receptionist:
Angela Good

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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