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A sort of radio show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden , Bill Pertwee
Patricia Lancaster
The Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Eric Merriman and Barry Took wrote the script and Edwin Braden the incidental music
Produced by Jacques Brown
(The recorded broadcast of May 28 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Patricia Lancaster
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Conductor:
Eric Merriman
Conductor:
Barry Took
Conductor:
Edwin Braden
Produced By:
Jacques Brown

LET's join IN. The Goose who was pink' by Cherry Evans: a variation on the Ugly Duckling theme
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. ' The Sorcerer's Apprentice': the story of Goethe's poem, with music by Dukas
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. The Niger: Mungo Park. The storv of Mungo
Park is told in extracts from his own account of his travels from the Gambia to the Niger. Script by Sir Hilary Blood

Contributors

Music By:
Dukas
Script By:
Sir Hilary Blood

The story by Louis Bromfield adapted by A. G. Brooks
James Blake, an author in his middle forties, meets a girl in St. Moritz. Her entire life consists of flitting from one Continental resort to another and living on her nerves. She knows everybody -but, as Mr Blake finds out, she is not a happy woman.

Contributors

Story By:
Louis Bromfield
Adapted By:
A. G. Brooks
James Blake:
Hugh Manning
Toto Rossi:
John Hollis
Mary Carlin:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Mrs Hagedorn:
Kathleen Helme
Arthur Wemyss:
Michael Turner
Mrs Carlin:
Sylvia Coleridge
Maid:
Cecile Chevreau

by James Gleeson
This is the story of four men in the West African bush, one of whom holds a strange secret.
Plays produced by Betty Daviea
(s)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Gleeson
Produced By:
Betty Daviea
Captain Morgan:
George Hagan
Lieutenant Ranowski:
John Hollis
Lieutenant Bentley:
Keith Williams
Major Hill:
Hugh Manning
Lt -Colonel Fawcett:
Norman Claridge
Momadu:
Ali Ganda

from Worcester Cathedral
Introit: Senex puerum portabat
(Five-part) (Byrd)
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 18
First Lesson: Jeremiah 6, vv. 1-21
Magnificat (Charles Wood in F:
Double Choir)
Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 7. v.
2-end
Nunc dimittis (Charles Wood in F:
Double Choir)
Creed
The Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses
Anthem: Hodie beata Virgo Maria
(Byrd)
Prayers: The Grace
Master of the Choristers and Organist, Douglas Guest
Assistant Organist, Edgar Day

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wood
Unknown:
Charles Wood
Unknown:
Virgo Maria

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Health in' Body-and Mind: the second talk by a specialist on an aspect of ageing that worries many elderly people
Through the Eyes of a Child: Andrew Douglas remembers a lodger of distinction
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Douglas
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. West
ROUND 5
London:
Denis Brogan , Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
West:
Alan Gibson , Vincent Waite
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding
Arranged by Robert Gladwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Alan Gibson
Unknown:
Vincent Waite
Arranged By:
Robert Gladwell

A programme of news and comment on recent events in the field of science and technology
Introduced by Archie Clow
It is hoped to include in the programme some comments on the new apparatus and instruments shown at the Twenty-second Physical Society Exhibition.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Archie Clow

Brahms
Quintet in F, Op. 88 played by the Aeolian String Quartet: Sydney Humphreys (violin)
Trevor Williams (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) with Gwynne Edwards (viola)

Contributors

Violin:
Sydney Humphreys
Violin:
Trevor Williams
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Derek Simpson
Viola:
Gwynne Edwards

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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