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A new radio play by Dudley Barker
Other parts played by Jacqueline Forster and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
A U.S. airman crash-lands on the village green of Lesser Bolting with surprising results.
(The recorded broadcast of March 1 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Play By:
Dudley Barker
Played By:
Jacqueline Forster
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Air Commodore Strong, a retired R.A.F. Officer:
David Bird
The Rev Whitebait, Vicar of Lesser Bolting:
John Hollis
Charlie Rainbird, a publican:
Keith Williams
Al Dakerman a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force:
Jerry Stovin
Bill Croop, a young farmer:
John Humphry
Milly Rainbird, the publican's daughter:
Hilda Schroder
Miss Lorimer, of the Women's Institute:
Mary O'Farrell
Colonel Julius Strindberg, U.S. Air Force Public Relations:
Alan Tilvern
A Bishop:
George Hagan

by Walter Bauer
Translated from the German and adapted for broadcasting by William Glen-Doepel
Produced by William Glen-Doepel
In this modern morality play Death, in the guise of a benevolent old man, collects his victims.

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Bauer
Broadcasting By:
William Glen-Doepel
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel
Death:
Robert Eddison
Driver:
Jon Rollason
Woman:
Kathleen Helme
Old Man:
Philip Cunningham
Young Man:
Gabriel Woolf
Girl:
Freda Dowie
Actor:
Rolf Lefebvre

Regional Round
An inter-regional general knowledge contest concocted by Geoffrey conducted by David and cheerfully contested by competitors in all seven regions

5.25 For Older Listeners
'The Sinister Hoard' by Robert J. Hoare
Adapted as a serial in six instalments by Nan Macdonald
1 - 'Crash Landing!'
In the Prologue:
The Crew of 'Mudlark-Able':
In the Story:
Production by Herbert Smith
See Junior Radio Times

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert J. Hoare
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Production By:
Herbert Smith
Robby (pilot):
Noel Johnson
Chick (navigator):
Barrie Hesketh
Fred (bomb-aimer):
Joseph Holmes
Ben (wireless operator):
Frank Roynter
Dickie (mid-upper-gunner):
John Broadbent
Mike (rear-gunner, who tells the story):
Brian Trueman
Graham Roberts, crime reporter of the Evening Globe:
Noel Johnson
Cecil Wainhouse an airline pilot:
Barrie Hesketh
George McKenna, News Editor of the Evening Globe:
Joseph Holmes
Babs, an airline secretary:
Sandra Chalmers
Ross, a reporter:
John Broadbent
Brooks, a valet:
Norman Somers

and introduces
Variety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader. John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Variety Playhouse
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Written by Gavin Blakeney
To sing for you:
William Dickie , Maureen Hurley
Ronald Dowd , Nina Cooke The George Mitchell Choir
To make you laugh:
Tom Mennard , Dick Bentley
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Written By:
Gavin Blakeney
Unknown:
William Dickie
Unknown:
Maureen Hurley
Unknown:
Ronald Dowd
Unknown:
Nina Cooke
Unknown:
George Mitchell
Unknown:
Tom Mennard
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Music By:
Philip Martell
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

by Robert Kemp
Guitarist, Curly Clayton
Produced by Cedric Messina

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Kemp
Guitarist:
Curly Clayton
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
Zoe Delano:
Zena Walker
Melissa Fotheringhay:
June Tobin
Mrs Mack, their landlady:
Madeleine Christie
Stanley Crumb:
Deryck Guyler
Valerie Tufnell, a secretary:
Cecile Chevreau
Alaric Valvona, a magnate:
Philip Cunningham
Members of the Old Wolfendens R F C : Bill:
John Hollia
Members of the Old Wolfendens R F C : Ronnie:
David Spenser
Irritable young men:Francis:
John Rye
Irritable young men:Norman:
Jon Rollason

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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