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Overture. Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Constantin Silvestri
Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes )
(Britten): Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, conducted by the composer some recent gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Constantin Silvestri
Unknown:
Peter Grimes

with Sidney James , Bill Kerr
Wilfred Babbage , Jack Watson
Hugh Morton
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Tom Ronald
(The recorded broadcast of December 1 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

by Aileen Burke and Leone Stewart
Cast in order of speaking:
Was it because he dreamed of immortal fame that Henri Corval , the eighteenth-century French artist, chose to paint the interiors of food shops? Or because he wanted to eat?

Contributors

Unknown:
Aileen Burke
Unknown:
Henri Corval
Tom Tennant:
Tom Whyte
Prue Tennant:
Jane Jordanrogers
Jacques:
Kenneth Dight
Henri Corval:
George Hagan
Marianne Corval ,:
Cécile Chevreau
Loubert:
Haydn Jones
Felipe Loubert:
Scot Finch
Mr Clegg:
Charles Simon

by Aileen Burke and Leone Stewart
Cast in order of speaking:
While the boss is away, the staff can play..... After a year's absence abroad, Mr. Crag returns to find the business floundering, because his deputy, Ronnie Carson, has been writing novels in the firm's time and is now a literary lion. With ruin facing him, the boss has to resort to ' 'novel' measures to square matters.
Plays produced by Norman Wright
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Contributors

Unknown:
Aileen Burke
Unknown:
Leone Stewart
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Joan Bentley Jane:
Jordan Rogers
Ronnie Carson:
Frederick Treves
Morris:
Nicholas Edmett
Mr Crag:
Philip Cunningham
Edna Foyle:
Cecile Chevreau
Mr Bounty:
Kenneth Dight

A musical programme for children under five with Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury and Maurice Bevan
Tim Gudgin introduces today's items which include ' There was a Crooked Man ' and ' The Old Woman and her Pig'

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Maurice Bevan
Introduces:
Tim Gudgin

For Children of Most Ages
' Wrke Me a Letter '
The Children's Hour
Correspondence Column of the Air edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas
5.25 For Older Listeners
* The Sinister Hoard ' by Robert J. Hoare
Adapted as a serial in six instalments by Nan Macdonald
3-' A Burglary is Planned '
Production by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas
Unknown:
Robert J. Hoare
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Production By:
Herbert Smith

and introduces
The 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:
Patricia Bartlett , Robert Thomas
The George Mitchell Choir
To play for you:
Yoko Kono
To make you laugh:
Norman Vaughan
Frankie Howerd
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity byCarey 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:
Patricia Bartlett
Unknown:
Robert Thomas
Unknown:
The George Mitchell
Unknown:
Yoko Kono
Unknown:
Norman Vaughan
Unknown:
Frankie Howerd
Music By:
Philip Martell
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

The novel by Desmond Cory adapted for broadcasting by Norman Edwards
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Scene: Communist East Berlin and the Island of Riigen on the Baltic Coast.

Contributors

Novel By:
Desmond Cory
Broadcasting By:
Norman Edwards
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Otto Berendt (alias Lehmann), Under-Minister of Propaganda:
Austin Trevor
Captain Schulten, his nephew, on the Staff of the Security Police:
Kenneth Dight
Haller, Chairman of the Committee:
Norman Claridge
Lange:
Philip Cunningham
Colonel Carossa, of the Police:
Wensley Pithey
Geli, Berendt's wife:
Eva Stuart
Klaus, Minister of Propaganda:
George Merritt
Frana Krebs, Chief of Police:
Denis McCarthy
Secretary:
Charles Simon
Karl Brink, assistant to Pilgrim:
Alan Reid
Mr. Pilgrim (alias Untermayer and alias Lieutenant Kretsch):
Sebastian Shaw
Grete von Wangenheim, ex-mistress of Berendt:
Cecile Chevreau
Oscar Werther:
Hugh Manning
Anton Zwicker, Foreign Minister:
John Hollis

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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