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A spontaneous discussion by A. G. Street
Gerald Nabarro , M.P.
Roy Jenkins , M.P.
Anne Allen
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Arranged by Michael Bowen
From the British Legion Hall,
Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
Gerald Nabarro
Unknown:
Roy Jenkins
Unknown:
Anne Allen
Arranged By:
Michael Bowen

William Sylvester in * Ordeal in Cabin 56
Written by Bob Kesten
Produced by Alan Burgess
This is the dramatic story of what happened to the people trapped in Cabin 56 when the Italian liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish liner Stockholm collided.

Contributors

Unknown:
William Sylvester
Written By:
Bob Kesten
Produced By:
Alan Burgess
Unknown:
Andrea Doria
Mr Petersen:
William Sylvester
Mrs Petersen:
Tucker Maguire
Mrs Cianjarra:
Sylvia Coleridge
Gino:
Tom Duggan
First Narrator:
Leigh Crutchley
Second Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne
Doctor:
Bob Kesten
U S Officer:
Stuart Nichol
Waite:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Woman:
Janet Burnell

Overture, Tancredi (Rossini) : Vienna
State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Mario Rossi
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
(Ponchielli) : Royal Opera House Orchestra. Covent Garden, conducted by Georg Solti
Poeme danse. Jeux (Debussy): Suisse
Romande Orchestra, conductor, Ernest Ansermpt on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Mario Rossi
Unknown:
Georg Solti
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermpt

Duncan Robertson (tenor)
Edward Rubach (piano)
Reginald Leopold (violin)
John Sharpe (violin) with The London Studio Players
Conducted by Michael Krein

Contributors

Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Piano:
Edward Rubach
Violin:
Reginald Leopold
Violin:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Michael Krein

A gallery of portraits in close-up
William Hoole : engine driver
The life-story and opinions of an enthusiast who started his fifty-two years' service on the railways in 1907 as a boy messenger in Liverpool and ended, on his retirement last year, as a crack high-speed driver.
Script by Richard Eisden Narrated by Eric Francis
Produced by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hoole
Script By:
Richard Eisden
Unknown:
Eric Francis
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

A message of comfort and cheer
Stuart Hibberd introduces a talk by the Rev. Brian Hession
Listeners' letters are very welcome as they give real help in planning these talks. Send them to Stuart Hibberd, c/o Silver Lining, Broadcasting House, London, W.1. Listeners will realis* that speakers cannot reply personally but will try to deal with their problems in the talks.

Contributors

Introduces:
Stuart Hibberd
Unknown:
Rev. Brian Hession

Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

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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