Programme Index

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Derbyshire v. Middlesex
Sussex v. Glamorgan
First Day
Commentary by Rex Alston from Mona Road Ground , Burton upon Trent, and Brian Johnston from the County Ground, Hove

Contributors

Commentary By:
Rex Alston
Unknown:
Mona Road Ground
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

let's JOIN IN. 'The Unhappy Dragon': a humorous fantasy by Leah Maizel
2.20 adventures IN music Singing in the Choir: illustrated talk by Hervey Alan.
2.40 modern HISTORY. New Zealand: Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Script by John Tully
The programme tells how Christchurch, New Zealand, was founded no years ago, and describes Wakefield's career.

Contributors

Unknown:
Leah Maizel
Talk By:
Hervey Alan.
Unknown:
Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
Script By:
John Tully

A play for radio by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Betty Davies
Two men meet just before they leave the country for a day-trip to France. One of them has a secret.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Leo Hacker:
Trevor Martin
Richard Collett:
Malcolm Hayes
Det -Insp Glass:
Norman Claridge
Det -Sgt Wallace:
Haydn Jones
Detective-Constable:
John Bryning
Narrator:
George Hagan

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Jules Vibart:
John Hollis
Marie Devine:
Cecile Chevreau
The Hon Philip Green:
John Humphry
Herr Dietrich:
George Merritt
Peters:
Michael Turner

from Salisbury Cathedral
Preces and Responses (Tomkins) Psalms 59. 60. and 61 First Lesson: Deuteronomy 30 Magnificat (Purcell in B flat)
Second Lesson: Acts 17, vv. 16-end Nunc dimittis (Purcell in B flat) Creed; Lesser Litany
The Lord's Prayer (Stone) Responses (Tomkins)
Anthem: Let all the world (Vaughan
Williams)
Prayers: Blessing
Organist and Master of the Choristers:
Christopher Dearnley
Assistant Organist: Richard Lloyd

Contributors

Organist:
Richard Lloyd

For Older Listeners
'The Macdonnell of Ulster'
A serial play in six episodes by Charles Witherspoon and James Boyce
1 —' The Blue Grogram Cloak '
Other parts played by: Charles Witherspoon , Denis Scott and Dawson Manning
Produced by Cicely Mathews
See Junior Radio Times
5.30 The Sailor's Way
A programme of verse and music about pirates, ships, and the sea
Compiled by Geoffrey Dearmer with music chosen and arranged by David Lloyd James
Readers:
Jill Balcon and Robert Harris
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
'The Undiscovered Country
Four talks by the Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
2—' Living Dangerously'

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
James Boyce
Played By:
Charles Witherspoon
Played By:
Denis Scott
Played By:
Dawson Manning
Produced By:
Cicely Mathews
Unknown:
Geoffrey Dearmer
Arranged By:
David Lloyd James
Readers:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
Ludar Macdonnell:
Robin Graham
Humphrey Dexter:
Norman Stevenson
Queen Elizabeth:
Gwyndolyn Stewart
Peter Stoupe:
Ronald Dwyer
Jeanette Walgrave:
Marilyn Fox
Rose O'Neill:
Kathleen O'Donnell
Meg:
Mina Dornan
Captain Merriman:
James Boyce
Sergeant Markham:
James Parr

The fourth of ten programmes in the national competition
MALE VOICE CHOIRS:
Glasgow Philharmonic Choir
Conductor, John Rankin
The Silurian Singers
Conductor, Glynne Jones
YOUTH CHOIRS:
Aberporth Youth Choir
Conductor,
L. M. Tegryn Davies BelfastGirl Singers
Conductor, Kay Simpson
SCHOOL CHOIRS:
Guildford County School for Girls' Choir
Conductor, Llywela Vernon Harris
Kendal High School Choir Conductor. Margaret Hine
Introduced by Leslie Regan
Produced by Charles Beardsall
The finalists in each class will take part in a nation-wide broadcast on Tuesday, June 28.

Contributors

Conductor:
John Rankin
Conductor:
Glynne Jones
Conductor:
L. M. Tegryn Davies
Conductor:
Kay Simpson
Conductor:
Margaret Hine
Introduced By:
Leslie Regan
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

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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