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SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby
11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. The Road Transport Worker: interviews by Kenneth Grenville Myer.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. ' Comment joindre l'utile a l'agreable.' Texte de Paule-Aline et John Dent.
Aline se rend a Annecy avec son chef afin d'assister a une conference importante.

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby

by Frank Vosper
Adapted by Mollie Greenhaigh
Cast in order of speaking: with Eva Stuart , Derek Birch and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by R. D. Smith
Harold Carter is a steady chap and just right for an impulsive and romantic girl like Ethel Underwood. But, as Ethel's father could have told her, even among ordinary ' people like us ' an over-vivid imagination may lead a girl down steep and dangerous paths.

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Vosper
Adapted By:
Mollie Greenhaigh
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Mrs Underwood:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Harold Carter:
Ronald Baddiley
Mr Underwood:
John Sharp
Ethel:
Kathleen Michael
Ivy:
Hilda Schroder
Dickie Miles:
Anthony Viccars
Rowlie Bateson:
John Hollia
A man:
Jon Rollason
Wardress:
Betty Linton

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Adventures are to the Adventurous: Ruth Leak triumphs over arthritis and achieves the holiday of a lifetime
The Smug Family Holidays: Kathleen Nesbitt savours far-off summers
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Presented By:
John Dunn

Junior Theatre presents
'The Grey Bird'
An adventure serial in six parts set on the Suffolk Coast
Written by George Ewart Evans
5—' A Mound of Trouble '
Produced by Peggy Bacon
5.30 Peggy introduces
Railway Round-Up
Devised by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse
Today's guest, O. S. Nock
Produced by Sheila Bailey
5.50 The week's programmes
5.55 The Weather
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region

Contributors

Written By:
George Ewart Evans
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Patrick Whitehouse
Unknown:
O. S. Nock
Produced By:
Sheila Bailey
David Peters:
Jonathan Margetts
Elizabeth Peters:
Mary Chester
Johnny Carver:
John Stirling
Mr Peters:
Geoffrey Lewis
Mr Cretton:
Peter Wilde
Plant:
Arnold Peters
Arthur:
Philip Garston-Jones

Reviewing year by year the most memorable events in a decade of entertainment
1956
Narrator, KENNETH MORE
GEORGE FEARON. JOHNNY DANKWORTH
W. MACQUEEN-POPE , C. A. LEJEUNE
RICHARD PASCOE. ALAN BATES
MARY URE with selections from the shows of the year:
' Fanny ' and ' Grab Me a Gondola ' and featuring on gramophone records the voices of: Frank Sinatra , Louis Armstrong
Sally Ann Howes with The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader Julien Gaillard )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Narrator:
Kenneth More
Narrator:
George Fearon.
Narrator:
Johnny Dankworth
Unknown:
W. MacQueen-Pope
Unknown:
C. A. Lejeune
Unknown:
Richard Pascoe.
Unknown:
Alan Bates
Unknown:
Mary Ure
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong
Unknown:
Sally Ann Howes
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Roy Plomley
Production By:
Tom Ronald

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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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